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Universal Design for Learning: What is it? Why use?

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Today, we offer one more: Universal Design for Learning (UDL) What is UDL Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is an educational framework based on research in the learning sciences that can accommodate individual learning differences. It is based on the idea that no one-size-fits-all.

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DOs and DON’Ts of teaching digital citizenship

Neo LMS

Teaching digital citizenship can be a polarizing activity. Firstly, as digital natives, students seldom feel at a disadvantage when it comes to understanding online activities and behavior – leaving teachers often times adrift on a shifting sea of uncertainty. DOs of teaching digital citizenship.

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Subscriber Special: K-5 New Teacher Survival Kit

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It includes K-5 tech curriculum (including problem solving, productivity software, critical thinking, share/publish, mouse skills, image editing, Google Earth, Photoshop, web tools, and more), keyboarding and digital citizenship curricula, classroom posters, pedagogic articles on tech ed topics, tips and tricks, and more.

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Understanding the legal implications of using web filters in K-12 schools

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It helps prevent students from accessing inappropriate content while learning online and is administered by the Federal Communications Commission. What are CIPA guidelines for filtering? Under CIPA, public schools are required to follow guidelines to prevent minors from viewing harmful content online.

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How to Find Reliable Internet Sources

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They have barely learned about ‘primary sources’ and have no idea how to select unbiased ones. With that in mind, there is one guideline that will help even novice researchers find reliable sources: the extension. You can find her resources at Structured Learning.

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6 Digital tools that encourage computational thinking

Neo LMS

This framework focuses on turning students from consumers to content creators through game-based learning and computational thinking (CT) skills while developing their critical thinking and problem-solving skills. Scratch is a free coding learning platform with a simple interface available in more than 70 languages.

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How to Change the Dynamics of Peer-to-peer Learning with Tract

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As teachers move from a “teacher-lecturer” model of education to a “teacher-guide”, peer-to-peer learning–acquiring knowledge from a select peer group–has become a popular education strategy. I’m a fan of peer-to-peer learning and I could tell right away that Tract did it well.

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