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Virginia using iPads to teach social studies | Business News | eSchoolNews.com - 10 views
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K-12 education's early steps in movement to an all digital curriculum. Students in 4th, 7th, and 9th grade social studies will be on an iPad.
Pennsylvania establishes first statewide Digital Learning Library | eSchoolNews.com - 14 views
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Recently, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) and the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) formed an education technology initiative to create digital learning resource centers aligned with state standards and connected with student data systems. The goal was to help teachers find free, high-quality educational materials to help them address their students’ learning needs.
Class in 140 characters or less? | eSchoolNews.com - 14 views
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In a recent McGraw-Hill Education survey, a staggering 98 percent of students agreed social networking is beneficial to their education. Yet a CDW-G survey indicated only 14 percent of instructors believe there is educational value in using social networking sites.
Free tool lets students participate during class | Communication and Collaboration | eS... - 31 views
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what do you think????
Like Facebook, but for learning | Curriculum | eSchoolNews.com - 12 views
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Aiming to engage students who are multitasking with different forms of technology, companies are creating collaborative learning spaces online where students can help one another solve homework problems and study—all while building important 21st-century skills.
Survey reveals educators' must-have technologies | 21st Century Education | eSchoolNews... - 20 views
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Teacher survey shows educators feel there are must have technologies.
How-and why-to teach innovation in our schools | 21st Century Education | eSchoolNews.com - 10 views
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Thought provoking article from eSchool News about "Teaching innovation in our schools".
Next for education: Teacher avatars | Featured on eSchool News | eSchoolNews.com - 15 views
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To populate an educator’s avatar with knowledge, Don Davidson, Intellitar co-founder and CEO, said a common starting point might be a digital curriculum that would serve as an alternate knowledge source. The educator would provide personal experiences as they relate to the subject matter or views on certain topics.
Top News - High-tech cheating? Students see it differently - 1 views
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Rather than blame technology for enabling cheating in schools, maybe it's time to rethink learning and assessment in the digital era
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A recent report commissioned by Common Sense Media about the use of cell phones and the internet for cheating (see story) is representative of how students and adults can look at the same behavior or activity and have very different perceptions of technology's impact.
Free MIT simulation has students compete as video game moguls | eSchool News - 11 views
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The university announced Nov. 30 that the popular simulation, known as “Platform Wars,” would be freely available on the MIT Sloan Teaching Innovation Resources website, following the lead of MIT’s OpenCourseWare program, a seminal experiment in higher education’s sharing of open course material.In “Platform Wars,” students set the price of hardware, negotiate royalty rates with game makers, and decide if they should subsidize the first few games for their gaming system.
Research dispels common ed-tech myths - 13 views
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Contrary to popular opinion, newer teachers aren't any more likely to use technology in their lessons than veteran teachers, and a lack of access to technology does not appear to be the main reason why teachers do not use it. Which comes first? Do teachers use technology frequently because they are trying deliberately to foster 21st-century skills? Or are 21st-century skills necessary conditions, byproducts, or logical outcomes of frequent technology use?" Another finding that could surprise some people is that a lack of access to technology doesn't appear to be the main reason why teachers don't use technology in their instruction.
eSchoolNews - Report: Retool instruction, or U.S. will fail - 0 views
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As the world continues to shift from an industrial economy to a service economy driven by information, knowledge, and innovation, cultivating 21st-century skills is vital to economic success
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While the global economy has been changing, the United States has focused primarily on closing domestic achievement gaps and largely has ignored the growing necessity of graduating students capable of filling emerging job sectors
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this goal has skirted the competitive demand for advanced skills
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U.S. schools must teach 21st-century skills for the nation to be globally competitive, it says From eSchool News staff and wire service reports