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How to Prevent the Summer Slide and Help Reduce Educational Inequality

Waterford

How Summer Learning Loss Widens the Achievement Gap. The literacy rate in America is marked by a gap between privileged and disadvantaged communities. That way, every student has access to resources that can help them retain knowledge over the summer. National Teacher Education Journal, Spring 2011, 4(2), pp. Green, A.M.,

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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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The 7 Key Elements of eSpark’s Theory of Learning

eSpark

1: Differentiation Keeps Learning Accessible. Our team uses an 85% positive rating as a baseline. How do we know that engaging students works better than scores and praise? Students always receive feedback on their answers and if they’re wrong, they’re given feedback on how to answer similar questions in the future.

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3 Ways to Successfully Upgrade your Internal Network

Education Superhighway

.” With solid Internet connectivity and infrastructure already in place, Ryan concentrated on building a stronger internal network using E-rate Category 2 funds. As Sheridan schools considered implementing 1:1 student device programs back in 2011-2012, it was important to invest in putting fiber between all the buildings.

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Online Learning's 'Greatest Hits'

Edsurge

Students can communicate peer-to-peer and also engage instructors directly in text, voice, and video, recorded for later access or run immediately in real-time. Based on each student’s actions, when a student gets stuck, the system automatically suggests strategies on how to get out of it and proceed to mastery.

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Isn’t it time to stop Wikipedia shaming?

NeverEndingSearch

Connaway, Lanclos, & Hood, 2013a; 2013b; White, 2011). Because teachers don’t like Wikipedia, even though I feel like Wikipedia’s a good place to go if you know how to use it. Look for editorial ratings. Students admitted using Wikipedia for their academic work but avoided citing it. Look for text revisions.

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One district’s innovative ideas to engage parents

eSchool News

Students with engaged parents traditionally have better attendance, a more positive attitude, and higher rates of graduation than peers with less support. These efforts led to the formation of the Guilford Parent Academy (GPA) in 2011, a multifaceted parent engagement initiative that is partly supported by federal Race to the Top money.

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