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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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".
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.
eSchoolNews - Report: Retool instruction, or U.S. will fail - 0 views
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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
eSchoolNews - This fair-use guide offers copyright shelter - 0 views
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Created though a partnership among the Media Education Lab at Temple University, the Center for Social Media at American University (AU), and AU's Washington College of Law, with funding from the MacArthur Foundation, the code identifies five principles of consensus about acceptable practices for the fair use of copyrighted materials, wherever and however it occurs: in K-12 schools, higher-education institutions, nonprofit groups that offer media-education programs for children and youth, and adult-education programs. 1. Employing copyrighted material in media-literacy lessons 2. Employing copyrighted material in preparing curriculum materials 3. Sharing media-literacy curriculum materials 4. Student use of copyrighted materials in their own academic and creative work 5. Developing audiences for student work
Pennsylvania establishes first statewide Digital Learning Library | eSchoolNews.com - 14 views
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Pa. partners with PBS, Penn State University to give educators free access to standards-aligned digital media content
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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.
eSchool News » Five characteristics of an effective 21st-century educator » P... - 18 views
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Educator's five characteristics of being effective in the 21st Century.
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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.