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Study: One-to-One Laptop Programs Improve Student Learning

Doug Levin

Newly published, peer-reviewed research out of Michigan State University and the University of California, Irvine suggests that one-to-one laptop programs improve student academic achievement in K-12 classrooms. Learning in one-to-one laptop environments: A meta-analysis and research synthesis. Warschauer, M.,

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Challenges Create Opportunities

A Principal's Reflections

The other day I was working with Davis Schools in Utah on a hybrid learning model where educators would be teaching face-to-face and remote learners at the same time. My partner in crime was Belinda Kuck, who is the Director of Teaching and Learning. I learn so much from her every time we chat.

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The path to personalized learning is not straight

The Hechinger Report

A teacher helps a student who is otherwise working independently on his laptop. Three different paths to the same general goal — personalized learning. In the Henry County Schools district, individual schools have been applying to be part of a personalized learning initiative since 2014. Three different districts.

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Finding ‘Personalized Learning’ and Other Edtech Buzzwords on the Gartner Hype Cycle

Edsurge

As Clayton Christensen recently said to me, just as people have taken the phrase “disruptive innovation” to justify whatever they already wanted to do, people are using the phrase personalized learning—and a whole host of other terms—in a similar manner. Peak of Inflated Expectations: Personalized Learning.

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How Instructors Are Adapting to a Rise in Student Disengagement

Edsurge

In the past year, colleges have seen a rise in students skipping lectures , and some reports indicate that students are more prone to staring at TikTok or other distractions on their smartphones and laptops during lecture class. Most had the lecture slides up on their laptops or iPads, or were using paper notebooks and pens.

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Characteristics of The 21st Century Classroom

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Smartboards, for instance, have transformed the way lessons are presented, offering interactive and dynamic content that can cater to various learning styles. Tablets, laptops, and Chromebooks have become as commonplace as notebooks, enabling students to access a vast reservoir of information and educational resources at their fingertips.

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Test Anxiety Is Crippling Students. Giving Them a Breather Can Help.

Edsurge

I have often felt that I am either always preparing my students for a test or administering one As we progress through the morning, my students are finishing up their post-lesson assessment on their laptops. I notice my student Kayla is on the verge of tears. I crouch down beside her to ask what the problem is.