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Math Webtools to Support Any Curriculum

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Then that too changed when rote drills and worksheets were replaced with cerebral challenges and dynamic exercises. Here are five online math resources that will turn boring math into a favorite subject: Mathletics. Thousands of students found out, to their surprise — and often, their parents — that they loved math.

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4 Great Alternatives to Google Classroom

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You will find yourself most comfortable in the Google Classroom environment if the tools you use are aligned with Google Drive, your browser of choice is Chrome, and your digital device is a Chromebook. a flexible curriculum planner that allows teachers to modify individual student learning pathways.

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Building STEM and Movement Skills Outside of School

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Move to Learn features a range of videos that integrate academics into movement exercises and recently added dance videos targeting high school students. Calm and Headspace are mindfulness apps that introduce meditation and other exercises that can help learners reduce anxiety, relax and even improve academic performance.

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Schools Let Students Take Laptops Home In Hopes Of Curbing ‘Summer Slide’

MindShift

They sat logged into their school-provided Chromebooks studying exercise ideas from their sports coaches. “We don’t want the haves and have nots,” said Kristen Landis, the director of technology for the North Penn School District in Pennsylvania, which allows students to take home their Chromebooks.

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Blended Learning with Google (Part 2: Storytelling) – SULS089

Shake Up Learning

Physical education students can explain health concepts, exercises, or rules of a sport. No matter the grade level or subject area we teach, we need to see our students as storytellers. Kindergartners can create picture books or alphabet books. History students can retell a historical event.

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How the coronavirus has upended college admissions

The Hechinger Report

She added that UC campuses will exercise as much flexibility as possible for students with unique challenges, and families should reach out to individual campuses directly for any specific requests. Goulart’s district is providing Chromebooks to all students and wifi hotspots to those who don’t have access to the internet at home.

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Learning technology once reserved for special needs students is now in everyone’s hands. Can teachers figure out how best to use it?

The Hechinger Report

Kaswell — now in his tenth year teaching at MS 88 , a large middle school in the South Slope section of Brooklyn — has always been drawn to combining face-to-face instruction with online learning. But now he’s implementing a particularly intense approach to it, known as personalized learning.