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What is pedagogy? Understanding the foundations of effective teaching and learning

Hapara

The benefit is that group members build on each other’s knowledge and skills, rather than focusing on their own point of view. Instead, there should be conversations between educators and the class or small groups. Flexible grouping can also help with differentiation.

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What’s New

techlearning

This K-12 ‘data switch’ uses proprietary and open standards to talk to a wide variety of data sources, and merges data into a single store to provide a unified view of educational data - such as achievement, attendance and students at risk - in real time. SECOND NATURE QWERTYTOWN 2.0 ( qwertytown.com ) QwertyTown 2.0

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How Technology Should Have Already Changed Your Teaching

TeachThought - Learn better.

You may need appreciate the way gamification can improve the visibility of the entire learning process. You may dislike standards-based reporting, using labels like “proficient,” or grading with a 1-3 scale. No, it’s not feasible for every classroom every day for every age group. That changes everything.