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Computer literacy: The invisible skills gap?

Neo LMS

Fresh off our discussions about definitions , I have found that a great many sites and authors interchange and conflate “computer literacy” and “digital literacy”. Enter the knowledge-based economy – a trending topic across sectors more or less from 2003 onward. So, let’s do a Marie Kondo and declutter the concepts.

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ICE 2019: Physical Arrangement Sets the Tone for K–12 Modern Learning Environments

EdTech Magazine

The skills we are teaching are way more than just the Common Core. Brown offered several key steps educators can take to move toward a modern learning environment: Create expectations and definitions: “Have you defined what the student learning experience is in your school or district?” Space design is not a trend.”

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Kids can learn more from guided play than from direct instruction, report finds

The Hechinger Report

It was an attempt to move away from the rigorous, academic-focused kindergarten classrooms that emerged in a nation concerned about low reading scores and meeting the Common Core standards. In the years prior to the pandemic, some states and districts were bringing more play into schools by creating play-based kindergarten classrooms.

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At School Grounded in Soul Music, Priorities Shift for Common Core

MindShift

Read more about Common Core. We are definitely putting academics first,” she added. But as states have begun rolling out the Common Core standards, integrating the arts has become more challenging — even for schools like Soulsville. Music definitely still has a place at here.

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The Business of 'Ed-Tech Trends'

Hack Education

This is part eleven of my annual look at the year’s “ top ed-tech stories ” In May, venture capitalist and former securities analyst Mary Meeker released her annual “Internet Trends” report. Among the major trends Meeker identified for 2017: mobile advertising, gaming, and healthcare. Manufacturing Trends.

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How Can a Student Be ‘Proficient’ in One State But Not Another? Here Are the Graphs

Edsurge

These definitions of achievement levels for 4th and 8th-grade reading and math have remained consistent since the early 90s, according to NAEP officials. Yet, Carr is hopeful about the trend toward higher standards, noting that more rigorous classroom work might come out of it. “I Are your definitions of what is proficient reasonable?

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How Much Screen Time Is Too Much for Kids?

Edsurge

In the article, Nellie Bowles discussed how “throwback” play-based preschools are trending in affluent neighborhoods; parents in Kansas City launched a program called Stand Together And Rethink Technology (START); and another group of parents in Missouri have joined forces to figure out how to reduce their children’s screen time.

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