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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. DOWNLOAD: Get CDW's latest white paper on constructing modern learning environments. We are in the middle of the fourth industrial revolution,” Brown said. It is not working in rows anymore.”. Pedagogy needs to change too.”.

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5 steps to universally-designed instruction

eSchool News

White paper addresses instructional design process to make learning rigorous, accessible for all learners. Goalbook has published a white paper, Different Paths Up the Same Mountain, which outlines a 5-step instructional design process for educators to apply in the classroom.

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A guest post from AASL’s Banned Websites Awareness Day Committee

NeverEndingSearch

In 2014, ALA Washington’s Office for Information and Technology Policy (OITP) developed a helpful white paper to examine CIPA’s decade-long impact, Fencing Out Knowledge t h a t d e l i n e a t e d f o u r recommendations t o ALA: Increase awareness of the spectrum of filtering choices.

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Competency-Based Education: A Reading Journey

Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

Besides writing the forward to Breaking with Tradition , Sturgis is an author of many influential white papers on CBE ; she also helped launch CompetencyWorks , itself an important online resource. Make sure classroom teachers have a chance to discuss key excerpts! Chris Sturgis. Aurora Institute (formerly iNACOL).

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WHAT’S NEW: NEW TOOLS FOR SCHOOLS

techlearning

The company has partnered with advocacy organizations to produce white papers at the 2017 and 2016 Digital Citizenship Summits and provides online monitoring software to schools. The video is part of Impero’s work to support schools in keeping students safe online and promoting good digital citizenship. TCI BRING SCIENCE ALIVE!

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

. “The UK government has published its 2016 HE White Paper, entitled Success as a Knowledge Economy: Teaching Excellence, Social Mobility and Student Choice,” the Times Higher Education reports. For what it’s worth, Richard Hall’s response makes for better reading than the white paper itself.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Testing, Testing… “ Common Core testing group wages aggressive campaign against critics on social media,” according to The Washington Post’s Valerie Strauss. “ Gates Foundation CEO Admits Underestimating Common-Core Challenges.” They don’t even write white-papers , man.