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Keyboarding Basics Part 1

Ask a Tech Teacher

Prepare students for a technological society. An overview of research says elementary and middle schoolage students are cognitively, emotionally, and physically capable of learning and excelling at keyboarding skills. Most researchers agree effective keyboarding isn’t instinctual and training should begin before bad habits are created.

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10 Reasons Why Phonemic Awareness Is Important for Early Literacy Development

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Digging deeper, Griffith and Olson note that training in phonemic awareness directly contributes to children’s word recognition and spelling abilities. Effective When Taught Early : Many studies, such as those by Kozminsky, suggest that early training in phonemic awareness significantly contributes to initial decoding skills.

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Passionate About Second Language Acquisition: Meet Inkeri, English Teacher at 51Talk

EdNews Daily

After completing undergraduate school in 2001, I began my teaching career as a substitute teacher at various Oregon districts. Being raised in a bilingual Finnish/English home and having attended elementary school in Finland for several months at a time, I chose to apply to teaching positions in my mother’s native country of Finland.

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The science of catching up

The Hechinger Report

In the research literature, the tutors are specially trained and coached and adhere to a detailed curriculum with clear steps on how to work with one or two students at a time. When the No Child Left Behind law was first passed in 2001, schools got extra money to tutor students who were behind. Not all tutoring has been successful.

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Digital divide: Gap is narrowing, but how will schools maintain progress?

The Hechinger Report

As the district prepares to reopen for full in-person learning on August 30, teachers are attending training sessions and figuring out just what role technology will play in their classrooms. There’s a simmering sense of anticipation about how far educators have come with technology, and its potential to enhance student learning. “I

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Top Tips for Teaching Online From Educators Doing It Now

edWeb.net

Organized by SETDA, the State Education Technology Directors Association, the edWebinar included a 2 nd grade teacher who had previously taught online only during inclement weather and never expected to be teaching remotely for an extended period. Olivia Miller is a 2nd grade teacher at South Ripley Elementary School in Versailles, IN.

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In Successful Edtech, Pedagogy Comes First—Devices Second

Digital Promise

Educational technology (edtech for short) can play a significant role in mitigating and solving this growing dilemma. Many school districts -- including mine in Middletown, NY-- are leveraging the power of technology with adaptive assessments and instructional software. So, what can be done? So how do you choose?

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