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Do You Know the Edtech Adoption Rules in Your State? SETDA’s New Guide May Help.

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In states that mix adoption and local control, like Utah, a commission reviews, vets and ultimately recommends instructional materials, although districts have final say. State Procurement Case Studies: Spotlight on Digital Materials Acquisition is available online. . Each state operates differently.

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Should you build your own LMS?

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No longer relegated to using textbooks as their core instructional materials, teachers look to their institutions for help selecting, aggregating, and then delivering relevant content to their pupils. Of course, if the district has the right level of financing and support, the do-it-yourself LMS route is actually within reach.

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An OER curriculum brings my students’ lives into our classroom

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All of this happened because I stepped back—and because the instructional materials gave my students opportunities to find meaningful connections to their lives. Related : How to find, curate, and assess OER 5 steps to implement OER in your LMS.

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TEA Announce Free Access To Supplemental Math Computer Program for Texas

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offerings, these instructional materials are optional and aligned to Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS)—the state standards for what grade-level knowledge and skills students should possess. instructional materials undergo a rigorous review that includes Texas teacher feedback to confirm quality standards.

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Savvas Announces New Math and Reading Solutions that Engage and Inspire Students While Giving Educators the Resources to Help All Learners Achieve

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PARAMUS, NEW JERSEY — Savvas Learning Company is excited to announce new and enhanced math and reading solutions that engage and inspire students to learn, while giving educators the evidence-based instructional resources they need to accelerate learning and help all students achieve. “At

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The challenges of mobile learning in the classroom

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A secured LMS can prevent many unwanted online safety issues through automatic backups, password protection, whitelisted websites, strong settings of different access levels for users, and so on. This data must be protected, no matter the device used to access it.

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8 Visual techniques for organizing lessons and ideas in the classroom

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If we consider the creation of online instructional materials, it’s even easier to keep the consistency of the entire course by using the same layout for each lesson. Depending on the year or other characteristics of the class, this format can suffer some variation and it is best to be adapted to the needs of students. Concept maps.

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