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Access to a Digital Reading Tool Empowers Students to Discover and Enjoy eBooks

techlearning

The promise of educational technology is that it allows every student to experience instruction tailored to his or her learning style and specific learning needs. Equity of access and the opportunity for deep personalization are founding principles of many 1:1 programs. Unified experience across devices and operating systems.

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How a Middle School Library Promotes Maker Learning for All Students

Digital Promise

I love to decorate cakes and make fun book displays, and I continue to grow as a learner through making – this isn’t just for kids. Gaelyn: I think your description of “iterating” is accurate, because we are making small changes all the time, and really always have been any time there was a change in technology. Why the library?

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What school librarians make (revisited)

NeverEndingSearch

Let me start by reframing the words of a former, well-known political advisor, It’s equity, stupid. It’s equity of access. And it’s equity of experience. I am here to introduce young people to a rich world of books and literature, options they can select themselves. We are NOT anachronisms.

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How To Design A 21st Century Assessment

TeachThought - Learn better.

In my book Digital Learning Strategies , I describe four considerations for Replacement Thinking around assessments. To help you start thinking about Replacement Thinking, I’d like to offer the following action steps to bring more contemporary ideas into your own professional practices: Action Step 1: Stop thinking technology first.

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New Book Looks for 'Timeless' Approach to Rethinking Schools

Edsurge

That’s the argument made in a new book , “Timeless Learning: How Imagination, Observation, and Zero-Based Thinking Change Schools.” Moran is a former superintendent of the Albemarle School district, in Virginia, and Socol is a former school chief technology officer in Virginia. How has that changed over the years for you?

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The Human EdTech for Diversity

EdNews Daily

Technology dominates the education landscape discussion. It can bridge language-learning gaps and increase access with automation so fine that it can literally speak to a student and correct pronunciation and context, while removing any sense of embarrassment because it can be done privately anywhere. By LeiLani Cauthen.

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The Impact of Technology on Education

eSchool News

In recent years, K-12 tech innovation news has made it clear that educational technology has become an integral part of classrooms, influencing teaching methodologies, student interactions, and the overall educational landscape. What is one positive effect technology has had on education?