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How to use digital textbooks in the K-12 classroom

Hapara

You can also share specific texts with individual students or small groups to differentiate instruction and personalize learning. Third grade language arts – “Native American Stories” This elementary digital textbook has ten 80-minute lessons, which can be broken up to fit shorter class sessions.

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Practical examples of social media in elementary school

The Innovative Educator

I often post assignments for either in-class exercises or vacation homework. Using a blog hits many important curriculum areas, such as differentiating instruction as well as meeting many Common Core Standards (see here & here for examples). These posts are both technical in nature as well as writing focused.

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Artificial Intelligence and Teacher/Educator Productivity with ChatGPT… 10 Real World Ideas!

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

It can assist in practicing vocabulary, sentence construction, grammar rules, or even engage in conversational exercises. Seek book recommendations for advanced readers in elementary school. Differentiation techniques: Real-world examples: Ask Chat GPT for ideas on adapting a lesson for students with visual impairments.

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Giving Voice to the End Users in Districts’ Technology Decisions

Digital Promise

Students were selected at random from elementary schools of varying demographics and asked to test different electronic devices by performing activities such as: reading online text and responding to prompts. On a short written exercise students had no preference between the physical keyboard and the on-screen keyboard.

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Helpful Tools to Ease Learners Back into Math, Reading, and Writing

Graphite Blog

Many of these tools also offer follow-up exercises and activities that target students' specific areas of need. Then follow up with differentiated instructional activities. Assess Where Your Students Are These tools will help you get a sense of where students are, and which skills they still need to develop.

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Curriculum Design is Emotional Work—This Teacher Makes It Easier

Edsurge

With students on my roster performing at a range of grade levels from elementary to beyond high school, I decided against bundled curriculum and textbooks and instead committed to building an in-house curriculum tailored to my students’ needs. Khan Academy videos coupled with IXL exercises aligned to standards we were learning in class.

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The pandemic’s remote learning legacy: A lot worth keeping

The Hechinger Report

Sometimes the exercise prompted her to follow up with individual concerns. I think we’ve learned how to more individualize and differentiate instruction,” says Dr. Joel in Nebraska. “I Some learners thrive online , but sustaining the progress of all students has demanded flexibility from educators. “I

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