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Engaging Lessons for the Next-Gen Connected Creators – SULS0160

Shake Up Learning

Currently, Monica serves four elementary schools in her district. Working with a school that is moving towards classroom laptop carts, Monica enjoys sharing Lumio since every student doesn’t need a device to make lessons engaging. in Elementary Education from Georgia State University. About Monica Alicea. Monica holds a Ph.D.

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Giving Voice to the End Users in Districts’ Technology Decisions

Digital Promise

Students were selected at random from elementary schools of varying demographics and asked to test different electronic devices by performing activities such as: reading online text and responding to prompts. We were more interested in testing tablets than laptops and decided to focus more on the devices’ features than brand names.

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OPINION: ‘Programs that give every student a computer instead of time with a teacher are misguided’

The Hechinger Report

This past semester I had the opportunity to observe two elementary classrooms using technology in new and exciting ways. One was a fifth-grade class at Whelan Elementary School in North Providence, Rhode Island, that had just agreed to begin a commercial personalized learning program. Sign up here for our newsletter.

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It's Easier Than Ever to Provide Differentiation in the Classroom

Graphite Blog

Over the last five years, our district's library staff has worked hard to redesign the elementary, middle, and high school libraries. By embracing the needs of each student and responding with differentiated instruction, we can create learning environments that foster learning for all students.

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Site Visit & Shift Happens

wwwatanabe

The teachers were masters at differentiated instruction with technology. The second group of students worked on graphing on the laptops with the teacher. The third group was using a coloring program on laptops they borrowed from another teacher. The kids on the laptops got to choose what their learning exercise.

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The pandemic’s remote learning legacy: A lot worth keeping

The Hechinger Report

Because all Success Academy students have school-issued laptops or tablets, that means all parents are equipped to attend remote meetings, which the charter operator plans to continue indefinitely. “I I think we’ve learned how to more individualize and differentiate instruction,” says Dr. Joel in Nebraska. “I

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Reflecting On My Visit to Saint Stephen’s College in Australia: The Learning Spaces #flipclass #edtech

techieMusings

The learning spaces they have set up open up so many possibilities and opportunities for blended and differentiated instruction and individualized learning, meeting the needs of all different learning and personality styles. For example, one morning I saw a group of parent volunteers reading, in Spanish, to the elementary age children.

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