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How Differentiated Instruction Can Help You Reach Every Student in Class

Waterford

Research around differentiated instruction confirms this is true. If you can adapt your instruction to reflect your students’ needs and learning preferences, you can make class time more effective and help students become more engaged. What is Differentiated Instruction? Sounds familiar?

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Learning Styles: Fact or Fiction? What This Decades-Old Theory Can Teach Us

Waterford

Instead of planning activities based on learning styles, teachers may want to opt for a different, but better researched technique: differentiated instruction. How to Shift from Learning Styles to Differentiated Instruction. What is differentiated instruction and how does it differ from learning styles?

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Three Things We Learned at Khan Academy Over the Last Decade

Edsurge

This op-ed is part of a series of reflections on the past decade in education technology. I made three assumptions back in 2010 that still hold sway today. I think we all knew, even back then, that technology could one day deliver on the long-held dream of helping teachers to differentiate instruction for every student.

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10 Strategies to Strengthen Instruction and Learning

A Principal's Reflections

Technology, the pursuit of innovation, and advancements in research have fundamentally changed the learning culture in many schools for the better. As I have conducted thousands of walk-throughs in schools, I am always looking at the convergence of instruction and learning. We now live and work in different times. Bransford, J.

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New Posted Resources 02/19/2010

The Web20Classroom

Jimmy Wales on the birth of Wikipedia | Video on TED.com tags : wikipedia , favorite The Data Liberation Front (the Data Liberation Front) tags : google , favorite TPCK - Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge - TPCK tags : tpack , favorite Differentiation Strategies tags : differentiated , instruction , favorite Posted from Diigo.

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Renaissance Offers Unlimited, Free Access to More Than 6,500 Digital Books and News Articles

eSchool News

To highlight the importance of daily reading during the COVID-19 pandemic, Renaissance , a global leader in pre-K–12 education technology, is offering unlimited free access to myON digital books and news articles from February 1–7, 2021. The importance of reading materials at home cannot be overstated. Evans, M., About Renaissance.

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Teachers: Don’t Feel Guilty About What You Can’t Do. The System Needs to Change.

Edsurge

I stepped out of the classroom in 2010 to work on education systems change at the state and national level, learning from creative public educators across the country. What if I could differentiate instruction in more effective ways than providing extra worksheets to advanced students or offering after-school tutoring for those who struggled?

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