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Do You Know the Edtech Adoption Rules in Your State? SETDA’s New Guide May Help.

Edsurge

All four are profiled in case studies that detail their policies, funding allotments, adoption processes and notable challenges. In states that mix adoption and local control, like Utah, a commission reviews, vets and ultimately recommends instructional materials, although districts have final say.

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Does Ownership of Instructional Materials Matter?

Doug Levin

. – I want to focus instead on one aspect of how we are shifting from print to digital: the procurement decision schools make about whether to license digital instructional materials or purchase them outright, because I think ownership of instructional materials matters.**. Image credits. Image credits.

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Generative Textbooks

Iterating Toward Openness

Then do the same with every colorful little box containing an example, case study, etc. In graduate school I was endlessly fascinated with Gordon Pask’s conversation theory , which seems to have broad implications for the design of this new kind of instructional material.

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Active Learning Strategies for Students

eSchool News

Problem-Based Learning (PBL): PBL tasks students with solving real-world problems or case studies, requiring them to apply knowledge and critical thinking skills to develop solutions. It encourages inquiry, creativity, and independent learning. This approach maximizes classroom time for interactive, hands-on learning experiences.

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How 4 states are purchasing digital resources

eSchool News

Now, a new resource from SETDA offers a look at different state-level procurement models to demonstrate how various states have implemented policies and procedures to procure digital resources, instructional materials and devices. Next page: Procedures from 4 states highlighted in the report).

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BIOZONE Launches Comprehensive Environmental Science Program

eSchool News

Using engaging, current, and relevant case studies, this includes activities on: COVID-19 pandemic (snapshot up until July 2020). Global climate change – latest scientific data (up to 2019 in some cases). Increased incidence and severity of wildfires (California, Australia, Brazil, Siberia). About Biozone.

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For two states, the digital transition requires an overhaul of the process

edWeb.net

Refocusing classrooms around up-and-coming digital materials requires more than just adding a new tech-based product or two as many processes for reviewing and purchasing instructional materials are still built around print textbooks. “We saw that our code was only looking at the adoption of textbooks,” said DeLeón.