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6 Digital tools that help teachers create effective rubrics

Neo LMS

The rubric’s features are essential because they provide clear guidelines for the teacher. With this tool, teachers can create quality rubrics using pre-established quality ratings, such as “exceed expectations, meets expectations, needs improvement, and below expectations”, or customize them to suit the needs of each class.

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Why the FCC’s E-rate Makes Funding High-Speed Internet a Slow Crawl

Edsurge

For more than 20 years, the Federal Communications Commission has directed the multi-billion dollar E-rate program, which provides taxpayer-supported construction and service discounts that districts and libraries can use toward internet costs. A quarter of respondents rated the system neither easy nor difficult in the 2017 survey.

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5 Tips for Improving Your Organization’s Microlearning

Edsurge

While vendors and e-learning service providers promote microlearning as an off-the-shelf solution to be used like a genie’s lamp to solve all the learning and development issues in your organization, they fail to understand that microlearning is not a technological solution—it is a learning strategy. Would anyone understand it?

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Can Video Games Help Early Learners Grow?

Edsurge

When young children enter a virtual world of play, they’re most likely using apps on phones or tablets, according to a recent Common Sense Media analysis. The rating system includes markers for content appropriateness on games. That status quo may shift if CoComelon: Play with JJ is successful. “I

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The SLIDE Study: A chat with Deb Kachel (Part 2)

NeverEndingSearch

Districts are also eliminating library clericals and paraprofessionals at alarming rates. In Pennsylvania we have a guideline that suggests one certified librarian per district. And what are your recommendations for analysis and interpretation? Lance, Keith Curry and Debra E. Ten states and D.C. have legal requirements.

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Remote Science Instruction in High School Biology and Chemistry

eSchool News

If they are working individually in the school due to social distancing guidelines or at home in their kitchen, they can safely perform hands-on Next Generation Science Standards* (NGSS) investigations. For information, visit www.Carolina.com/Flex , call 336-586-4363, or e-mail product@carolina.com. Powell Jr.

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Can Chinese Edtech Regulations Stifle a Culture of Striving?

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Young people think the burden is too heavy for them to have a child, so the birth rate is declining very, very fast.” The country’s tutoring companies are worth about $120 billion, according to analysis from Reuters. Will there be hardware, new e-books and other e-learning materials?” Jiao’s job helps fuel that fire.

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