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Vet What You Buy

A Principal's Reflections

They can be used to classify virtually any product or behavior, such as essays, research reports, portfolios, works of art, recitals, oral presentations, performances, and group activities. My post doesn’t just refer to just sites like Teachers Pay Teachers, but also a wide range of materials from a variety of sources.

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PROOF POINTS: Federal funds to combat pandemic learning loss don’t reflect need

The Hechinger Report

Understanding why pandemic learning loss varies so much around the nation is admittedly a “head scratcher,” said Emma Dorn, a co-author of the McKinsey report. They were following what I call the Mississippi playbook of high-quality instructional materials aligned to the science of reading with professional development and teacher coaches.

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OPINION: As we seek to meet the educational needs of all students, we can’t overlook curricula

The Hechinger Report

High-quality instructional materials simply aren’t optional. Now, instead of having to scan the overwhelming array of curricular options on their own, districts have a reliable reference for what our state’s teachers and independent experts have said are great choices. Sign up here for our newsletter.

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The Benefits of Video in the Digital Classroom

ViewSonic Education

63% also believe it increases the relevancy and quality of the instructional materials. Increases the relevancy and quality of the instructional materials (63%). Provides an innovative way for instruction to be personalized for each student (56). That's a 45% increase in just one year. Video In The Classroom.

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The Remix Hypothesis

Iterating Toward Openness

For several years my colleagues and I have been conducting and reviewing empirical research on the impact on student outcomes when OER are adopted in place of commercial materials. Many of these studies report small positive and negative changes in outcomes that, aggregated across several courses, fail to achieve statistical significance.

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Curation Situations: Let us count the ways

NeverEndingSearch

When my colleagues and I wrote our Social Media Curation Library Technology Report for ALA, we struggled with a definition. It often refers to the gathering and contextualizing of OER to replace expensive traditional texts and to include them in learning management systems. ” Library Technology Reports 50.7 2014): 27-36.

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What role should a teacher play in choosing books kids read?

The Cornerstone for Teachers

I will structure this post similarly to the aforementioned article with suggestions for action and research embedded for each group so that you could, feasibly, only read the section referring to you and be enabled to face your context. They sometimes specify only graphic novels under books rather than all books.