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Differentiating Instruction in Kindergarten and Elementary Grades with Laura Robb

The CoolCatTeacher

Reading instruction can be challenging when a teacher has many different ability levels in her classroom. Reading expert, Laura Robb breaks down excellent reading instruction from kindergarten through fifth grade. This episode also includes a transcript on differentiating instruction. And where do we start?

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Characteristics of The 21st Century Classroom

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

When I embarked on my teaching journey back in 2003, the landscape of the classroom was quite different from what we see today. As I ponder these changes, I find it both fascinating and essential to articulate the characteristics that now define a modern classroom. The concept of a 21st-century classroom has evolved significantly.

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10 ways teachers can develop social and emotional skills for their learners

Hapara

Listen to an audio version of this post: Your learners don’t come to your classroom with perfect math, language arts, science and social studies skills. It will help them set goals, collaborate in positive ways and make better decisions within your classroom and the school. They can do this with a rubric or a rating scale.

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How to develop K-12 open educational resources

Hapara

When you build your own, you can differentiate instruction and support every student with the specific learning content they need. Because these resources are open to use, when you share an OER, other educators across the globe can access it and use it in their classrooms. Jupyter Notebook. Get started now. Find out how H?para

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In the marketplace: Science achievement skyrockets, makerspaces expand, and more

eSchool News

Makerspaces are expected to reach accelerated classroom adoption in less than one year, according to the K-12 Edition of the 2016 New Media Consortium Horizon Report. Essential Physics is a full-color, comprehensive physics textbook, paired with an e-book offering over 100 interactive tools to increase student engagement and understanding.

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The 7 Key Elements of eSpark’s Theory of Learning

eSpark

Our team uses an 85% positive rating as a baseline. The Effect of Direct Instruction Strategy on Math Achievement of Primary 4th and 5th Grade Students with Learning Difficulties. Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivational Orientations in the Classroom: Age Differences and Academic Correlates. Pape, Karen E. Bergan, J.

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61 predictions about edtech, equity, and learning in 2022

eSchool News

Virtual and hybrid learning continued into the spring, but then classrooms welcomed back students for full-time in-person learning in the fall. Now more than ever, students and teachers are seeing the real value edtech tools can bring to the classroom. Well, it did–but it also didn’t. billion by 2022.

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