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Come for the computers, stay for the books

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based education advocacy group. “It It became clear quite quickly that an investment in stuff, in boxes that plug in, is not really going to pay off with a lot of learning or classroom innovation unless there’s somebody to guide that process.”. Sign up for our Blended Learning newsletter.

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School of Me: Letting students study what they want, when they want is the latest education trend

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A fifth grader works on a digital lesson as part of a blended learning program. But for that concept to work, a child must spend a lot of time on the computer, feeding the system with data that the software uses to improve itself. Sign up for our Blended Learning newsletter. based education reform advocacy group.

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Tipping point: Can Summit put personalized learning over the top?

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One early November afternoon in Sunnyvale, about an hour’s drive south of San Francisco, a class of ninth-graders at Summit Denali sat at computers for a 45-minute session of personalized-learning time (some days, there are two sessions). Related: Must a classroom be high-tech to make personalized learning work?

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The Emergency Home Learning (& More) Summit - 110 sessions + 80 replays #homelearningsummit #learningrevolution

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Please spread the word and tell people about the Summit forward this email , or post on social media Hashtag: #homelearningsummit Twitter: @homelearnsummit Facebook: @homelearningsummit Instagram: homelearningsummit HERE ARE SOME OF THE TOPICS WE ARE WORKING TO COVER IN THE SUMMIT TALKS, INTERVIEWS, AND OPEN-CHAT TIMES : ADHD and Learning ?

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The Growing Role of Technology in Personalized Learning

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“I am overwhelmed with joy for my students because I know now they each stand a better chance of being a successful student,” said Regina Trout, who teaches the second-year kindergarteners at Maple Hill Elementary School in Middletown. based education reform advocacy group.

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Not all towns are created equal, digitally

The Hechinger Report

Related: Blue-collar town leads Rhode Island’s tech-assisted learning revolution. She uses a software program popular among architects and designers. Third grade students at Meeker Elementary school share an iPad in a blended learning class in Greeley, Colorado. Sign up for our Blended Learning newsletter.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” Via DelawareOnline : “The first step to reducing violence among young people is to have police officers assigned to elementary and middle schools, says a coalition of state officials, education administrators and police.” ” Ugh. Presidential Campaign Politics. public schools.”