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Tablets vs. Textbooks for Students

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Let’s dive into this topic, exploring both sides of the argument, drawing from extensive research, classroom experiences, and the perspectives of educators and students alike. Interactivity and Engagement: Tablets offer a dynamic learning environment. Accessibility: Tablets can be a great equalizer in education.

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Formative Assessment: Collecting Data & Designing Differentiated Learning Experiences in Class or Online

Catlin Tucker

Teachers learn so much from listening to their students engaging in conversation or observing them as they work through a problem or task. Create an Analogy Ask students to make a comparison or create an analogy. 3-2-1 Activity Ask students to complete a 3-2-1 activity. choice board of options).

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As students return to college, a basic question persists: What are they learning?

The Hechinger Report

The National Survey of Student Engagement , or NSSE (pronounced “Nessie”), which McCormick now runs, was conceived in 2000 to track the ways students spend their time in college, including how and how much they study, meet with faculty and participate in class discussions. The game is set up around prestige.

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Resources from Miami Device

Learning in Hand

Bryan gives you a head to head comparison of all of the popular interactive response systems that work on your classroom''s mobile devices. Building Early Footprints by Tanya Avrith We want to encourage our students to begin to create and publish content at an early age. A massive online game?

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How ‘Learning Engineering’ Hopes to Speed Up Education

Edsurge

The hope is that if what would normally take 10,000 hours could be shortened to 1,000, and be done via methods that are more affordable and accessible, many more people can become experts. The rule—and that number—has many detractors , but the underlying principle is that it requires deep and focused work to achieve mastery.

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Stop working off a deficit model with 3 assessment ideas that support student individuality

The Cornerstone for Teachers

For example, a student may be able to remember a key word, make a connection to the word with a drawing, give the meaning of the word, provide an example, or communicate a deeper understanding with a diagram, comparison, or chart. Provide students with an overarching question and ask students to prepare ideas to support a discussion.

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Stop working off a deficit model with 3 assessment ideas that support student individuality

The Cornerstone for Teachers

For example, a student may be able to remember a key word, make a connection to the word with a drawing, give the meaning of the word, provide an example, or communicate a deeper understanding with a diagram, comparison, or chart. Provide students with an overarching question and ask students to prepare ideas to support a discussion.