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When Universal Design Promotes Inclusion of All Students

Edsurge

Recently, EdSurge met with field experts, all part of the Educating All Learners Alliance (EALA), to discuss how they leverage edtech to provide an inclusive learning environment for all students. Starting from the initial planning stage, they should anticipate different pathways for students in the learning journey.

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Does Ownership of Instructional Materials Matter?

Doug Levin

If technology doesn’t disrupt the very notion of the textbook first, its future is surely digital. While plenty of folks are touting the affordances of digital textbooks and instructional content and prognosticating about how fast K-12 schools make the switch to digital – including me and Arne Duncan among many others, etc.,

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Teaching Tools and Techniques

eSchool News

From traditional classroom learning methods like lectures and textbooks to innovative technologies such as interactive whiteboards and educational apps, these tools aim to facilitate effective learning experiences and foster student growth. What are some examples of teaching techniques?

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Top 10 Benefits of Using YouTube in the Classroom

EdTech4Beginners

The utilization of YouTube videos in the classroom may be beneficial for instructors and entertaining for students. Students are more interested in exciting activities, and they’re more likely to pay attention when they watch videos instead of having read walls of text in books and notes.

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Remote Learning Begs the Question: Must Lectures Be So Long?

Edsurge

Insights that derive from dialog between K-12, higher education, and online-learning providers could well shape instructional practices for the better as students return to school, whether in a classroom or over Zoom. Let’s start with one of education’s most hallowed traditions: the lecture.

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Navigating the Shift to OER

edWeb.net

During a tour of updates to SETDA’s Digital Instructional Materials Acquisition Policies for States (DMAPS) , which showcases state policies in support of digital materials, Christine Fox, Deputy Executive Director for SETDA, discussed new features like professional development information. Join the Community.

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Want to Boost Reading Scores? Build Silent Reading Stamina.

Edsurge

“Silent reading is a critical skill for students to develop, but it can be hard to accurately gauge how every learner is progressing. Kids can get lost because they don’t have the right book or they’re reluctant to speak up when everyone around them is so quiet. Dr. Kristin Gehsmann’s go-to resources Books Dr. Kristin Gehsmann.