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30+ new tools and services we saw at ISTE 2019

eSchool News

Another ISTE has come and gone–were you in Philadelphia for ISTE 2019? If not, don’t worry–we’re highlighting some of the newest and most innovative edtech tools we saw at the show. We’ve rounded up some of the biggest trends, news, and tools to help you organize your post-ISTE 2019 thoughts.

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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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Renaissance and Nearpod, Coming Together to Empower Teachers and Accelerate Student Growth

eSchool News

With the rise of COVID-19, this shift crossed a crucial threshold and created a demand for the edtech industry to provide solutions that don’t supplement or replace the teacher, but instead, pave the way for a new way to teach and learn. In 2018, Nearpod was named EdTech Digest’s Company of the Year. About Nearpod.

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Seven advantages of using digital textbooks in schools

Hapara

You can personalize and differentiate instruction more easily. Another study found that from 2017-2019, an annual estimated average of 7,500 kids had backpack-related injuries and had to visit an emergency room. . Digital textbooks teach students how to self-direct their own learning by using note-taking and highlighting tools.

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

100mentors

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 students as individual learners through differentiated instruction. Abeysekera, L., & Dawson, P.

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The Future is Now: Preparing Our Youngest Scholars for a Digital World

The CoolCatTeacher

And so it's actually funny because I was listening to your podcast back in I guess 2018, 2019, and you were interviewing this woman, Pana Asavavatana , and she was talking about icon literacy. (See So tell us a little bit about your journey. I was getting super frustrated because I felt like I could never help all my kids.

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Project Based Learning Tips that Will Transform Your Classroom – SULS015

Shake Up Learning

One of my favorite EdTech gurus is the Cool Cat Teacher herself, Vicki Davis. 22:37] Differentiate instruction with technology. House of #EdTech Podcast. Google Certification Courses Close June 4, 2019! Completely updated and redesigned for 2019! © Shake Up Learning 2019. Cool Cat Teacher Newsletter.