Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 10, 2015

He explains his specific learning needs and calls on all educators to see life from his and millions of other students’ perspective. But do educators know how to support our requirements? From elementary school grades upwards, a student may be given a book to read and asked to write a review afterwards.

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edWeb.net

OCTOBER 9, 2019

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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Marketplace K-12

AUGUST 23, 2016

Cross-posted from Digital Education. The SpedApps project , created by the Research Center for Educational Technology at Kent State University in Ohio, also features a website that reviews apps developed to reach special education students, as well as two apps created by researchers working on the initiative.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2023

Jenna Gros jangles as she walks the halls of Wyandotte Elementary School in St Mary’s Parish, Louisiana. In August 2020, she signed up for a new program designed to provide people working in school settings the chance to turn their job into an undergraduate degree in education, at a low cost. MORGAN CITY, La.

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Edsurge

APRIL 1, 2020

About 14 percent of all public school students receive special education services, and for many of them the switch to remote learning has been difficult on families and the schools that teach them every day. To that last question, Sean Arnold, a STEM coach and special educator for the New York City Department of Education, has a suggestion.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

As we wave farewell to 2023 , we’re looking ahead to edtech trends in 2024 with optimism for education as a whole. Moving away from the pandemic, educators still grapple with learning loss and academic disparities and inequities. This begs the question: What’s next for education? What are the projections for edtech?

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MindShift

JANUARY 24, 2019

As a technology integrationist for Batavia Public Schools, a district outside Chicago, Sutherland was excited to give the strategy a try. It’s very hard to not prompt the students and support them through,” said Jennifer Duffy, another technology integrationist for the district. Courtesy Batavia Public Schools). ACCESSIBILITY ISSUES.

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edWeb.net

JULY 18, 2019

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. They have presented at schools from elementary up through the high school level. We’ve done this a lot at different schools,” Gavin told us. During summer, too.”

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 3, 2023

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Wednesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. Take facial recognition technology. Subscribe today! The extent to which that will be realized remains to be seen.

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eSchool News

MARCH 1, 2018

But as Terrie Noland, national director of educator engagement for Learning Ally, pointed out in a recent edWebinar, those services are not consistently available to students across the United States. Early intervention: It’s a common mantra for any student with learning difficulties, including dyslexia.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 21, 2016

Field Elementary teacher Jessica Rockhold works with Remy Campbell on a smart board in her classroom. Field Elementary, where nearly one out of every five students is classified as having some sort of a disability, has actually managed to do this. April 27, 2016 Photo: By Michael Clevenger, the Courier-Journal. Reframing expectations.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

This story was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education, in partnership with the Huffington Post. He knew it would be easy; he said tests in his special education classes almost always were. Credit: Melissa Lyttle for HuffPost.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2024

As we wave farewell to 2023 , we’re looking ahead to edtech trends in 2024 with optimism for education as a whole. Moving away from the pandemic, educators still grapple with learning loss and academic disparities and inequities. This begs the question: What’s next for education? What are the projections for edtech?

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NeverEndingSearch

JULY 5, 2018

Among the resources, you will find: Middle school library and technology staff working with local nonprofits to identify needs of local businesses and nonprofits and enabling young library users to fill those needs through applied coding projects. The club planned for one day each week became a three day a week event.

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Shake Up Learning

AUGUST 3, 2021

Optimize access to tools and assistive technology. . Summer VACAY Bingo (Anderson One Instructional Technology Team). Elementary Digital Playground: Tic-Tac-Toe (Sarah McKinney). Pam also shares in a blog post how she has used choice boards to help teachers learn technology. Foster collaboration and community.

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

But as Terrie Noland, National Director of Educator Engagement for Learning Ally, pointed out in a recent edWebinar, those services are not consistently available to students across the United States. Finally, administrators can look for ways to pool resources from different budget streams to assist students. About the Presenter.

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edWeb.net

JULY 22, 2019

Robert Furman, Principal of South Park Elementary Center, South Park Township, PA. How do you approach purchasing education technology tools? Noakes: Likewise, she always encourages educators to ask: How might tech support educators’ ability to differentiate learning in the classroom? Small district: Dr. L.

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SpeechTechie

AUGUST 9, 2016

This past year I was involved with a productive assistive technology and language consultation regarding a student who LOVED to be in all of his classes. For example, as his consumer education class discussed forms of payment, Pic Collage could be easily used to visualize cash, a credit and debit card, check, and cell phone.

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Fractus Learning

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

RE-vibe Vibration Reminder Wristband Help your child stay on track with the innovative technology of RE-vibe Vibration Reminder Wristband. It was developed by a school psychologist as an assistive technology for students with ADHD and autism but is a helpful tool for any student.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

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. So Brian, when someone is struggling, and you’re trying to use technology… Let’s talk about some of your favorite tools. Again, it’s another technology.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JANUARY 8, 2011

Below are this week''s public, free, and interactive Webinars through LearnCentral.org , the social learning network for education that I work on for Elluminate. link] INTERVIEW WITH IRA DAVID SOCOL (FUTURE OF EDUCATION) Tue 11 Jan 06:00PM New York / Tue 11 Jan 11:00PM GMT / Wed 12 Jan 10:00AM Sydney Steve Hargadon.

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techlearning

JULY 27, 2018

ADVANCED & MEASURED PROGRESS ( www.advanc-ed.org ) & ( www.measuredprogress.org ) Measured Progress and AdvancED will join forces to form a unique and far-reaching nonprofit educational company focused on data-driven tools for school improvement. The merger will create a $120-million nonprofit organization with 500 employees.

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MindShift

NOVEMBER 3, 2019

Freedman has come to see sketchnoting as a bridge between early elementary, when students necessarily think visually because they are still learning to read, and middle school, where suddenly all visual thinking seems to stop. In the end, many of her students chose to sketchnote.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 21, 2017

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.”.

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