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Is the new education reform hiding in plain sight?

The Hechinger Report

It feels natural to a generation groomed to presume that everything is calibrated to their needs and wants — whether it’s online shopping, news or math homework — and raised with smartphones in their hands. We discuss their goals and what they are working on, and if they had an assessment we might talk about that,” she said.

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A Dictionary For 21st Century Teachers: Learning Models & Technology

TeachThought - Learn better.

” BYOD programs allow students to use their own technology (usually smartphone or tablet) in a classroom. Common Core) for individual students. These taxonomies can be used to plan units, lessons, assessments, and other teaching and learning processes. The study of teaching adults. Individualized Learning.

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15 hot edtech trends for 2017

eSchool News

They can be something everybody uses; that’s how 2012 became the year of the MOOC, and why virtual reality will no doubt be widely cited as the trend of 2016. MOOCs continued to increase in number and attendance. By Stephen Downes, National Research Council. Now there are different ways things can be a ‘trend of the year’.

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