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Keyboarding Basics Part 1

Ask a Tech Teacher

Many studies have documented the benefits of proper typing technique (McKay, 1998; Owston, 1997; Bartholome, 1996; Bieman, 1996; Hoot, 1986). Most researchers agree effective keyboarding isn’t instinctual and training should begin before bad habits are created. This conclusion was reinforced by Feutz (2001). Zeitz, 2008.

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Online Teaching Is Improving In-Person Instruction on Campus

Edsurge

"Face-to-face instruction is no longer the gold standard." — Steven Goss, chair of Management and Technology in the business programs at NYU’s School of Continuing Studies Actually, the phenomenon predates the pandemic. It’s a message I’ve been arguing for a while. Faculty who say, ‘I only teach on campus,’ are doing themselves a disservice.

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Raising the Smart Classroom’s IQ – By Dr. Paul Fornelli

ViewSonic Education

Lastly, Kinesthetic learners need a more tactile, “hands-on” approach to their studies; they learn best via the use of simulations, personal experience, and/or repeated practice. Note that these are just some of the specialized needs required to support one particular area of study.

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10 Reasons Why Phonemic Awareness Is Important for Early Literacy Development

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

The National Reading Panel conducted a comprehensive meta-analysis involving 52 peer-reviewed studies that examined the efficacy of phonemic awareness (PA) instruction (Ehri et al. Digging deeper, Griffith and Olson note that training in phonemic awareness directly contributes to children’s word recognition and spelling abilities.

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Interview with Noah Geisel, @SenorG: Motivate with Digital Badges!

Teacher Reboot Camp

Ask me about training your teachers, ShellyTerrell@gmail.com ! Noah began his teaching career in 2001 and has worked as a Spanish Teacher, English Teacher, Technology Teacher, EdTech Coach, and Blended Learning Coach. Get your copy of Hacking Digital Learning , The 30 Goals Challenge , or Learning to Go.

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Understanding, Teaching, and Reaching Digital Native Students—and Digital Native Caregivers

Waterford

Studies show that’s hard on our cognitive load, so people who multitask consistently end up taking longer to shift their attention and having a harder time filtering out irrelevant information,” she writes.[5]. October 2001. That notion is backed by research. Adobe Blog. September 2018. Getting to Know Gen Z.” Prensky, Marc.

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PROOF POINTS: Research evidence increases for intensive tutoring

The Hechinger Report

A March 2021 study found that high school students learned two to three times as much math as their peers from a daily dose of tutoring at school. Education researchers call it “high-dosage” tutoring and it has produced big achievement gains for students in studies when the tutoring occurs every day or almost every day.

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