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Support Struggling Readers District Wide with Assistive Tech

edWeb.net

Assistive technology teachers working at schools in the Fairfax County, VA school district, one of the largest in the United States, are finding that the use of audiobooks is improving access to grade-level content while also developing the love of reading that motivates many students to continue improving.

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More on mapping expository texts through tech, Part 3

SpeechTechie

Discussion webs in language intervention are discussed in Hoggan & Strong's excellent article The Magic of Once Upon a Time: Narrative Teaching Strategies (and also this "how to" ), which has served as an inspiration for my "Pairing Picture Books with Apps" presentations.

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How Early Intervention with Dyslexia Benefits Your Students and Your School

edWeb.net

Academically, an investment at the elementary age can keep students reading on level; emotionally, it gives them confidence and makes them feel included with their peer group. Finally, administrators can look for ways to pool resources from different budget streams to assist students. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING. About the Presenter.

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Back to School with Choice Boards – SULS0121

Shake Up Learning

Listen to this article. . Optimize access to tools and assistive technology. . Summer VACAY Bingo (Anderson One Instructional Technology Team). Elementary Digital Playground: Tic-Tac-Toe (Sarah McKinney). Back to School is the PERFECT time to jump into choice boards! Find ideas and examples in this episode.

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An Inside Look at the Edtech Purchasing Process

edWeb.net

Robert Furman, Principal of South Park Elementary Center, South Park Township, PA. How do you approach purchasing education technology tools? “We This article was modified and published by EdScoop. The participants: Large district: Dr. Daryl Diamond, Director of Innovative Learning, Broward County Public Schools, FL.

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What’s New: New Tools for Schools

techlearning

GRADECAM ENHANCED ANSWER FORMAT ( www.GradeCam.com ) GradeCam introduced a futuristic new answer format powered by Aita – their proprietary Artificial Intelligence Teaching Assistant technology – that can read and score handwritten letters and words up to twenty characters in length.

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Georgia program for children with disabilities: ‘Separate and unequal’ education?

The Hechinger Report

At the meeting, a special education teacher had recommended taking the boy out of Martin Elementary School, in a town 10 miles southwest, and placing him in Georgia’s Network for Educational and Therapeutic Support, or GNETS, a statewide system for children with “emotional and behavioral disorders.”.