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5 Ways to Create Relevant Cultures of Learning

A Principal's Reflections

Utility value is purely academic and emphasizes the importance that content has for the students’ future goals — both short-term and long-term goals (Ormrod, 2006). Self-determination theory and the facilitation of intrinsic motivation, social development, and well-being. Think of it as a school within a school. Ormrod, J.E.

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Kids Don’t Fail, Schools Fail Kids: Sir Ken Robinson on the 'Learning Revolution'

Edsurge

But in 2006, he gained recognition for something that no other TED speaker in history has done. Founded in 2010 and heavily focused on STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) and experiential learning, MindDrive got headlines when its first cohort created a fully-functioning car that ran on the “power” of social media Tweets.

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5 Ways Adobe Premiere Rush Encourages Creativity in the Classroom

The CoolCatTeacher

For example, since I started teaching moviemaking with my students in 2006, I have used a Storyboard Dictionary of shots that I originally adapted from the American Film Institute. Create Engaging Projects The third way Adobe Premiere Rush promotes creativity is the interest students have in YouTube, Instagram, and social media style videos.

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Math Expert Dr. Francis (Skip) Fennell Endorses Hand2Mind’S Hands-On Standards

eSchool News

As a well-respected writer on both the NCTM Focal Points and Common Core State Standards, Fennell served as President of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) from 2006–2008 and was a founding member of the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators. ABOUT hand2mind. At hand2mind, we believe children learn best by doing.

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MAD about Mattering: A New Global Collaborative App Project #steam

The CoolCatTeacher

“So far, many students have collaboratively written, researched, created video, and even built virtual worlds, but now it is time to engineer together,” says Vicki Davis, author of the award winning Cool Cat Teacher Blog and an original founder of the Flat Classroom Project, winner of the ISTE 2006 Online Learning Award. 404-913-2737.

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Clearlake Capital-Backed Discovery Education Acquires DoodleLearning

eSchool News

DoodleLearning complements Discovery Education’s other award-winning digital services, which include Discovery Education’s K-12 platform , Mystery Science , STEM Connect , and the Math , Science , and Social Studies Techbooks. . Inspired by the global media company Discovery, Inc.,

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#40years of educational technology: Social media

Learning with 'e's

By 2006 several social networking sites were enjoying surges in popularity, including MySpace, Bebo and of course, Facebook. 2006 was also the year Twitter was launched. Social media lend themselves naturally to support learning through discussions, collaboration and sharing. Unported License.