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Use Personalized Learning Tools to Boost Classroom Equity

EdTech Magazine

As Susan Patrick, president and CEO of iNACOL explains, effective technology is an important part of designing a competency-based system, but “just layering technology over the old model won’t help you meet the need of all of our students.” For resources and information about competency-based learning systems, visit iNACOL.org.

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What Happens When Students Work at Their Own Pace

Digital Promise

You can reach him on Twitter @jtomassini. We hear a lot about the need for students to “learn at their own pace.” For the 2014-15 school year, Piedmont Middle School, in rural northeast Alabama, reimagined how its students learn by letting them progress based on their mastery of skills and standards.

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Identifying the Top Four Challenges in K-12 Education

Digital Promise

You can reach her on Twitter at @aubreyfrancisco. You can reach her on Twitter at @kelseye144. Across the country, schools are adopting new approaches to teaching and learning in order to prepare students for life in a technology-rich world. Challenge 1: Creating opportunities for authentic learning.

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Amazing Grace Adkins – my 89 year old learning lab director and the most amazing woman I know

The CoolCatTeacher

Grace Adkins on episode 191 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Meet a truly remarkable woman and a personal mentor, Mrs. Meet a truly remarkable woman and a personal mentor, Mrs. Grace Adkins. So I’m inspired to meet whatever comes each day.

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What the Shortcomings of EdTech Mean for Improving Distance Learning and Schools

MindShift

But during distance learning, it’s going to be even more important to stay connected as students struggle to show up for class. He said consider scheduling one-on-one meetings with students, even if it takes all semester to schedule 7-minute meetings with all 120 students. Have Mostly the Same Pedagogy .

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5 Ideas for Fantastic Professional Development

The CoolCatTeacher

Dyane Smokorowski on episode 195 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. FlexPath – only at Capella University – lets teachers work at their own pace to earn their MEd in a competency-based learning format. We do it on Twitter. Dyane: Right!

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How AR and VR Prepare Students for Jobs of the Future (and Save Districts Money)

Edsurge

Lucie Public Schools • Twitter @Coachcarbenia • LinkedIn With AR/VR in our classes I see students—especially the millennials, generation Zs—finding that the education system is keeping up with technology, and that I think keeps them coming. I can cover that with one student or multiple students in 30 minutes.

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