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Technology and Digital Media in the Classroom: A Guide for Educators

Waterford

By learning to view it as a means of enhancing your lessons and resources, you can provide your students with tools and opportunities they may not otherwise access. With the help of technology, you can introduce your classroom to opportunities and resources they may not otherwise be able to access.[5] April 2010, 3(4), pp.

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Culturally Responsive Teaching: Tips and Strategies for Educators

Waterford

Yet, there is hope: over 96% of elementary school teachers view culturally responsive teaching as important when working with diverse students.[7] Picture books for early elementary students: Drawn Together by Minh Lê, illustrated by Dan Santat. Curriculum Inquiry, 2013, 43(1), pp. Urban Education, 2013, 48(4), pp.

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How Differentiated Instruction Can Help You Reach Every Student in Class

Waterford

Content : How the student will access the information. International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2013, 17(1), pp. Exceptionality: A Special Education Journal, 2010, 18(1), pp. Differentiation of Instruction in the Elementary Grades. Process : The method of the activities students use to understand the information.

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A Teacher’s Guide to Toxic Stress in the Classroom

Waterford

6] Students who are characterized as “difficult” or “bad-mannered” may be overwhelmed with toxic stress and unable to access the support they need because of the way others view them. Pediatrics, February 2013, 131(2), pp. Pediatrics, November 2013, 132, pp. Monitor, January 2010, 41(1), pp. Marques, S.S., Garner, A.S.

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The Reading League Journal – The Perfect Storm: Mississippi’s Momentum for Improving Reading Achievement

ExcelinEd

High poverty, inequitable access to a high-quality education for poor families and students of color, and a well-known history of low student achievement all made for an unusually bad situation in Mississippi for a very long time.

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U.S. K-12 Educational Technology Policy: Historical Notes on the Federal Role

Doug Levin

” This letter marked the launch of the implementation of the first federal program dedicated to ensuring universal access to information and communications technology for improved teaching and learning in the nation’s schools. FY 2010 $100,000,000. FY 2013 $0. ” FY 2012 $0. FY 2014 $0. FY 2015 $0.

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Five Learning Strategies that Work

Digital Promise

Whereas a Google search for “learning techniques” returns over 400 million results, researchers Dunlosky, Rawson, Marsh, Mitchell, and Willingham (2013) culled through hundreds of studies to provide a “curated” analysis of the 10 most effective learning techniques commonly used by students.

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