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Toy Theatre Offers Tons of Educational Games

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

That’s gold for differentiating instruction, especially if you’re dealing with a mixed-ability classroom. Art games Toy Theater offers creative and educational art activities for elementary-aged students. Music Games Toy Theater provides a platform for elementary-aged students to engage in interactive music games.

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Blended Instruction vs Blended Learning

A Principal's Reflections

However, there seems to be a bit of confusion as to what blended learning is or the conditions that have to be established for it to improve feedback, differentiate instruction and empower learners. The use of mobile technology and flexible seating provides students choices as to where they will learn.

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Blending with Playlists

A Principal's Reflections

This is not to say that a teacher using a variety of tools as part of daily instruction isn’t effective, but this is not blended learning. Wells Elementary School in the Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District (CFISD) is one of the best examples I have seen when it comes to effective blended learning at school.

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Chicago Public Schools Prepares Students for Life After Graduation with Achieve3000

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often encounter challenges, such as high mobility rates and socioeconomic conditions, in preparing students for life after graduation. are determined to become college and career ready with the help of Achieve3000, the leader in differentiated instruction. Large, urban school districts in the U.S.

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Broward County Public Schools Selects Science A-Z As District-wide Supplement to K–5 Science Curriculum

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Florida’s second largest district partners with Learning A-Z to provide its elementary schools with professional learning and an award-winning curriculum resource that blends science and literacy TUCSON—Aug. Resources can be used for one-to-one, small-group, and whole-class instruction.

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Using Data-Driven Instruction and SEL to Make the Most of Assessments

EdNews Daily

We have so many great opportunities in our area, including Exxon Mobil, Lamar University, and Lamar Institute of Technology right in our own backyard. Our diverse student population has a high mobility rate, so a number of our students move from school to school during the year based on family financial situations.

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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. Related: Giving students a say.