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Vernier Software & Technology Launches E-Book to Support Hands-On Science Learning for Middle School Students

eSchool News

BEAVERTON, Oregon, July 27, 2022 — Vernier Software & Technology has launched Light & Matter: Vernier Supplement to OpenSciEd Unit 6.1 This free e-book incorporates data-collection technology into the first lesson in OpenSciEd Unit 6.1, About Vernier Software & Technology.

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A Very Useful Guide to Virtual Classroom Collaboration

The CoolCatTeacher

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter In this episode, we welcome Billy Krakower, a nationally recognized educator with 16 years of experience and a passion for bringing technology and creativity into the classroom. Welcome, listeners, to our next podcast with my friend Billy Krakower.

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Losing STEAM: When Technology and Curriculum Collide

EdNews Daily

Educational approaches that use Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts, and Mathematics (STEAM) are pushing the learning capacity of students by focusing on inquiry, problem-solving, and innovation. . But good teaching is good teaching and without higher-level uses of technology, it becomes just another dusty book on a shelf.

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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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How Video Games Can Teach Reading Just as Well as Books

Edsurge

Research and pedagogy unequivocally point to digital game-based learning as an instructional methodology that can improve literacy skills. But many districts do not yet provide teachers with digital game-based learning instructional materials, despite stocking schools with computers, laptops and tablets.

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When Universal Design Promotes Inclusion of All Students

Edsurge

Christopher Bugaj Assistive Technology Specialist, Loudoun County Public Schools One way for educators to meet the needs of students is to integrate Universal Design for Learning (UDL) into their instructional practices. If I decide to read a book as my method for learning the content, I can use the text-to-speech tool simultaneously.

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Teaching the “Netflix Generation” #LT8keys

Tom Murray

To avoid this, and in an effort to remain relevant in a digital world, many school leaders have been purchasing vast amounts of technology with the hopes that it’ll move instructional practices into the current century. However, they do acknowledge challenges or barriers to meeting the expectations of effective technology usage.

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