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Technology in the Classroom: The Complete Guide

ViewSonic Education

1990 – The Internet brings about unprecedented access to information. 2005 – Learning Management System (LMS) takes off as a viable teaching tool. For example, research suggests that taking notes by hand may be more effective than typing (though this is not yet definitive ). 1930s – Overhead projectors adopted.

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Why Schools Should Focus on Social Capital Development — Not Just Skills

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We live in a world where who you know can matter, but also where systems of power benefit those with certain networks and access to resources, as sociologist Pierre Bourdieu, father of social capital theory, explained decades ago. Perhaps … it’s not just about the skills we bring to the table.

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Digital Promise Research Map: A Starting Place for Exploring Research on Learning

Digital Promise

We’re excited to share an updated version of the Research Map , which features the latest research and new ways to access relevant learning science findings. In addition to being able to access research, many users wanted to see how research can be applied in the real world. Below, we highlight new features and topics to explore.

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Climate Change Took a Heavy Toll on the U.S. Last Year. What’s the Cost to Education?

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For example, last year, California’s legislature identified climate change as a major threat to K-12 education for its potential to disrupt students’ lives and learning, along with school districts’ budgets. And those groups that just don't have the means or the access will be left even further behind.” In the U.S.,

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How to Prevent the Summer Slide and Help Reduce Educational Inequality

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Children of low-income families, for example, are more likely to lose more knowledge over the summer than children from wealthy families.[1] 6] You could, for example, give low-income students a few books to take home. That way, every student has access to resources that can help them retain knowledge over the summer.

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Is Education Entering the ‘Age of Alternatives’?

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For example, “Industrial Era” schools of the early 20th century were designed to reflect what constituted modernity during that period, such as fixed schedules and efficient factory, assembly-line production. One can see school reform, and actual schools, continue to reflect society’s dominant cultural tropes regarding modernity.

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Three Things We Learned at Khan Academy Over the Last Decade

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In 2005, Sal Khan founded Khan Academy, the online education nonprofit where is now CEO, and in 2014 he founded the Khan Lab School. Take, for example, the nation’s progress on wiring classrooms. classrooms have high-speed internet access. This op-ed is part of a series of reflections on the past decade in education technology.