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How K–12 Schools Can Create Flexible Seating in the Classroom

EdTech Magazine

A flexible classroom is a learning environment that utilizes an “agile physical setup that will accommodate both independent and group work,” according to a CDW white paper on constructing modern classrooms. Currently, few studies have looked deeply into the benefits of flexible classroom design. What Is a Flexible Classroom?

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It’s Time to Make Your Classroom Paper-free

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reduced waste: Most of those tons of paper end up in the trash. We want them to be recycled but studies show that despite best efforts, about half of used paper isn’t. Among schools who push digital over paper, most report that only about 5% of their usual amount of paper ends up in the trash.

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What Next-Gen Digital Humanities Looks Like

Edsurge

John Unsworth , dean of libraries and professor of English at the University of Virginia, who led the panel, put the total in perspective. In the day’s keynote address, Kate Zwaard, Chief of National Digital Initiatives at the Library of Congress, talked about scale and wonder in the digital era. That sounds like a lot of money.

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Will a Netflix Model Work for Textbooks?

Edsurge

Mercier, who’s starting his second year studying business management at City, University of London’s Cass Business School in a couple of weeks, found three of them on a new service called Perlego , a UK-based company which wants to be the Netflix of academic content. And what’s more, students can collaborate on the platform.

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Will the real Montessori please stand up?

The Hechinger Report

Photo: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report. Related: Rival studies shed light on the merits of a Montessori education. Photo: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report. Photo: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report. A child in a classroom for the youngest students at Hill Country Montessori sets up his workspace.

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Our ProWritingAid Review – Is It the Perfect Grammar Checker For You in 2021

Fractus Learning

A copywriter who writes content for websites, social media, white papers, case studies, and sales material for businesses. A business writer, academic writer, and student who writes professional and technical essays, articles, and academic papers. Is It Easy to Use ProWritingAid? What Is ProWritingAid Premium?

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Pearson, Efficacy, Credibility, and OER

Iterating Toward Openness

Just-in: @Pearson has just pubd white paper on their #Revel platform, as CEO @johnfallon committed. As page 3 of the report states, this platform is “the first product at Pearson to have an efficacy framework built in from the very beginning,” and the report seems to have been enabled by this integration.

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