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9 Characteristics of authentic learning

Neo LMS

By doing so, students learn the relevance of what they are studying. This feature is one of the most important aspects of authentic learning in which students interpret one problem by directing it through multiple layers often related to various fields of study. Student-directed learning. Mastery of key concepts.

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2 Big Teachers Unions Call For Rethinking Student Involvement In Lockdown Drills

MindShift

Now the advocacy group Everytown For Gun Safety is joining with the American Federation of Teachers and the National Education Association — the nation’s largest education unions, with several million members — in calling for schools to reassess the use of lockdown drills.

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Trade Shows: When to Go and What to Do When You Get There

edWeb.net

If you’re focused on a new social studies program, for instance, then math-centered events won’t be as relevant. Your company might have a white paper on SEL, for instance, or a blog post on improving parent-teacher communications that would be relevant. Most important, remember that trade shows are not about making a sale.

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16 Great NonProfits Working to Support EdTech in Schools

Tom Murray

Many of the organizations listed have free tools, research, case studies, and resources that can seamlessly be utilized and implemented at the district and school levels. Formed in 1992, CoSN works to provide its members with the management, community building, and advocacy tools to be technology leaders in today’s schools.

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WHAT’S NEW: NEW TOOLS FOR SCHOOLS

techlearning

The courses will be provided through Pathways, a new enhancement to Hoonuit’s online professional development solution, which groups similar modules together to provide a well-rounded study of a topic. Learners will also study zSpace interactions, including how a user can manipulate objects in stereoscopic 3D. TCI BRING SCIENCE ALIVE!

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The 2019 Global Education Conference - Full List of 130 Sessions and 10 Keynotes!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Associate Professor, Co-Director of Asian Studies, Adelphi University | Jan Dormer, Ph.D., Hawkesdale P12 College Let’s Hangout – Successful Student Study Groups – Snacks Optional , Candy R. TESOL Instructor and Practicum Supervisor at Touro College, Founder and Managing Director at Virtual Exchange 4 Change | Cristina Zaccarini, Ph.D.,

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If schools don’t overhaul discipline, ‘teachers will still be calling the police on our Black students’

The Hechinger Report

In a white paper she co-authored this year, Mooney cited research that connected officers hired through the federal “COPS in Schools” program to a reduction — about 1 percent to 2 percent — in disruptive criminal incidents on campus. School police “are often increasingly serving that role as school disciplinarian,” she said.

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