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Helpful Tips to Integrate Media Literacy in Your Teaching

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

As for the Ontario Association for Media Literacy (AML) (cited in Duncan, 2005) “Media literacy is concerned with developing an informed and critical understanding of the nature of the mass media, the techniques used by them, and the impact of these techniques. Drawing on Mills (1995, p. What genre is it part of? Sources: Duncan, B.

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Transcription and Accessibility—New Partnerships from Microsoft and Amazon

Edsurge

On the heels of one another, two tech titans recently announced higher-education partnerships that leverage transcription technology to make educational materials more accessible to a broader swath of learners. On April 5, Microsoft announced a partnership with the Rochester Institute of Technology in New York.

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OPINION: After years of silent sacrifices and unseen struggles, Black women are still holding up the child care industry

The Hechinger Report

Pre-pandemic, there was already limited availability of affordable options; new closures will deepen the challenges faced by parents in securing reliable and accessible care for their children. This is in addition to the drop of more than 90,000 (42 percent) licensed family child care homes between 2005 and 2017.

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95 Percent Group Unveils 95 Phonics Core Program for Grades 4 and 5

eSchool News

The 2022 National Assessment of Education Progress – the Nation’s Report Card – revealed the average fourth-grade reading score was lower than all previous assessment years going back to 2005, dropping back to 1992 levels. Research on reading instruction has been very clear for more than 20 years.

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Supporting Multilingual Learners in Early Elementary Education

Waterford

In addition, multilingual families need access to resources that help them feel welcome in school and engaged with their student’s teacher. ” Scientific Studies of Reading, 2005, 9(1), pp. Teachers and school administrators both play an important role in culturally responsive teaching for multilingual students. Bialystok, E.,

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ParentSquare Webinar Alert: How to Meet School Technology Needs While Protecting Security and Privacy

American Consortium for Equity in Education

schools have experienced 1,851 data breaches since 2005. The post ParentSquare Webinar Alert: How to Meet School Technology Needs While Protecting Security and Privacy appeared first on Equity & Access Pre K-12 | The American Consortium for Equity in Education. According to District Administration, U.S.

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PROOF POINTS: Long-term college benefits from high-quality universal pre-K for all

The Hechinger Report

Four-year-old children who attended public pre-K in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 2005-06 were far more likely to go to college within a couple years of graduating high school than children who did not attend, according to a 15-year study of 4,000 students. Children without preschool managed to catch up to those who went to preschool.