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Top Webinars of 2016

edWeb.net

In 2016 edWeb.net hosted over 250 webinars that have been viewed by 170,000 educators. Topics spanned from early childhood education to building a positive school and classroom culture. From integrating technology into school libraries, to special education, to coding and robotics, there was something for everyone this year.

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Immersive Reader: A powerful tool to support schoolwide literacy

NeverEndingSearch

Launched in January 2016 as a bold Microsoft Hackathon idea, Immersive Reader , incorporates current reading research and inclusive design principles. I chatted with Microsoft EDU’s Mike Tholfsen, Principal Product Manager, who gave me a tour of Immersive Reader and discussed its value to the work of classroom teachers and librarians.

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Salesforce Donates $8.5M to Computer Science Education

Edsurge

Funding in both districts will go toward hiring math and computer science middle school staff, buying assistive technology for special education students and supporting college and career programs. Through the program, local companies like Salesforce and Dropbox “adopt” a school and employees volunteer their time in classrooms.

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Learning technology once reserved for special needs students is now in everyone’s hands. Can teachers figure out how best to use it?

The Hechinger Report

“A lot of people worry that technology will take the place of the teacher, but I think it’s exactly the opposite,” said math teacher Kaswell. Around him, the busy classroom hums as 30 students work on laptops, interact with other teachers and chat among themselves. Photo: Sarah Gonser. BROOKLYN, N.Y. Every computer and iPad has it.”.

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“It’s unfair” special education students lag behind under Common Core in Kentucky

The Hechinger Report

Field Elementary teacher Jessica Rockhold works with Remy Campbell on a smart board in her classroom. April 27, 2016 Photo: By Michael Clevenger, the Courier-Journal. April 27, 2016 Photo: By Michael Clevenger, the Courier-Journal. This includes assistive technology devices.

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Annual Invent It challenge launches, focusing on solving health problems

eSchool News

Individual students, entire classrooms, schools and other organizations serving children between the ages of 5-21 (in grades K-12) are encouraged to participate. The process helps to cultivate and reinforce 21st-century skills, including the use of digital technologies, and also meets several learning standards.

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Low academic expectations and poor support for special education students is ‘hurting their future’

The Hechinger Report

When they separate you into different classrooms it can just debilitate you,” he said, adding that the content was “dummied down.” Within each disability, there is variance in severity and how the disability reveals itself in a classroom. When he got to high school, it was more like treading water.