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Beyond the Test: How Have We Learned This Decade?

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Ten K-12 School Technologies Created Since 2010. Kahoot-2013. Newsela-2013. In many schools, students juggle multiple devices and frequently tackle projects that go far beyond rote learning and give them the experience of learning through doing. Many of those technologies support collaboration.

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This Teacher Started a Hands-On PD Lab That’s Sparking Change Across the District

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In 2013, I was hired to teach computer science (CS) and video game design to students in grades K-5 at Monte Sano Elementary School in Huntsville, Ala. Though I was technology savvy, none of my classwork or student teaching prepared me for this. It was my first full-time teaching job.

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Broadband Provides More Equitable Access to Education and Workforce Preparation

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The ECMECC staff provides instructional technology support for districts, which is especially important for smaller ones that may not be able to have full-time tech support people of their own. In addition, she manages many of SETDA’s research and product development projects from conception to publication. Join the Community.

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Is Homework Compatible With Personalized Learning?

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In 2013, when I began rethinking some of the practices I once thought of as tried and true, one of the biggest shifts for me was the realization that the topics I found interesting were not necessarily the most engaging for my students. But in time these impossibilities become like second nature and new challenges arise.

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Access State-Reviewed Instructional Materials with SETDA’s Dashboard

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She also facilitates the members’ professional learning opportunities including planning and implementing the content for SETDA’s virtual and in-person events and newsletters. He has presented at numerous state and national conferences on service learning, life skills, and evaluating instructional materials. Join the Community.

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Erasing the Look and Feel of Poverty

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now live in poverty, a mark hit in 2013 for the first time in 50 years, according to the Southern Education Foundation. For these students, poverty brings a host of other disadvantages, most beyond the school district’s control: broken homes, transient living situations, and a lack of educational support at home.

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Erasing the Look and Feel of Poverty

Digital Promise

now live in poverty, a mark hit in 2013 for the first time in 50 years, according to the Southern Education Foundation. For these students, poverty brings a host of other disadvantages, most beyond the school district’s control: broken homes, transient living situations, and a lack of educational support at home.