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

Edsurge

Even within that framework, states set their own requirements to meet accountability standards. Some, such as California, state that all digital materials must have a printed counterpart. State Procurement Case Studies: Spotlight on Digital Materials Acquisition is available online. . Each state operates differently.

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An OER curriculum brings my students’ lives into our classroom

eSchool News

All of this happened because I stepped back—and because the instructional materials gave my students opportunities to find meaningful connections to their lives. In addition, because the OpenSciEd curriculum is fully editable, I’ve been able to make changes to meet my students where they are.

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Should you build your own LMS?

eSchool News

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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The Best Flipped Classroom Software Tools For Flipped Learning In 2021

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By watching instructional material beforehand, students come prepared to the classroom; if still confused, students can receive individual help during classroom time. Classroom Learning Management Systems (LMS). Docebo Learn LMS. Docebo is an award-winning cloud-based LMS used by over 2,000 organizations.

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8 Visual techniques for organizing lessons and ideas in the classroom

Neo LMS

If all the learning materials teachers create are organized in a visual manner, things will be clearer for students and easier for teachers in the long-run. So here are a few ideas for teachers who want to meet the needs of visual learners. Formats or Layouts. Concept maps. Headings and subheadings.

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?A Starter Kit for Instructional Designers

Edsurge

Before becoming too beholden to the particular features (or limitations) of a technology platform, try to think bigger and more creatively about how you can meet the needs of your learners. Get a lay of the technological landscape, but don’t let your LMS hold you hostage. Lesson 8: Collect student feedback. Share what you learned.

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Pandemic Spurs Changes in the Edtech Schools Use, From the Classroom to the Admin Office

Edsurge

Top reported teachers’ apps have adapted to meet pandemic purposes. Home may be the new classroom, but instructional approaches are slower to change. There was Zoom, of course, but also Flipgrid, Bitmoji, Google Meet, Screencastify and Nearpod. Trailing Google Classroom as the K-12 LMS of choice was Canvas, at 28 percent.

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