Author: Matthew Lynch
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Pass or Fail: Multi-Age Classrooms and Mainstream Inclusion
In this multi-part series, I provide a dissection of the phenomenon of retention and social promotion. Also, I describe the many different methods that would improve student instruction ... -
The Changing Role of the CTO (Chief Technology Officer) in School Districts
In every school district, the role of the CTO is changing. The modern Chief Technology Officer’s role has metamorphosed from that of part-time teacher/part-time repair person ... -
10 Keys to Designing Tomorrow’s Schools
What will the school of tomorrow look like? The short answer is that it will look as much like the school of the past as a ... -
Redefining Edtech’s Place in Teacher Preparation Programs
In many teacher preparation programs, the curriculum was set years if not decades ago and is not frequently changed due to the realities of institutional requirements ... -
Why MOOC’s Never Quite Lived up to Their Hype
The idea that an unlimited number of students would be able to access the very best instructors in the nation and take classes at a fraction ... -
What’s Your Parenting Style?
Today, psychologists recognize four major parenting styles: authoritative, permissive, authoritarian, and neglectful. Each style of parenting produces different results in the children being parented. The first ... -
How Does Technology Immersion Shape the Brain?
Do you wonder what all of the screen time we have is really doing to our brains? As edtech continues to rise in prominence throughout the ... -
Making the Most of Your Edtech Conference
At a recent edtech conference in Austin, Texas, there were over 40,000 devices connected to the network at the convention hall. This suggests, perhaps better than ... -
Digital Tools Will Not Magically Transform Your School; You Must Do the Work
The field of educational technology is something like the Wild West: there is great promise, enormous opportunity, and a lot of chaos. The bottom line is ... -
How to Boost Academic Achievement with Digital Learning Experiences
Despite all of the fragmentation in the educational community, there is still always one overriding goal: to boost academic achievement. While various groups will argue about ...
