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Seven advantages of using digital textbooks in schools

Hapara

Digital textbooks teach students how to self-direct their own learning by using note-taking and highlighting tools. Plus, they give students choices about how they want to learn about concepts. You can personalize and differentiate instruction more easily. Digital textbooks don’t present the same problem.

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17 things to know about K-12 OER textbooks

Hapara

You can download the textbook and access it on a device, without needing to pay a fee for the book or a subscription. Textbook funds could instead be used to help lower class sizes, invest in ELL assistants, build outdoor learning areas, take learners on field trips, purchase new technology or upgrade buildings.

OER 157
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3 Steps to a More Accessible Classroom

Graphite Blog

Plus, the students who struggled with attention didn't miss out on any information since they could access the content through the voice-over, the visuals in the video, and the text in the captions. Any classroom teacher will tell you the importance of differentiating instruction and materials for students' diverse needs.

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How to develop K-12 open educational resources

Hapara

When you build your own, you can differentiate instruction and support every student with the specific learning content they need. Because these resources are open to use, when you share an OER, other educators across the globe can access it and use it in their classrooms. Developing K-12 OER that are accessible online.

OER 130
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Top 100 Sites/Apps of 2014

Technology Tidbits

. * mobile app Top 100 Sites/Apps of 2014 Been for Education - A innovative site for Social Learning that allows educators to surf and collaborate on the web w/ their students in a safe environment where educators create/manage student accounts. Otus - A fantastic and easy to use 1:1 learning solution for mobile classrooms (i.e