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Blended Learning – How to Make it Work in the Classroom.

EdTech4Beginners

To enhance the learning environment with technology and use the classroom time more wisely teachers start implementing additional types of activities such as working in groups, collaborative learning, independent preparation at home, and, in doing so, unwittingly start using the blended learning approach.

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Data really is the secret sauce in the K-12 classroom

eSchool News

This is especially true with literacy, where it’s all too easy to lose track of student progress and performance as students make their way through elementary and middle school. Knowing this, we opted to pilot the Lexia Core5 Reading adaptive blended learning literacy program a few years ago.

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8 Ways to Teach Financial Literacy

The CoolCatTeacher

Consumer Skills – Learning to comparison shop for cars, houses and being an informed consumer. Managing Credit and Debt – Students need to understand the true costs of credit cards before they receive that first mailing in their college post office box their freshman year.

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Swarming the Classroom

EdTech4Beginners

Contemporary classrooms (from elementary school to graduate school) are structured similar to a manufacturing line and typically produce students who are full of information. Dr. Rosenberg’s comparison is fascinating. What’s even more amazing is how we can use this comparison for a classroom environment (see Table 2).

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3 Reasons Why Some Teachers STILL Aren’t Embracing the Use of Technology in the Classroom

eSpark

Differentiated learning on iPads can help narrow the achievement gap and engage high performing students who would otherwise be disengaged from a one-size-fits-all lesson. Ready to see what eSpark can do for your classrooms? Get Started.

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“Tired of fighting that fight”: School districts’ uphill battle to get good deals on ed tech

The Hechinger Report

“Every dollar saved for this necessary utility can and should be repurposed for the teaching practices that can improve education,” said Daniel Owens, a partner at The Learning Accelerator, a nonprofit focused on expanding blended learning in U.S. For some hardware, districts can comparison shop. million bill to $3.15

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Part 1: Tech Resources and Tools for Differentiated Learning … Reading

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

Also, check out Newsela for Elementary and note there is a also a comparison of a free and paid version. You will find that a short visit will open up a whole new level of learning for your classroom. Join me in future weeks as together we continue this adventure in differentiated learning through technology.