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Personalized Learning and Digital Tools Weave Strong Fabric for Student Success

EdTech Magazine

According to Project Tomorrow’s 2017 Speak Up Research Project for Digital Learning , 56 percent of parents of school-aged children are concerned that their child isn’t learning the right skills in school to be successful in college or a future job. Technology impacts instruction in a positive way, the report states.

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4 Critical Characteristics of High-Quality Instructional Content

Edsurge

K-12 educators are increasingly turning to digital resources to enhance instruction and address student needs. That’s why, in 2019, Discovery Education conducted a comprehensive research study—including a literature review, focus groups, interviews, surveys and an analysis of data usage—across our digital products and platforms.

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Characteristics of The 21st Century Classroom

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

This facet of modern education transcends the traditional use of textbooks and blackboards, weaving digital tools seamlessly into the learning process (NETP, 2017)). Group projects and collaborative assignments foster a sense of community and interdependence among students. Music Educators Journal , 103 (2), 20–26. link] Martinez, M.

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The Difference Between Personalized Learning And Individualized Learning

TeachThought - Learn better.

The term personalization and individualization are often used synonymously for differentiating instruction. Intentional differentiation happens during the lesson planning process. Teachers look at assessment data to identify trends for the common needs of the group, either whole class or through small groups.

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How to Differentiate Teaching for the advancement of learner Thinking Skills: Simplifying Approaches to Teaching &Learning Series (Part 5)

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In the current installment, we will see how a cluster of specific thinking skills, that are put forward by both the IBO and contemporary educational research, can surface through differentiated teaching. Acknowledge your learners as individuals through differentiated instruction. This process can be supported by teamwork.

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How we turned around our English language learner (ELL) program

eSchool News

Teachers lead direct instruction on skills, such as how to identify the theme or central idea of a text, how to analyze the development of this idea throughout the text, and how to evaluate the strength of the arguments presented. After enrolling in the class, students take a test to establish their baseline Lexile score.

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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