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Differentiating Instruction in Kindergarten and Elementary Grades with Laura Robb

The CoolCatTeacher

This is an extended, 38-minute episode that covers everything about differentiating instruction with reading and is designed to be a complete overview to help every teacher working with young or struggling readers. This episode also includes a transcript on differentiating instruction. eSpark is free forever for teachers.

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Using Data-Driven Instruction and SEL to Make the Most of Assessments

EdNews Daily

Like all districts in Texas, we live and die through accountability ratings based on how our students perform on the state’s STAAR (State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness) tests. To this end, we began using Renaissance Star Assessments districtwide in the 2015–2016 school year.

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Personalized Learning and Digital Tools Weave Strong Fabric for Student Success

EdTech Magazine

As reported in April 2016 (the most recent year for which data is available from the National Assessment of Educational Progress ) only 37 percent of high school seniors in the U.S. Technology impacts instruction in a positive way, the report states. They may be on to something.

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4 Critical Characteristics of High-Quality Instructional Content

Edsurge

Educators use a variety of resources to meet the needs and interests of individual students, including videos, images, games, non-fiction text and varying types of assessments. 2016 digital education survey. Sources Consulted: Picking and choosing digital content. We asked teachers what they want from edtech. Here's what they said.

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MTSS – What Teachers Need to Know

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Progress Monitoring : Regularly assessing students’ performance to determine whether interventions are effective or if adjustments need to be made. Data-Based Decision Making : Using data to guide decisions about interventions, supports, and instructional practices. Linan-Thompson, S., Ortiz, A., & Cavazos, L.

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Characteristics of The 21st Century Classroom

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

In these classrooms, ” students regularly communicate, collaborate, self-reflect, problem solve,and peer-evaluate about their learning” (Hansen & Imse, 2016, p. This can involve differentiated instruction strategies where tasks are tailored to each student’s learning pace and style. link] Martinez, M.

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6 lessons our district learned from our move to blended learning

eSchool News

For the next two years, we had 13 teachers experiment with innovative instructional models and new ways to leverage technology to enhance instruction. Our teachers in the pilot learned to differentiate instruction, had more time to develop meaningful relationships with students, and helped students take ownership of their learning.