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Today's CTE Investments Help Boost Students' Success

EdTech Magazine

Another plus: High-quality CTE helps with student engagement and retention. Research suggests students are more likely to continue their education when they know they already have a head start. Department of Education, supporting instruction for elementary and secondary students as well as adults.

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How to Teach Better: Master Reading Differentiation Strategies

The CoolCatTeacher

So the lesson examples throughout the book. But the third big reason why I shifted from levels to skill progressions is that sometimes you'd have a student reading, let's say a level M or Lexile 300 or whatever it was text, and there would be 20 different options for what they could teach within this one particular goal.

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Make This the Year That You Take On Ambitious IT Projects in Your School

EdTech Magazine

In Georgia’s Columbia County School District , for example, students in teacher Erica Cox’s class use Google Drawings and other G Suite apps to illustrate and create presentations. . School District , educators across multiple disciplines are using this program to build student engagement. . “It Try out new digital tools.

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One District's Journey From 'State of Emergency' to Student Success

Edsurge

And when we walked in and saw that one of the Allendale Six were implemented with fidelity—students doing research on technology, peer collaboration, differentiating instruction to meet students' needs—we celebrated with gift cards donated by local businesses and teacher of the month awards. How did you support your teachers?

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Google Classroom and Microsoft Teams for Education: Find the Blended Learning Tool that Works Best

EdTech Magazine

Blended learning combines technology and face-to-face interaction to improve student engagement, streamline assessments and open the lines of communication between teachers and students. . In Microsoft Teams, for example, students and teachers have access to Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

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How a Network of Support for Educators Is Unlocking Creativity in the Classroom

Edsurge

Linda Dickinson, Media and Educational Technology Instructor, Abbotts Hill Elementary School How does the Vanguard Team mobilize when you start working with a new tool or technology partner like Adobe? See more great examples of classroom projects coming to life with Adobe Spark. PSA project on human-created environmental problems.

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Stop working off a deficit model with 3 assessment ideas that support student individuality

The Cornerstone for Teachers

Here I will share effective assessment strategies I have used in my elementary classrooms. These strategies allow for students to demonstrate their understanding while using creativity, problem solving, and inquiry skills. They are challenging and compelling to students and informative to me. . Classroom example: .