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OCTOBER 11, 2016

These types of tools—many of which mirror popular consumer technologies—are a natural extension of the technology students and teachers use outside of the classroom. In fact, it requires the same level of candor and thoughtfulness that product developers should bring in understanding educator and student challenges they want to solve.

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JANUARY 22, 2019

To create compelling video arguments, student teams interviewed experts in economic development, researched state history and geography, and even wrote poems to sing the praises of their region. When Northern Virginia was ultimately picked as a new HQ site, students were as proud as any civic leaders from their community.

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MARCH 31, 2024

  While these math manipulatives are common in math classrooms for younger children, there is a clear trend of less of a focus on visualizations as students get older. Math manipulatives are often relegated to only being used for students with Dyscalculia or other learning difficulties. Gros et al.,

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 8, 2016

That’s what professor Jerry Wind asked the audience at the the Reimagine Education conference this week, and he guessed that most envisioned a professor at the front of a group of students gathered in rows. The mental model of the traditional classroom is obsolete,” he told the crowd of college technology leaders.

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