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How Video Games Can Teach Reading Just as Well as Books

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Many digital games include textual elements, such as letters, journals and newspaper articles, which are embedded in the narrative and provide practice and scaffolding to encourage reluctant readers.” For the read-alouds, students were assigned to groups of four based on reading ability—but not as you might expect.

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A Shopping List for Mathematics in the Digital Age

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Rubrics to assess qualitative learning: While all work might not be graded, both students and teachers need to be working toward the same goals. She has been a member of various consortiums such as Web Access Initiative (WAI), National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard (NIMAS) and Open eBook Forum. series of books.

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Turn the Page: Looking Beyond the Textbook for Culturally-Responsive Curriculum

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Recently, Education Week published an article describing culturally-questionable activities and language found in Studies Weekly , a social studies curriculum used by more than 13,000 schools across the country. Are we requiring DEI professional learning and development for our team members? We must also reflect the work.

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What BloomBoard is and How it Energizes Professional Development

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BloomBoard is a professional development website for teachers and administrators. On the teacher side , educators learn, share, and discuss teaching ideas. On the administrator side , BloomBoard offers the ability to look at reports and recommend resources for professional development.

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Transforming a School District’s Leadership and Literacy Instruction to Increase Equity

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High-quality instructional materials are now in the hands of every teacher and student, and the district is focused on making sure every child has equal access to learning opportunities with a skillful teacher every day. He also works with edWeb.net to write articles on their professional learning edWebinars.

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What You Need to Know About Teaching Cybersecurity

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Organizations such as the nationalcyberwatch.org, the Center for System Security and Information Assurance (CSSIA), and the National Cybersecurity Training and Education Center (NCYTE) have a plethora of resources available, including instructional materials that can be tailored to provide students with real-world learning experiences.

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State Leadership Working Towards Broadband Access for All

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This edWebinar was hosted by SETDA and sponsored by Education Networks of America (ENA) , Kajeet , Mobile Beacon , and Parana River Group. This article was modified and published by EdScoop. By providing these examples of state leadership to support technology in education, though, states can work towards bridging the digital divide.