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3 strategies to support inclusive learning

eSchool News

Studies have shown that inclusive education can lead to improved academic outcomes for both students with disabilities and their peers. Inclusive education has benefits for both students with disabilities and for their peers as it promotes social integration, cultivates empathy, and exposes students to those with diverse abilities.

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Advancing educational equity with UDL and generative AI

eSchool News

Our education system was constructed to produce inequitable outcomes, and that is what it produces. By comparing multiple GenAI responses with results from the teacher, we can minimize implicit bias, and ensure that the grades we are giving are authentic measures of student learning. Systems produce what they are designed to produce.

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Bring Powerful Maker Learning Experiences to Learners

Digital Promise

In what ways can we be more intentional about addressing equity of access to our programs? The actions we took shaped the goals and outcomes of the project significantly. In what ways are we including and excluding important stakeholders in the framing of our program opportunities?

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The Fans, Fanboys, and Fanatics of OER

Doug Levin

Why wouldn’t we want to convene educators, say, every summer to refine, revise, and adapt OER, based on both educator experiences in teaching with those resources and on data about student use and outcomes of those resources? Now don’t get me wrong. In my experience, most U.S.

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Building a Shared Vision Part 3: How Will We Get There?

More Verbs

The worse outcome would be that it would not be used to improve teaching and learning. Information – equity of access to resources – not limited by location or time of day. The Student Plan. Critical and creative thinking. Engaged in problem solving; both real world and simulations. Group – more collaboration and integration.

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2024 National Education Technology Plan targets the digital divide

eSchool News

Key points: A federal outline for education technology intends to close access gaps How to work for equity of access in classrooms How schools can help students overcome the digital divide For more news on digital access, visit eSN’s Educational Leadership page The latest iteration of the U.S.

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Data Interoperability: Beyond Accountability and Reporting

edWeb.net

This new role for educators is a direct outcome of the data-driven classroom and the quest for accountability. More important, the data entry can seem pointless when the outcomes aren’t applicable to the students. Classroom facilitator. Database analyst?

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