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The Surprisingly Low-Tech Way Schools Are Keeping Students Off Tech

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A growing number of entertainers, including Chapelle and musicians Jack White and John Mayer, prohibit the use of mobile devices during their performances. What do Dave Chapelle shows and a growing number of schools have in common? You can’t use your cell phone in either places.

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?Resource: McLeod-Shareski Book on Changing Schools

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Workforce and Economy: Schools must focus on interdisciplinary thinking, interpersonal skills, and technological fluency, so that students have skills for and value to digital marketplaces. Learning: Schools must use mobile devices, digital environments and online communities to foster learning.

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New book! Different Schools for a Different World

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Instead, they must focus on interdisciplinary thinking, interpersonal skills, and technological fluency: the skills that allow individuals to offer value and differentiate themselves in digital marketplaces.

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Should I Stay or Should I Go? An Opinionated Guide to Changing Edtech Industry Conferences

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K-12 classrooms as a 1:1 mobile device. We believe it is a reflection of education becoming an increasingly interdisciplinary conversation,” he said. Five years later, these developments didn’t just upend the classroom. He sees the event landscape continuing to evolve. “We Draw: Festival!

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How Modern Learning Environments Support Numerous Pedagogies

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Each neighborhood team of teachers uses the new classrooms to provide more individualized instruction and have their students pursue hands-on learning activities and work on ­interdisciplinary projects. Studies show that modern learning environments improve student performance.

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