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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. Instead of this teaching style, the best strategy for multilingual learners is biliteracy. ” Scientific Studies of Reading, 2005, 9(1), pp. What is Biliteracy? Bialystok, E.,

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Charting New Territories in PD: The Whitsby Story with ASCD

The CoolCatTeacher

As educators, there are many new options opening up to us that will help improve our classrooms and make our professional development more accessible and available via our mobile devices. Robert obtained their Master of Science degree in Engineering from Boise State University between 2002 and 2005.

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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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Climate Change Took a Heavy Toll on the U.S. Last Year. What’s the Cost to Education?

Edsurge

In an interview with EdSurge, Weems said that one distinction between 2005 and now is people’s willingness to acknowledge the importance of mental health. And those groups that just don't have the means or the access will be left even further behind.”

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4 lessons learned about AI in 2023

eSchool News

In Steve Jobs’ memorable 2005 commencement address at Stanford, he shared a story about “connecting the dots.” This meant that devices were somewhat affordable and that, potentially, every student could have access to one. Each year I share my predictions about these trends. Here’s a look at my 2023 predictions.)

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Creating your virtual library (quickly) using Slides and Bitmojis)

NeverEndingSearch

We need strategies for personalizing and enriching the remote learning experience. Currently, one very popular strategy is the creation of classroom scenes using Google Slides populated with their flexible Bitmojis. I started playing around with the fairly easy and recently very popular strategy of building a library scene in Slides.

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Characteristics of The 21st Century Classroom

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Tablets, laptops, and Chromebooks have become as commonplace as notebooks, enabling students to access a vast reservoir of information and educational resources at their fingertips. These advancements have given rise to the cloud-based classroom, a dynamic and accessible learning environment that epitomizes educational innovation.

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