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Realizing Success in the Adult Basic Education Market

Digital Promise

With educational opportunities currently limited to just 11 percent of this population , the potential for technology, especially mobile devices, to provide additional avenues to education for these adults is significant. However, these numbers do not translate to what individual learning providers spend.

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From digital citizenship to digital leadership in a South Carolina elementary school

Hapara

Technology is present in kids’ worlds now more than ever before. Whether it be social media, school use or gaming, students are almost always on some sort of digital application. para, our digital citizenship consisted of walking around and monitoring students’ technology use in class. Where we started .

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What BloomBoard is and How it Energizes Professional Development

Ask a Tech Teacher

The resources–including over 10,000 articles, videos, lesson plans, and more–are clear, easy-to-navigate, and user-friendly, with opportunities to collaborate with other teachers. They can also be shared via email and/or social media platforms. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-8 technology for 15 years.

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Common Sense Media digital citizenship refresh

NeverEndingSearch

As educators, we’ve learned to count on the research-based wisdom and guidance of Common Sense Media. Its a destination, always fresh with reviews of apps, video, books and more as well as advice for teaching with technology and outstanding curriculum. Reading News Online (News & Media Literacy).

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Why Stubborn Myths Like ‘Learning Styles’ Persist

Edsurge

For years, a stream of articles have tried to dispel pervasive but wrong ideas about how people learn, but those ideas still linger. For example, there is no evidence that matching instructional materials to a student’s preferred “learning style” helps learning, nor that there are “right-brain” and “left-brain” learners.

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New Content Added to Discovery Education’s Award-Winning Digital Services Boost Teachers’ Ability to Engage Students in Science, STEM, Social Studies, and More

techlearning

Energy 101 series: Now available in Discovery Education Streaming Plus and the Science Techbook, 22 new videos from the Energy 101 series highlight the next generation of clean, sustainable energy technologies. the ethical issues with autonomous technology, how A.I. This Is A.I.: New from the Discovery Channel, This Is A.I.

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The Dilemma of Entrepreneurial Teachers With Brand Names

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Education start-ups like Seesaw give her their premium classroom technology as well as swag like T-shirts or freebies for the teachers who attend her workshops. And she recommends their wares to thousands of teachers who follow her on social media. “I I will embed it in my brand every day,” Ms. Anyone remember Channel One?)