Findings strongly support that technology needs to play a role in helping prevent student hearing loss. Califone released today results from an online poll in which participants were asked how much they agree with the statement "since younger students haven't yet learned what too loud is when usi
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Findings strongly support that technology needs to play a role in helping prevent student hearing loss. Califone released today results from an online poll in which participants were asked how much they agree with the statement "since younger students haven't yet learned what too loud is when usi
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"President Barack Obama used his State of the Union address Tuesday night to put education front-and-center on the national agenda, and on the agenda of the newly divided Congress. And he tied his education proposals, including the long-stalled reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, directly to the nation's economic future."
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This post was written by Jay Baer and Amber Naslund and was culled from their forthcoming book, “The NOW Revolution: 7 Shifts to Make Your Business Faster, Smarter & More Social,” available for pre-order and debuting Feb. 1. Download the first chapter free at Facebook.com/nowrevolution.
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"In recent years, cognitive scientists have shown that a few simple techniques can reliably improve what matters most: how much a student learns from studying."
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...the National Education Technology Plan suggests open educational resources (OER) as a way for K-12 school districts to save money. The FCC’s National Broadband Plan comments that the DOE should consider investing in OER “while taking into account the long-term effects on the marketplace.” And at least three US DOE grant programs—Ready to Teach, Teaching American History, and Arts in Education—give additional points to applications that involve OER. At the state level, a handful of state DOEs and districts have explicit OER initiatives. Might we be headed down the unfortunate path taken by the UK Education Ministry from 2003-2007 with BBC Jam, as reported in last month’s Heller Report? Fortunately for our industry – and I think for our schools as well - the short answer is “No.”
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"Just 4 percent of Americans have tried location-based services, and 1 percent use them weekly, according to Forrester Research. Eighty percent of those who have tried them are men, and 70 percent are between 19 and 35."
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