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Throw out Learning Styles and Replace it with UDL

The CoolCatTeacher

Throw out Learning Styles and Replace it with UDL. How does a learner engage with content? The third is how do we Express what they know and understand? Now, let me just tell you that, with that particular lens, in our publication, How to Personalize Learning , we really outline how to use this with the learner.

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Free Conference! Design and Delivery in a Blended Learning Jungle

The CoolCatTeacher

Joni Degner and Mark Schwartz will show how to use data to improve writing. One of my fave go-to Googlers (along with Kasey on Day 1), my friend Eric Curts talks about how to use Google tools to teach math online. Erica Mark uses the SAMR Model to help us understand how we can move math to best practices for digital learning.

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Research Based Strategies for Distance Learning with Dr. Matthew Rhoads

The CoolCatTeacher

Based in San Diego, Dr. Rhoads talks about how to integrate instructional strategies, have a teacher toolbox, how to show teachers technology, using Google Jamboard to brainstorm, how to observe and model online teaching for teachers. Finally, he reflects on attendance issues and how to help students who need it most.

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10 Awesome Courses To Improve Your Online Classroom

The CoolCatTeacher

This course will teach you how to plan and integrate social media into your classroom. 4 – UDL – Universal Design for Learning Inaccessibility is still a major downfall of some online learning implementations. Universal Design for Learning (UDL) ensures that lessons are accessible for every student.

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Tools of the Trade

Digital Promise

Educators can do all of that with a set of free tools created by CAST , a nonprofit research and development company dedicated to breaking down barriers to learning. UDL really aims to focus on the goal, which is to help learners become expert learners,” says David Gordon, CAST’s director of publishing and communications. UDL Studio.

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Washington State Releases K12 AI Guidance

The Thinking Stick

Growing up on a farm, having a brother who still farms and owning a real estate investing company also probably has something to do with it. To learn more on how AI can be leveraged in CTE courses check out this webinar I did for Harbor Freight Tools for Schools in support of CTE educators.

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21 Top Professional Development Topics For Teachers Now

The CoolCatTeacher

How to Reach Students Who Have Experienced Trauma. So, we have to learn how to reach and teach students who have experienced trauma. Helping Students Overcome Trauma In this course, you will explore the different types of trauma and how they affect students’ behavior and academic performance.

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