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Multimedia content personalizes learning

Ask a Tech Teacher

Ask a Tech Teacher contributor, Josemaría Carazo Abolafia, is an educational researcher and teacher who lives in Spain–and doesn’t own a car! Josemaria and I share the belief that “…[technology] must be transparent, like a lens; otherwise, it hinders learning.” The Cognitive Psychology of School Learning.

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Pandemic May (Finally) Push Online Education Into Teacher Prep Programs

Edsurge

It’s an opportunity for the future teachers who are enrolled at the college to apply what they learn in class in a practical setting, testing out lesson plans with real elementary students. But education students still need to work on lesson plans, and kids still need summer activities. This year, camp is canceled due to COVID-19.

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How Does Acceleration Research Help Schools and Kids Rebound?

The CoolCatTeacher

How do we accelerate learning? The US Department of Education Roadmap for Reopening Safely says that “accelerated learning provides opportunities for students to learn at grade level rather than through tracking or remediation….” Simply put, acceleration “builds on what students know as a way to access new learning.”

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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. The interactive portion includes adaptive questions, videos and “related modalities” that cover the skill in a variety of learning styles. Request a demo today to learn more! Find out how H?para

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Contact Tracing? Sports? Experts Explain School Reopening Research and Recommendations

Edsurge

In February, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released its operational strategy guide for K-12 schools, a collection of prevention strategies and implementation tips for safe in-person learning. That same month, the U.S. What follows is a sampling of their remarks. It’s great to see the numbers go up every day.

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How you can teach outdoors (even in the winter!)

The Cornerstone for Teachers

Many schools around the country were also implementing outdoor education as a safe way to bring students back to school and keep them safely together at school. When the 2021-2022 school year began, my school returned to in-person learning with everyone wearing masks indoors. Here are a few that I have found to be most valuable.

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The Solution is Hyperdocs

EdTechTeam

Along with the amazing experience and a newly formed tribe I returned home with a copy of The HyperDoc Handbook by Lisa Highfill , Kelly Hilton , and Sarah Landis. We, collective educators, look at school initiatives too many times from our side of the fence. The HyperDocs Handbook is a great read and resource book.