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First School in North America was established in Jamestown, which is now Virginia.
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The first free school was opened in Virginia.
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Harvard College, the first higher education is opened in Newtowne, Massachusetts.
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Henry Dunster becomes president of Harvard College and teaches all the courses himself.
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The Massachusetts Bay School Law is passed which requires kids to know the principles of religion and capital laws of commonwealth.
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The first New England Primer is printed and is the first schoolbook used in New England.
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The first publicly supported library opens in Charles Town, South Carolina.
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The first Greek student society was Alpha Delta Pi.
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The University of Georgia becomes "America's first state-charted university".
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The Young Ladies Academy opens in Philadelphia and is the first academy for girls in the original 13 colonies.
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James Pillans invents the modern blackboard.
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Boston English High School, one of the first public high schools opens in the U.S.
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Louisville, Kentucky appoints the first superintendent.
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80 students arrive at Mount Holyoke Female Seminary, the first college for women in the U.S.
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The first college to graduate women was the Oberlin College.
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Mary Jane becomes the first African-American to graduate college.
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Boston creates the first public day school for the deaf.
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The ACT test is first administered.
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Instead of a lab students and teachers use ubiquitous computing, in which each student has access to some type of mobile computing device to use.
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Having collected data, students will need to organize and analyze the information in a site such as excel and google spreadsheets.
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Students use the internet to access other types of information beyond primary sources.
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A WebQuest is an inquiry-based learning activity that directs learners in usuing information from the web.
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Furthermore, because student use of technology often requires a critical thinking skills, teacher feedback during the working process can be a catalyst for students to achieve a deeper level of understanding.
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Teachers use social media to collaborate with colleagues and with parents.
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Many parents want to know what is happening at school, and websites provide a great way to post photographs, text, and even a video to provide a window into your classroom community.
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Columbia college use to be known as King's college.
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Much of science educatrion is based on the skill of observation, and resources that allow students to visualize abstract concepts lead to greater understanding.
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Three out of every four teens use a mobile device to access the internet.
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78 percent believe that digital technologies encourage higher levels of creativity.
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Drill and practice prograns generally increase the fluency of a skill rather than actually teaching it.
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Students and teachers often create graphical representations, known as mind maps to demonstrate their undersstanding of a story or concept.
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A simulation, a representative of an activity or enviornment, is a time-honored and effective teaching technique.
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Tutorials are educational software applications designed to provide the initial instruction on a given topic.
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Virtual schools or online schools are a fast-growing alternative for schools that are trying to overcome such constraints.
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Nearly 60% of college students are female.
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Cites
American Education history - http://www.eds-resources.com/educationhistorytimeline.html