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Technology and Digital Media in the Classroom: A Guide for Educators

Waterford

By learning to view it as a means of enhancing your lessons and resources, you can provide your students with tools and opportunities they may not otherwise access. With the help of technology, you can introduce your classroom to opportunities and resources they may not otherwise be able to access.[5] Longer attention span.

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Can We Design Online Learning Platforms That Feel More Intimate Than Massive?

Edsurge

If the first wave of MOOCs was about granting unprecedented numbers of students access to high-quality teaching and learning materials, Wave 2 needs to focus on creating a sense of intimacy within that massiveness. The answer may be that we need to balance massiveness with miniaturization.

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Discovery Education and Social Impact Partners Present Educators and Students Engaging Resources to Support Cybersecurity Awareness Month Observances

American Consortium for Equity in Education

Established in 2004 by Congress, Cybersecurity Awareness Month seeks to raise. Keep Reading Discovery Education and Social Impact Partners Present Educators and Students Engaging Resources to Support Cybersecurity Awareness Month Observances.

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Enhancing Math Understanding with Spatial-Temporal Models: A Visual Learning Approach

MIND Research Institute

Without language barriers, the problem is accessible to all students, regardless of skill level or language background. Leveraging the Way the Brain Learns By accessing the students’ innate spatial-temporal reasoning ability, we are teaching math concepts in a way that aligns to how our brains learn.

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

Doug Levin

” This letter marked the launch of the implementation of the first federal program dedicated to ensuring universal access to information and communications technology for improved teaching and learning in the nation’s schools. FY 2004 $695,900,000 (President Bush’s request: $700,500,000). FY 2003 $700,500,000.

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Choice and Engagement During a Pandemic #engaginglitminds

Reading By Example

I’ve consciously included choice in my lessons, and I can see studentsengagement increase, and they want to learn more about what they’re reading, independently. The challenge now, being physically apart from each other, is that student choice is not as regulated (which is a bit of a strange concept: regulated choice.

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The Science of Spatial-Temporal Mathematics

MIND Research Institute

Without language barriers, the problem is accessible to all students, regardless of skill level or language background. By accessing the students’ innate spatial-temporal reasoning ability, we are teaching math concepts in a way that aligns to how our brains learn. Benefits of a Spatial-Temporal Approach.

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