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20 Ways to Personalize Your Learning This Summer

The CoolCatTeacher

The strategies will not only help you be more engaged, present, and fulfilled as a teacher, but you’ll also apply your learning to your classroom and your students.” As schools work to make digital assessments more effective, now is a great time to learn about how to create and plan your own for the fall.

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Strengthening Schools’ Writing Instruction Through the Use of Data

edWeb.net

About the Presenters. Mark Schwartz taught a range of social studies and ELA classes for over 15 years at both the middle and high school levels, in both urban and suburban districts in Massachusetts, before joining Texthelp as the product evangelist for WriQ, Texthelp’s online assessment tool. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING.

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FOLLOW THE MONEY: FUNDING INNOVATION

techlearning

The proposed bond projects include $500,000 in improvements to elementary STEM facilities and $17 million for improvements to school technology. What resources are presently available in schools, and how are they distributed? In making its transition to online assessment, Delaware used this strategy.

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T&L’S ISTE 2018 BEST OF SHOW AWARDS WINNERS

techlearning

For the fifth year, Tech & Learning presents its awards program that honors great products at ISTE 2018. For the fifth year, Tech & Learning presents its awards program that honors great products at ISTE 2018. Gizmos help prepare students for rigorous new standards and online assessments.

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eSN Hero Awards Finalists: 11 inspiring educators

eSchool News

Through virtual labs and field trips, simulations, and scenario-based learning, Colene presents complex concepts to her students in ways they find easier to understand and connect to real-world applications. This lab includes various STEM products, modular seating, and curriculum. Smart transportation, and VR, among others.

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6 Tech Best Practices for New Teachers

Ask a Tech Teacher

A study released last year by the National Council on Teacher Quality found that nearly half of the nation’s teacher training programs failed to insure that their candidates were STEM-capable. That means new teachers must learn how to teach science, technology, engineering and math on-the-job. Students who can keyboard well blossom.

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Learning Revolution Free Events - Great, GREAT Keynotes - MiniCon - ISTE Unplugged! - Striving for Failure?

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

This online conference will be free to attend, and you can follow the conversations by using the hashtag #learning14. Be a Presenter at Reinventing the Classroom. We will feature guest poet Chaouki M''kaddem , keynote speaker Steve Wheeler , a technology smackdown event that anyone can sign-up for, and seven mini-presentations.

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