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Anywhere Learning

A Principal's Reflections

Education has undergone a remarkable transformation in recent years, and one of the most significant developments is the concept of "anywhere learning." This innovative approach to personalized education leverages technology to give students the flexibility and freedom to learn at their own pace, in their own space. Anywhere learning is proving to be a game-changer, benefiting students in a multitude of ways, primarily because it is entirely learner-centric.

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Handling Tragedy and Crisis in the Classroom

MiddleWeb

Prior to 9/11, Barbara Blackburn’s first choice when crisis and tragedy impacted the classroom was to allow an open discussion. After an inappropriate statement by a student shut down communication, she began to develop more tractable writing strategies, which she shares here. The post Handling Tragedy and Crisis in the Classroom first appeared on MiddleWeb.

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Beyond the Rankings: The College Welcome Guide

The Hechinger Report

College decisions used to depend mostly on an institution’s academic reputation and its social life. Today, many other factors influence a prospective student’s thinking. We’ve gathered those into this interactive College Welcome Guide, to help you assess how receptive colleges are to students from a variety of backgrounds, and to map state laws that affect college students.

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10 Tips to Increase Teacher Productivity

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Teaching may be a rewarding profession, but it also requires balancing various responsibilities. From crafting engaging lesson plans to managing classroom dynamics and communicating with parents, teachers contend with a diverse array of tasks daily. This article will offer ten actionable tips to improve teacher productivity and establish a healthier work-life balance. 1.

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Reimagining Chickering & Gamson's Principles Post-Pandemic: Technology's Central Role in Modern Edu

This white paper examines and proposes revisions to the "Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education" introduced by Arthur Chickering and Zelda Gamson in 1987 for today's technology-driven world.

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Culture wars on campus start to affect students’ choices for college

The Hechinger Report

When Angel Amankwaah traveled from Denver to North Carolina Central University for incoming student orientation this summer, she decided she had made the right choice. This story also appeared in USA Today She had fun learning the chants that fans perform at football games. But she also saw that “there are students who look like me, and professors who look like me” at the historically Black university, said Amankwaah, 18, who is Black.

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Do You Use ChatGPT? Try My Formatting Add-on

Teacher Tech with Alice Keeler

If you use ChatGPT you may need some help with formatting when you paste into Google Docs. Formatting ChatGPT is fast when you use my Add-on for formatting Google Docs, specifically for markup from ChatGPT. The post Do You Use ChatGPT? Try My Formatting Add-on appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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How we made our College Welcome Guide

The Hechinger Report

Beyond the Rankings: College Welcome Guide What kind of culture and political atmosphere does your prospective campus have? Use our tool to find out. To create our College Welcome Guide we relied on more than a dozen data sources. If you haven’t seen our tool, you can find it here. Read on to learn more about where the information comes from. Campus-level data All of the data other than what is shown on the maps or otherwise noted comes from IPEDS , the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data Sy