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Taking Personalized Learning Personal

Tech Helpful

With tutors in their life studying for exams became less tearful. An opportunity was placed before me that has caused me to become a champion for personalized learning like never before. 3 schools across the United States were coming together to look for ways to lower the cost of education through a blended learning math prototype.

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Part 5…Beyond the Shine : Supporting Technology with the SAMR Model plus Ten Great Resource Sites

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

Link: Part 2… Beyond the Technology Shine… Content Standard Nouns Meet 25 Free OER Education Resources. Link: Part 3… Beyond the Technology Shine… Content Standard Verbs and Blended Learning Possibilities . Link: Part 4… Beyond the Technology Shine… Learning Targets plus 10 great Lesson Plan Resources.

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Learning Technologies and Creativity in the Classroom

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Dropout rates increase, test and project scores dip, and – worst of all – learning becomes synonymous with boredom. This was something we touched on in a recent blog post on a study that found that more than half of students in the US felt “bored” at school.) When properly channelled, creativity is like a magic bullet for boredom.

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Blended Learning - what is it, pros/cons, tips and resources

Educational Technology Guy

Blended Learning Classroom Introduction The blended classroom is designed to meet the individual needs of student by allowing teachers to personalize instruction. Blended learning combines face-to-face and online instruction. This post originally appeared on Educational Technology Guy.

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Erasing the Look and Feel of Poverty

Digital Promise

Some studies suggest achievement gaps that exist beyond the third grade are difficult to close regardless of the intervention. These kids are surrounded by technology, and it just helps foster learning for these students.”. Studies show that low-income and minority students are less likely to use the Internet or own a computer.

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Erasing the Look and Feel of Poverty

Digital Promise

Some studies suggest achievement gaps that exist beyond the third grade are difficult to close regardless of the intervention. These kids are surrounded by technology, and it just helps foster learning for these students.” ” “Technology clearly is not a silver bullet,” Eastwood, the superintendent, says.

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Nearly 60% of Teens Use Their Own Mobile Devices in School for Learning

The Innovative Educator

This year’s report, Digital Learning 24/7: Understanding Technology – Enhanced Learning in the Lives of Today’s Students , provides landmark findings on the efficacy and value associated with popular digital learning initiatives: blended learning, online learning, school-assigned mobile devices and STEM learning.