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The Role of Assistive Technology in Promoting Inclusive Education

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Understanding Assistive Technology Assistive technologies are software or hardware systems with technical components that enhance the learning capacities of students with disabilities. They aim to support studentsengagement and communication so they can understand lessons and adapt to their learning environments efficiently.

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4 Critical Characteristics of High-Quality Instructional Content

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There Should Be Something for Everyone For educators, the biggest advantage of digital resources is the ability to personalize content for students. Educators use a variety of resources to meet the needs and interests of individual students, including videos, images, games, non-fiction text and varying types of assessments.

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Closing the Digital Learning Gap

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Mobile devices let teachers and students do what they naturally want to do: move around the classroom or campus, work one-on-one and in small groups. And, accessibility technologies support learner variability and people with disabilities by ensuring navigation and information display is available in multiple ways.

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How a Feedback Tool Improves Both Instruction and Student Outcomes for This Math Teacher

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The COVID-19 pandemic forced her to try something recommended by her student teacher. Here, Wood explains why Free Math was the right tool at the right time for her and her students. EdSurge: How is math instruction evolving, and how does technology support this? It leads to more formative assessments.

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64 predictions about edtech trends in 2024

eSchool News

Policymakers will be looking to leverage their existing data sources to better understand those trends and the remaining gaps, and they will continue to look for innovative approaches to learning and ways to assess the needs of students. Strengths-based insights + Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) is the answer.

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Learning Technologies and Creativity in the Classroom

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It makes students more adaptable – a vital quality in a world that is evolving so rapidly and in so many ways. Technology supports creativity because it is a medium that requires interaction, unlike the one-way participation of an activity such as watching TV. Many educators would strongly disagree with such an assessment.

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65 predictions about edtech trends in 2024

eSchool News

Policymakers will be looking to leverage their existing data sources to better understand those trends and the remaining gaps, and they will continue to look for innovative approaches to learning and ways to assess the needs of students. Strengths-based insights + Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) is the answer.

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