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More than a passion project, literacy advocacy takes a village

eSchool News

Between Seattle, Naples, and the Bahamas, there are advocacy villages everywhere, filled with educators like Hannah Irion-Frake, a third-grade teacher in Pennsylvania who spends her career advocating for and creating readers. “I Literacy advocacy can come in many shapes and sizes. Literacy is not coloring, worksheets, and workbooks.

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6 time-saving tech tricks for school librarians

eSchool News

Why : Help foster independence, encourage student choice and decision-making, and offer differentiated instruction. Why : Advocacy, community connections, sharing resources, showcasing student work How : Wakelet , Padlet , Smore , Google Slides, PPT. How : Google Slides, PPT, Buncee , Thinglink , Genially , Canva. Newsletters.

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Engaging and Differentiated Summer Lessons

N2Y

Engaging Topics and Differentiated Instruction. Teachers and tutors can save time with differentiated instruction and activities that grow in complexity as the grade levels progress. Activities include leisure, recreation, and life skills to guide students in developing self‑advocacy. Summer Unit Content.

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4 Paths to Engaging Authentic Purpose and Audience

Edutopia

Photo Credit: Edutopia John McCarthy Differentiated Instruction Give students a face for their audience and let them find the passion in their message through problem solving, advocacy, raising awareness, or publication.'

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Improving Social-Emotional and Reading Skills

edWeb.net

A recent edWebinar led by Bobbi Bear, Director of Customer Advocacy for Achieve3000, identified effective ways to integrate SEL with reading instruction, through classroom conversations about nonfiction and fiction texts. This edWeb broadcast was sponsored by Achieve3000. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING. About the Presenter.

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Two Lexia Learning Products Honored in the 2018 Tech Edvocate Awards

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Winners and finalists were selected by a panel of educators and K-12 parents who reviewed the submissions and judged the products and services based on the extent to which they are transforming education through the development or advocacy of edtech.

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Focusing on Social Justice as a Path to Equity

edWeb.net

To meet these goals, they start with the perspective of advocacy for all, especially BIPOC, high-poverty, LGBTQ, religious, and other populations within their schools. Achievement-oriented school: How does school look when the focus isn’t just on test scores but setting lofty goals and working towards them?