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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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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. Today, 99% of U.S.

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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. Finally, any site/app that was in a previous years list will not be in this one. iPads/Chromebooks).

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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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Don’t get rid of gifted and talented programs in the name of integration. Integrate them.

The Hechinger Report

FM reporting. We believe that it is more important to invest in the design, implementation, and growth of specific instructional programs to meet the needs of high-ability learners, rather than in conducting a screening program that limits who can participate in advanced learning opportunities.”. Department of Education.

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LEAP Innovations, Leader in Personalized Learning, Reports Impressive Double-Digit Student Gains in Schools Using Lexia Reading Core5 as their Literacy Solution

techlearning

A leader in personalized learning, LEAP Innovations, recently released a second report showing Lexia Reading Core5® to have a statistically significant, positive impact for students in Chicago Public Schools. Lexia held meetings with 22 schools.

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Characteristics of The 21st Century Teachers

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

This highlights the essential role of teacher collaboration in school reform efforts, with restructured schools reporting marked improvements in student performance. This could involve using differentiated instruction, incorporating multicultural education, or employing a range of assessment methods.

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