Doug Levin

MAY 12, 2015

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.

OER 297

OER Instructional Materials Khan Academy Outcomes 297

eSchool News

DECEMBER 15, 2023

I predict that in the new year, more administrators and other educators will focus not just on building knowledge and ensuring their materials are aligned to the science of reading, but they will go beyond to examine hiring practices, multi-tiered systems of support, assessments, the science of learning and implementation, and more.

System 128

System Education Trends Outcomes 128

Tom Murray

JUNE 21, 2017

The explosion of social media, combined with the ability to stream content to virtually all types of devices, both at home and while on the go, has radically altered the way in which people interact with media. . “If we teach today’s students as we taught yesterday’s, we rob them of tomorrow.”

Survey 279

Survey Instructional Materials Social Media Study 279

Tom Murray

JUNE 21, 2017

The explosion of social media, combined with the ability to stream content to virtually all types of devices, both at home and while on the go, has radically altered the way in which people interact with media. . “If we teach today’s students as we taught yesterday’s, we rob them of tomorrow.”

Survey 189

Survey Instructional Materials Social Media Study 189

Doug Levin

JULY 7, 2016

Most concerning are decisions that have a negative impact on student outcomes (whether academic or social) or in more extreme circumstances even jeopardize the health and well-being of children and youth. There simply is no room for instructional black boxes in public education.

Instructional Materials 150

Instructional Materials Education Academic Standards Software 150

Edsurge

AUGUST 15, 2017

For example, there is no evidence that matching instructional materials to a student’s preferred “learning style” helps learning, nor that there are “right-brain” and “left-brain” learners. For years, a stream of articles have tried to dispel pervasive but wrong ideas about how people learn, but those ideas still linger.

Learning 147

Learning Examples Instructional Materials Social Media 147

The Cornerstone for Teachers

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

Studies on the effects of media on adolescents’ social, emotional, moral, or sexual behaviors often don’t examine books, and there are more variables to measure when examining books’ effects. They sometimes only focus on social media or TV. They sometimes specify only graphic novels under books rather than all books.

Libraries 93

Libraries Handbook Policies Study 93