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U.S. K-12 Educational Technology Policy: Historical Notes on the Federal Role

Doug Levin

Finally, somewhat for the sake of brevity, I have excluded consideration of the role of the E-rate (which is overseen by the Federal Communications Commission and not the U.S. FY 2003 $700,500,000. The Effectiveness of Educational Technology: Issues and Recommendations for the National Study (Mathematica Policy Research, 2003).

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America’s colleges struggle to envision the future of diversity on campus

The Hechinger Report

It just feels like we are in some kind of storm,” said Joyce E. The Harvard case (with a final hearing scheduled for mid-February) focuses narrowly on race and procedural questions about how Harvard assesses Asian-American applicants versus others during admissions reviews.

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Know your own strength

Learning with 'e's

It can measure my heart rate (pulse), how many calories I'm burning up, how many kilometres I have run, and how long I have been running (or walking). How quickly does my heart rate reduce over one minute? Measurement of attainment against the self achievements is known in educational circles as ipsative assessment.

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Smartphone Learning

IT Bill

Such media can be submitted to an e-portfolio or blog (e.g. Tumblr ) for peer review or assessment of learning. Despite the pervasiveness of smartphone ownership by today’s undergraduate students, their use of the technology for academic purposes has not kept up with the rate of adoption. ANDERSON, T (2003).

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The Complete Cognitive Science Behind Brainscape

Brainscape

Similarly, the benefits of breaking concepts into more digestible "cues & explanations" could be leveraged by a flashcard-like Q&A software that engages users' active recall and  metacognitive self-assessment faculties , thereby  deepening the cognitive processing  involved with each exposure. See Figure 7.

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Lesson Planning for Multimedia Learning: 5 Practical Steps

ViewSonic Education

But when multimedia is used poorly, it can backfire, leading to cognitive overload and potentially lowering retention rates. Time to assess and reinforce learning. Step 5: Assess Understanding & Reinforce Learning Dont wait until the last five minutes to find out what stuckbake comprehension checks right into your lesson plan.

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Truth, truthiness, triangulation and the librarian way: A news literacy toolkit for a “post-truth” world

NeverEndingSearch

A recent Stanford Graduate School of Education report, Evaluating Information: The Cornerstone of Civic Online Literacy assessed of the news literacy of students from middle school through college. Check out the post That Chain E-Mail Your Friend Sent to You is (Likely) Bogus.