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Strategies for Motivating Students: Start with Intrinsic Motivation

Waterford

When it comes to the classroom, there are a few strategies that you can use to make sure your students are interested in your class material and ready to learn. Elementary-aged children are highly motivated when their teachers prioritize content mastery and understanding over high test scores.[2] Motivating Students.

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5 Reasons Why School Computer Labs Still Matter

ViewSonic Education

Forty-one percent (41%) of high school students lack access to a non-shared in-school device. In middle schools, 37% of the students lack individual 1:1 device access. Elementary school students have the least access to personal devices, at 71%. These include remote or online learning and research.

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The FREE Lesson Plans and Resources You Aren’t Using! (but should be) – SULS0148

Shake Up Learning

Rich started his teaching career as an elementary school teacher in the Seattle area. He loved watching students succeed with the right tech for their needs. In 2015, the Department of Education at the federal level enacted an initiative called Go Open. Then add in the pandemic forcing the use of online learning.

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Teamwork Makes the Dream Work—Building a Successful Blended Learning Program

Edsurge

The pilot was designed to create and then evaluate the most effective, scalable, and sustainable method of incorporating blended learning. Blended learning is an instructional methodology that combines face to face and online learning to personalize the learning experience to meet the specific needs of each student.

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How Education Elements Guides Districts in Creating Environments that Personalize Learning

Edsurge

The company got its start in late 2010, spurred by founder Anthony Kim’s work with KIPP Empower , an elementary charter school in Los Angeles. Kim had previously been an Executive Vice President at Edison Learning, a for-profit education management organization. Three years prior, the district had received $28.6M

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Lessons from a virtual school exemplar

The Hechinger Report

A 2015 Stanford study that looked at the performance of students in online charter schools found that the majority lost learning equivalent to a standard 180-day school year. Other virtual schools are often run through for-profit vendors and welcome any Texas-based student.

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Digital divide: Gap is narrowing, but how will schools maintain progress?

The Hechinger Report

A June report by New America Foundation and Rutgers University found substantial progress in home broadband access since 2015. Having students be able to create and not just consume is huge,” says LaCroix. “We have a much more equitable approach to technology and access to technology than we had in the past.”