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How to Use Alexa Devices in the Classroom

The CoolCatTeacher

Friedlander talks about Amazon Alexa on Episode 447 of the 10-Minute Teacher From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Dr. Brian S. Friedlander is a school psychologist with expertise in assistive technology. Today’s sponsor: Empatico. Elizabeth in Morristown, N.J.,

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How to Serve Students With Special Needs From Afar

Edsurge

Find some way, some moment to connect—especially with elementary students, but all your students really—because they’re challenged,” he says. That can be a website, a blog, a discussion board. I just did a blog post recently on this. Because if I can’t do that, then neither can assistive technology.

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Top Tech Tools for Kids Who Struggle to Read and Write

The CoolCatTeacher

Brian Friedlander on episode 157 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. The Kids Discover online platform lets students explore 150 different science and social studies units for elementary and middle school learners at three different lexiles. Vicki: Yep.

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The Real Crisis in Jewish Education- The High-Functioning Neurodivergent Child Applying to a JDS High School- Part 1 of The "FORGOTTEN MAN" of Jewish Education

Saving Socrates

Some of these neurodivergent children have already been unable to fit into Elementary School Jewish Day School and attend public schools or other non-Jewish private schools. Imagine being a parent of a child who has been asked to leave a JDS in lower elementary school and is now grading 8th grade, ready to re-enter a JDS.

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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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Students Reflect on Being edWeb Presenters

edWeb.net

When we “flip” the learning, and have students present to educators in our edWebinars, it’s a great example of how much we can learn from our students. We wanted to know how they felt about playing the role of teacher to a crowd of over 800 attendees. They have presented at schools from elementary up through the high school level.

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Back to School with Choice Boards – SULS0121

Shake Up Learning

You’ll learn some of the common misconceptions about creating choice boards, but most importantly, you’ll learn how to get started with utilizing the choice board for your classroom. Optimize access to tools and assistive technology. . Elementary Digital Playground: Tic-Tac-Toe (Sarah McKinney). Click To Tweet.