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Most Popular EdSurge Podcast Episodes of 2019

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High School Dropout. The title of Anthony Johnson’s book explains why he’s an unlikely educator: it’s called “High School Dropout to Teacher of the Year.” How to Move From Digital Substitution to ‘Deeper Learning’. New Book Takes a Fresh Look at ‘How Humans Learn.’. Meet Anthony Johnson: Teacher of the Year.

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Measuring Up–the Key to Meeting State/National Standards

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Because by teaching, assessing knowledge, tracking progress, and personalizing to student needs, we can determine if students are accomplishing what they must to complete the work of learning. Both of these are critical pieces to the successful accomplishment of learning goals. provision of key academic vocabulary in context.

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Online Tutor–Is it Right For You?

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It means that you not only ‘teach’ them but help them ‘learn’ by: Offering them timely help, Providing them the study material suitable to their learning styles, and. They can work on their own schedule and learn at their own pace. It also means that you always keep learning about adaptive teaching strategies.

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Why Teachers Are So Influential in the Choices Young People Make

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It’s not just a matter of their grades, although high school dropouts are much more likely to abuse drugs and alcohol. Their Enthusiasm for Learning Can Be Infectious. Long-term research by expert Eric Hanushek has shown that students with quality teachers learn three times more. Teachers Are in a Position of Trust.

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Bring Experts to Your Class Easily with Nepris

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Statistically, almost half of school dropouts do so because they don’t see the relevance. She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-8 technology curriculum , K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum. You can find her resources at Structured Learning.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

April 20th - May 4th, 2015 Two Week Calendar | Learning Revolution Events | Learning Revolution Blog | Partner Spotlight To subscribe to this newsletter, please sign up at LearningRevolution.com. Join this interactive session to learn how to get started with game-based learning with your own students.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

The Learning Revolution Weekly Update April 15th The very existence of libraries affords the best evidence that we may yet have hope for the future of man. - Eliot The technologies of the Internet and the Web are reshaping where, when, and from whom we learn--and even how we think about learning.

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