Edsurge

AUGUST 10, 2021

But for all the conversations in the news and on social media, one place we’re not seeing it as much is in schools themselves. An asset-based approach emphasizes acceleration and enrichment, with a focus on designing rich, high-quality instructional experiences that provide accessible entry points for all students.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Historically, wealthier students have had greater access to enriching out-of-school experiences, compounding their privilege. She said out-of-school programs are freer to design learning experiences that are more engaging to students, because they don’t have the same pressure to teach certain academic standards.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Most educators access information about their profession through online searches, social media, colleagues, supervisors, their professional association or a journal subscription. Respondents are relatively unfamiliar with the IES—the federal government’s primary education research body.

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Doug Levin

JULY 7, 2016

Note: The original version of this piece was published on July 7, 2016 by New America as part of an EdCentral series on the next social contract for education: https://www.newamerica.org/education-policy/edcentral/next-social-contract-public-education-needs-new-terms-service/.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Teachers and students can learn by doing place-based projects together, all the while meeting and exceeding required academic standards in authentic and meaningful ways. They have social scientists, writers, artists, linguists, psychologists, athletes and health professionals, all accessible in the building or on Zoom, every day.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 27, 2017

Anyone interested in improving schooling through digital tools has to distinguish between what the media hypes and what policies are actually adopted. Lesson 2: Access to digital tools is not the same as what happens in daily classroom activities. The process is the same as parsing hyped ads from the unwrapped product in your hand.

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Edsurge

JUNE 24, 2019

Often, the most popular apps “are what teachers are discovering at conferences, reading online, and across social media,” according to Dan Carroll, chief product officer of Clever. Inside the Library The Library is not yet open to everyone; only teachers in districts that have integrated with Clever can access it.

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Edsurge

MARCH 3, 2019

I’m a believer in the merits of technology and have written about how technology can be used to broaden access to knowledge , connect people and even improve empathy. But when the school day ends, kids at increasingly younger ages swipe on their phones and immerse themselves in social media, games, YouTube and other corners of the internet.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

OCTOBER 18, 2015

For better or worse, thinking is now social, and the traction an idea receives in chosen communities will act as a form of assessment—not so much of truth or innovation, but accessibility and even popularity. Personalized learning will disrupt how we think of curriculum. See also, “ Chloroforming the Unit.”).

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MAY 21, 2015

These aren’t single tools to “try,” but news ways to think about how learners access media, how educators define success, and what the roles of immense digital communities should be in popularizing new learning models. None of it is really complicated—it just requires new thinking. Digital & Research Literacy. Connectivism.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MARCH 1, 2015

This is a tone that is becoming increasingly important in the 21st century as access to information increases, as the updating of information happens more naturally, and as blended and mobile learning environments become more common. Access to information is disrupting traditional processes and their related mechanisms. Uncertainty.

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EdNews Daily

APRIL 1, 2019

Texas State academic standards, for example, are different than all other States so those lesson products showing in search should be biased by geo-location (optional, obviously, and could be statewide or region rather than pinpoint geolocation.)

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TeachThought - Learn better.

OCTOBER 1, 2015

In the age of blogging and social media, is there still room for books? While digital content is handy and accessible, many of the issues we face as educators are deeper than any single post–or series of posts–can adequately address. 16 Books About Modern Learning Every Teacher Should Read. by TeachThought Staff.

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