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Ebooks Are Great — Just Not for Young Readers

Edsurge

When you talk to an adult reader about ebooks, they typically come down on one side of the fence or the other. Ebooks do their best to replicate (or improve upon) all that’s good about reading. The interactivity is where ebooks tend to claim the higher ground. The same happens in Kindergarten at elementary school.

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5 Benefits of Technology in the Classroom

ViewSonic Education

This is just as true for the elementary classroom as it is for the lecture hall. When it comes to integrating technology into the classroom for these types of students, ebooks and interactive whiteboards are good choices. Schools and universities need to keep up to date with trends.

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In 2024, education will build systems that champion the science of reading

eSchool News

In the coming year, that broad trend will continue, with a shift to looking beyond knowledge building as schools, districts, and states begin improving capacity and creating systems aligned to the science of reading. The Reading League predicted this, and outlined it ahead of time in our free ebook, Science of Reading: Defining Guide.

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K12 STEM Learning: Here’s Everything You Need To Know

Kitaboo on EdTech

Elementary School Level At this level, students are introduced to the basic structure of the four subjects of STEM. STEAM learning is a trend in education that incorporates the addition of arts to STEM. STEM/CS learning is another trend in education that incorporates the addition of computer science to STEM.

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Improve Student Behavior Now!

The CoolCatTeacher

Topics include teaching foundational topics and emerging trends in K-12. She also published her first ebook Finally Some Answers: 50 Classroom Solutions for the Secondary Ed Teacher in 2016. Use the code COOL 20 to save 20% off each course.Advancement Courses has over 240 graduate-level courses in 19 different subject areas.

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Top 8 Advantages of an Interactive STEM Curriculum

Kitaboo on EdTech

Related: 8 Trends in Education Technology That Will Have A Major Impact | 2019. Related: 9 Benefits of Interactive eBooks. In many schools, AR technology is being used right from the elementary level to make learning more interesting and to explain basic concepts in an engaging and immersive manner.

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Read by Example Newsletter: Next Steps

Reading By Example

Creating a curated list of ten ideas in literacy leadership has been helpful for me and others in understanding the current themes and trends in education. The spring of that year, I resigned my position as an elementary principal in another district. Another wondering was to find out if there was any value in a companion to the blog.