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How digital tools and AI can enhance social studies

eSchool News

This article explores the significance of digital tools in social studies instruction, delving into their benefits, implications, and the emerging capabilities of artificial intelligence (AI) in both elementary and secondary settings.

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10 of the best K-12 sources for digital textbooks online

Hapara

Teachers may also customize digital textbooks to create a personalized learning experience. Some websites are dedicated to K-12 learning, while others feature textbooks for all learning levels or high school and college. OER Commons is a digital library full of open educational resources (OER). OER Commons.

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Ensuring Effective Integration of Technology and Curriculum to Maximize Learner Potential

Edsurge

Foster Collaboration Reflecting on Chicago Public Schools' Skyline project, a universal preK-12 digital curriculum, Kara Thorstenson , director of digital learning and libraries for Chicago Public Schools, emphasized the significance of assembling the right team from various departments.

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Massachusetts districts now trade notes on best paths to personalized learning

The Hechinger Report

Students at Revere High School in Revere, Massachusetts, worked in groups in the school library in 2015. Revere hosted a learning tour for other schools last year, to share its experiences with personalizing learning. MAPLE’s definition of personalized learning emphasizes what is different today. “It

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Why It’s So Hard to Lower the Cost of Textbooks

Edsurge

This week’s podcast sponsor is PowerSchool, now with Schoology, a unified platform that brings SIS, LMS and assessment together for blended, distance and personalized learning. Learn more. It keeps everyone from administrators and teachers to students and parents connected from homeroom to home.

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TEL Education Makes Learning Visible with Student Learning Dashboard

eSchool News

Rob Reynolds, “One of the biggest challenges in today’s education environments is that, for many students, learning has become a ‘black box’ of sorts. The purposes and processes of learning, the “why” and “what for,” are largely invisible and inaccessible to students.”. For more information, please visit [link].

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Framework: Ed Elements Provides Model, Plan, Hand-holding

Edsurge

Download and examine Ed Elements’ three models for elementary schools and its three models for secondary schools. They have a Personalized Learning Implementation Framework that guides users through 25 key areas of personalized learning. Framework: Ed Elements Charts a Clear Path. There’s more from Ed Elements.