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The Key to Differentiating Instruction - Develop Student Experts

The Innovative Educator

Once they select their cause, they determine a course of action to address the issue using tools they chose. Here are some tools in the toolbox. Once the issue and tool are selected, students use them to select their own project and tools to make real-world change. He used a 3D printer to prototype the greenhouse.

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Using Book Creator for Differentiated Learning

EdTechTeacher

Differentiated instruction gives students multiple options for taking in information, making sense of their ideas and then expressing what they know (Tomlinson, 2001). In this book, you will find examples and practical tips on how Book Creator can be used to differentiate lessons for students in your classroom. Apple Books.

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17 things to know about K-12 OER textbooks

Hapara

You can download the textbook and access it on a device, without needing to pay a fee for the book or a subscription. Because OER textbooks are digital, teachers and learners can access them online or download them to their devices. You can differentiate instruction with K-12 OER textbooks.

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Five digital citizenship activities everyone should know about

Hapara

Download the free e-book 3. Digital citizenship Workspaces Hāpara Workspace is a teaching and learning tool that allows educators to share interactive lessons, units and courses. With Workspace, you can quickly create student groups and differentiate instruction or share personalized resources.

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How to develop K-12 open educational resources

Hapara

When you build your own, you can differentiate instruction and support every student with the specific learning content they need. If they can download the materials, educators can change information or add to your OER to make them more relevant to their classes. OER development tools. Screencasting tools.

OER 130
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The 6 Fundamentals of Technology Coaching

EdTech Magazine

Just like with teaching, integration specialists need to differentiate instruction and support to meet the needs of the teachers. Test Tech Tools in the Classroom. This takes quite a bit of finesse, because although you are more experienced with the tech tools, the classroom teacher is the curriculum expert.

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Seven advantages of using digital textbooks in schools

Hapara

Digital textbooks teach students how to self-direct their own learning by using note-taking and highlighting tools. You can personalize and differentiate instruction more easily. For students who need to hear the content read aloud, there are also text-to-speech tools within the textbooks.

OER 130