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Learning Styles: Fact or Fiction? What This Decades-Old Theory Can Teach Us

Waterford

Reading/writing : information presented through written words, like books or articles. An auditory learner, for example, may focus better while listening to an audiobook than they would while reading a book. Measuring learning styles often involves an assessment such as this one from the Georgia Department of Education.

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Seven advantages of using digital textbooks in schools

Hapara

By adopting e-books in your school or district, you can expand learning opportunities. E-textbooks also often include digital assessments. Students can take these assessments along the way while they’re reading. Formative assessments in digital textbooks can also break up longer content to make it easier to grasp.

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Engaging Lessons for the Next-Gen Connected Creators – SULS0160

Shake Up Learning

Every day more schools and districts are switching to Lumio – it’s truly a flexible, time-saving tool that makes it easy to turn your PDFs, Google Slides, PowerPoint, and Notebook files into engaging lessons with interactive activities, games, group workspaces, and formative assessment ALL built right in. To get Lumio for FREE, head to Lum.io

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In the marketplace: Science achievement skyrockets, makerspaces expand, and more

eSchool News

All the student has to do is subscribe to Shmoop’s 12-month student plan between November 1, 2016 and January 15, 2017, and then email their essay to Shmoop HQ. Essential Physics is a full-color, comprehensive physics textbook, paired with an e-book offering over 100 interactive tools to increase student engagement and understanding.

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From “Data Driven” to “Evidence Driven”

The Principal of Change

In my last post, “Common Assessments” vs “Common Understandings” , I was reminded of how powerful comments are on a blog, and why blogging is a hugely powerful tool for not only sharing your learning, but learning from others. 2 What I think we mean is that we are looking for “common understandings”, not “common assessments”.

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Characteristics of The 21st Century Teachers

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

This could involve using differentiated instruction, incorporating multicultural education, or employing a range of assessment methods. Adaptive teaching in literacy instruction: Case studies of two teachers. Adaptive teachers, as Madda et al. 57, cited in Vaughn, 2015, p. Journal of Literacy Research , 44, 149–170.

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Interactive Learning Menus (Choice Boards) with G Suite – FREE Templates

Shake Up Learning

Digital Differentiation offers teachers and students many ways to reach all learners. “ …at its core, differentiated instruction means addressing ways in which students vary as learners. To learn more about Hyperdocs, visit their site or read the AMAZING book by Lisa Highfill, Sarah Landis, and Kelly Hilton.