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How Differentiated Instruction Can Help You Reach Every Student in Class

Waterford

Research around differentiated instruction confirms this is true. If you can adapt your instruction to reflect your students’ needs and learning preferences, you can make class time more effective and help students become more engaged. What is Differentiated Instruction? Sounds familiar?

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Top 100 Sites/Apps of 2014

Technology Tidbits

mobile app Top 100 Sites/Apps of 2014 Been for Education - A innovative site for Social Learning that allows educators to surf and collaborate on the web w/ their students in a safe environment where educators create/manage student accounts. Rosetta Stone for Kids - A wonderful free iPad app for kids ages 3-7 learning how to read.

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Classroom prizes and grants available!

Educational Technology Guy

Project Tomorrow is celebrating Speak Up America Week 2014 this week with opportunities for schools and classrooms to win prizes and grants by participating in this year''s Speak Up surveys. As part of this special week, Project Tomorrow will be releasing preliminary findings from the 2014 surveys completed so far.

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Three Things We Learned at Khan Academy Over the Last Decade

Edsurge

In 2005, Sal Khan founded Khan Academy, the online education nonprofit where is now CEO, and in 2014 he founded the Khan Lab School. I think we all knew, even back then, that technology could one day deliver on the long-held dream of helping teachers to differentiate instruction for every student. Not the other way around.

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Characteristics of The 21st Century Classroom

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

This can involve differentiated instruction strategies where tasks are tailored to each student’s learning pace and style. Problem-solving, particularly in group settings, not only strengthens analytical skills but also teaches students how to collaborate and communicate effectively. Goals for Global Education.

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Showcasing Bullis School’s Innovative Faculty, 2022-23

techieMusings

In this example, she would put the verb in the center box and populate the top two boxes with an English definition and some facts/notes during the instruction phase of the lesson. To differentiate instruction, students who are finding the task challenging can reference their book and copy an example directly.

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How School Districts Are Shaping the Edtech They Use

eSpark

Piedmont partnered with us to differentiate instruction for 300 students, and Piedmont students who are using eSpark have grown an average of 13 percentile points on national assessments in 2014. Under Matt Akin’s guidance, we’ve honed our ability to launch and support rural and remote districts from our office in Chicago.

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