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Tips and Strategies to Boost Student Engagement

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As we regain some sense of normalcy, many teachers report that students are struggling to get engaged in learning. From screen-time habits to social and emotional issues, many students are struggling. Find balance with technology -- inside and outside the classroom. featured_content_1%%.

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Tips for Encouraging Learners of All Ages to Read

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As you read the book aloud, the app uses voice recognition technology to add sound effects, character voices, and music made for the scene. Ways to Get Students Engaged with Novels. 8 Ways to Annotate Readings, Websites and Online Articles with Examples. Teaching Critical Reading Skills Resources and Presentation.

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From Analog to Digital: Why and How to Teach Students to Write for an Online Audience

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Now think about the frequency with which you read online articles, blogs, social media posts or listen to podcasts that inspire you or provide new information and perspectives. Nearly 70% of Americans get some of their news from social media; world views—impacting presidential campaigns and more—are shaped by these platforms.

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7 Ways to Get Teens Reading in a Smartphone Culture

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The authors found that digital media has supplanted consumption of “legacy media” like books and magazines across racial and ethnic groups, gender, and socioeconomic status, so much so that “the percentage of 12th graders who read a book or a magazine every day declined from 60% in the late 1970s to 16% by 2016.”

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5 teacher-loved technology tools to meet STEM NGSS standards

eSchool News

The Science and Engineering Practices of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) require students to ‘obtain, evaluate, and communicate information’ (NGSS Lead States, 2013). Additionally, it is important that students learn to use a wide variety of technology tools within our 21 st century classrooms ( US Dept.

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Innovative ideas for school libraries

eSchool News

It’s in school libraries where students often discover and hone their love of coding and programming, create amazing projects via makerspaces, and where they develop important 21st-century skills. As times have changed, technology has advanced, and student needs have evolved—so, too, has the role of the librarian.

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Make This the Year That You Take On Ambitious IT Projects in Your School

EdTech Magazine

For educators, the new school year is a prime time to set technology-related goals for their district, school or classroom. . In Georgia’s Columbia County School District , for example, students in teacher Erica Cox’s class use Google Drawings and other G Suite apps to illustrate and create presentations. . eli.zimmerman_9856.

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