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The Role of Assistive Technology in Promoting Inclusive Education

Ask a Tech Teacher

Here’s what your students can achieve in an inclusive classroom that provides these devices: Enriches communication Various assistive technologies support hearing, reading, and writing, enriching communication between you and students with deafness, hearing loss, language disorder , or speech impediment.

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Raising the Smart Classroom’s IQ – By Dr. Paul Fornelli

ViewSonic Education

Visual learners do best when information is presented graphically, be it in the form of illustrations, charts, diagrams, or photos. One drawback to LMS platforms is that they are not uniform in the level of technological support that they provide to users.

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Part Three: Beyond SAMR… Making Sure Technology Supports Content Standards

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

Check out this wonderful magazine for some great K12 educational articles, I will be presenting at Alan November’s BLC in Boston in July. They include; One-Half Day PBL Splash, Full Day PBL Starter; and a One-Half Day Technology Workshop dedicated to amplifying standards and process using Technology.

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What's Really Getting in the Way of Teachers Embracing Edtech?

Edsurge

For a school to shift from simply adding tech tools to encouraging teachers to use them effectively, a few elements must be in place, including informed decision-making by leadership, continual training and support for teachers and buy-in from staff. Yet, these researchers have also shown that these beliefs are malleable.

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What Does ‘Innovation’ Mean in Early Education? Here’s How Government Leaders Answer.

Edsurge

Ahead of a series of rapid-fire pitches by 11 individuals who are seeking to solve major problems in the field—including issues of literacy, early childhood assessment, learning disability detection and online teacher training—a panel of ACF leadership explored what “innovation” means in the context of early childhood development.

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Should you Teach Typing? And Does it Work?

Ask a Tech Teacher

It is hardly unsurprising either, compared to when my siblings both did their teacher training in the late 90’s and early 2000’s when ICT units were elective, my training has ICT instruction as a compulsory element of my degree. Despite that feeling, there are options.

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?Anticipating and Addressing Challenges With Technology in Developmental Education

Edsurge

Course management technology organizes and presents course structure and materials on an electronic platform. Student support technology supports students’ academic performance. For many, in-person engagement was a positive or necessary aspect of developmental education that had been eroded by technology.