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Inspire Families to Read and Learn This Summer

Teacher Reboot Camp

Post the PDF in your messaging app (Class Dojo, Remind), in a virtual classroom (Google Classroom, Schoology), or email to parents. Also, share websites and places to receive free books, such as a map of free mini libraries around the area , Amazon’s free Kindle books , ReadWorks , or Youthpedia.

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Inspire Families to Read and Learn This Summer

Teacher Reboot Camp

Post the PDF in your messaging app (Class Dojo, Remind), in a virtual classroom (Google Classroom, Schoology), or email to parents. Also, share websites and places to receive free books, such as a map of free mini libraries around the area , Amazon’s free Kindle books , ReadWorks , or Youthpedia.

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How Educators Save Time and Energy in Their Content Creation and Feedback Loops

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Create digital lessons from a library Recommended Resources BookWidgets Blog BookWidgets Webinars BookWidgets Tutorials Teaching with BookWidgets | Facebook BookWidgets YouTube Channel Finding user-friendly online platforms to create projects and activities is crucial in our classrooms. The Widget Library. Image Credit: BookWidgets 2.

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Could the Bridge Across the Digital Divide Be Paved With TV Signals?

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Although digital technologies hold great promise in the realm of education, access remains limited for many communities worldwide. One such company, Information Equity Initiative (IEI), is working to bridge the digital divide so that all students have access to educational information. households didn't have broadband access.

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Some ideas for Course Management Systems and Apps

Educational Technology Guy

Schoology -Schoology is a free course management system for educators that allows them to manage their lessons, post resources and assignments, create quizzes, link to additional resources, conduct online courses, provide one-on-one help sessions and host discussions. There is a resource library with videos, web sites, wiki’s and more.

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Why It’s So Hard to Lower the Cost of Textbooks

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Two decades ago, people purchased physical DVDs and CDs of their favorite films and albums, but today, fans increasingly use digital subscription services, like Netflix and Spotify, to access that material. Proponents of inclusive access argue that these deals help students in a few ways.

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The Pandemic Put Student Poverty in Plain Sight

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Wi-Fi is out, and I’m writing this at the library. We had given our students individual Chromebooks, so they had access to Schoology assignments, Google Classroom and various announcements made by the district through email and social media. “Man’s gotta do…” and so on. I can’t say I wouldn’t have done the same in his situation.