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Getting up to Speed: Teacher Prep and Technology Integration

Ask a Tech Teacher

Institutions cannot achieve the goal without incorporating technology-based learning into the programs themselves.”. Exposed now are deficiencies of utilizing online learning management systems that school districts face. There should be a concerted effort to focus on this area.

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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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Technology and Digital Media in the Classroom: A Guide for Educators

Waterford

Using tech in class can prepare students to successfully enter the workforce after graduation.[4] 4] Even though the technology is likely to change from their early school years to the time they start their first career, teaching digital literacy in elementary school is a great way to get students started. Longer attention span.

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Challenging the tried-and-true, to serve a younger generation of students

The Hechinger Report

Biochemistry can be elementary. Students generally learn about moles, atoms, compounds and the intricacies of the periodic table in college, but Daniel Fried is convinced kids can learn complex biochemistry topics as early as elementary school. Photo: Gabriela Fuentes. Now it is expanding.

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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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The overlooked power of Zuckerberg-backed learning program lies offline

The Hechinger Report

But Logan’s feelings about online learning are common. Surveys and interviews routinely find that many students prefer learning directly from teachers and get tired of looking at screens. I just don’t like doing work on an online platform. Related: Project-based learning boosts student engagement, understanding.

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What lessons does special education hold for personalized learning?

The Hechinger Report

“Just think about identifying the explicit skills that students need to work on and the plan that we have to help them achieve a mastery of that explicit skill.”. A student at Belmont-Cragin Elementary School. Lee Elementary, a Pre-K-8 school on Chicago’s southwest side. “I Credit: Sarah Gonser for The Hechinger Report.