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How to use digital textbooks in the K-12 classroom

Hapara

You can also share specific texts with individual students or small groups to differentiate instruction and personalize learning. “Interactive Middle School Math 7” This middle school math online textbook aligns to the Common Core State Standards. Kindergarten digital textbooks.

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Confused by your kid’s math homework? Here’s how it all adds up

The Hechinger Report

Mathew Felton-Koestler, known as “Mathy Matt” on his YouTube channel , makes videos for parents that explain why and how young kids are learning math these days. He has two sets of videos specifically on the Common Core, in which he talks about the kindergarten and the third grade standards. Credit: Michelle Majdoch.

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Librarians are taking the lead in the digital transformation

eSchool News

For library media specialists, finding high-quality digital resources that align with Common Core and state standards, and that support classroom instruction, is an ongoing challenge. A library media specialist at Randallstown High School in Randallstown, Md., One pioneer shares how she does it.

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Infographics and The Library of Congress: A Colossal Collection of Resource Riches

The Daring Librarian

but close by is one of the largest collections of rich resources in the world - the United States Library of Congress. Below are pictures I took back in 2005 when our district Library Media Specialists went on a "field trip" to the Library of Congress! Especially our Social Studies partners! It was AWESOME!

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3 Essentials for Success in a Blended [Literacy] Classroom

The Web20Classroom

On the other-hand, enrichments for learning, differentiated content, and substantive conversations may be best in a digital space in which the teacher can support student needs on a larger scale and students can personalize learning anytime and anyplace. Expert readers apply similar skills no matter what they are reading.

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Design Thinking Process and UDL Planning Tool for STEM, STEAM, Maker Education

User Generated Education

If there is a makerspace in your school, it may be down the hall, in the library, or in another building. Many of those same qualities are goals of the Common Core State Standards. Barbara co-authored two books on personalized learning with Kathleen McClaskey: Make Learning Personal and How to Personalize Learning.

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Is the new education reform hiding in plain sight?

The Hechinger Report

Rogers Elementary School here set a three-alarm fire in the library. Their changed view — and that of others who shunned Rogers and now want in — is driven by what seems to be a magic educational elixir: personalized learning. But personalized learning raises big questions about educational equity. When Dan D.