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The Fans, Fanboys, and Fanatics of OER

Doug Levin

I also tend to think that educators make rational responses in selecting instructional materials and tools (including using social media) – and certainly in the U.S. K-12 context, individual teacher’s choices about instructional materials are constrained by district and state policy anyway.

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Georgia Principal Wins Curriculum Associates’ 2022 Inspire Award

eSchool News

Realizing there is much to learn from her own experiences and those of other dynamic female leaders, she also recently created the Principal Captain Kirk leadership blog and other social media platforms to share best-practice insights and advice. “It About Curriculum Associates.

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In 2024, education will build systems that champion the science of reading

eSchool News

They will continue to be empowered with knowledge of how to support their students’ literacy needs through professional development, curriculum implementation, data-based decision making, and individual learning from professional learning communities.

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The challenges of mobile learning in the classroom

Neo LMS

Data from the same Pearson survey says that 50% of high school students use learning apps, and this percentage grows in the case of students in elementary school. This data must be protected, no matter the device used to access it. Learning apps allow students to go through their online courses without an internet connection.

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The Next Social Contract for Public Education Needs New Terms of Service

Doug Levin

One of the great promises of the increased adoption and use of technology in public education is the availability of new tools to collect and analyze data about how best to meet the individual needs of students, support educators, and allocate scarce resources.

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OPINION: It’s time. Let’s use different ways of teaching children to read

The Hechinger Report

Over the last several months, public discourse about learning to read and reading instruction has significantly increased. There is growing recognition that reading instruction must be done differently. If we are truly to reconsider efforts to improve reading instruction, I offer two ideas.

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Common Sense Media digital citizenship refresh

NeverEndingSearch

Sexting: Common Sense Media is now aging the topic down with a new lesson and video addressing the issue for middle school. Fake news (news and media literacy): addressing the research that young people often get their news from social media rather than news outlets. What is your strategy for finding media balance?