Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 23, 2023

JSTOR : A digital library housing thousands of academic journals, books, and primary sources. WorldCat : A global catalog of library collections, WorldCat helps locate books, DVDs, articles, and other materials in libraries worldwide. It’s a valuable tool for accessing physical and digital academic resources.

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Education OER Libraries Accessibility 115

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

More and more school districts today are making it a priority to use high-quality instructional materials that not only demonstrate both efficacy and a positive impact on student achievement but also provide teachers the training and support they need to successfully implement the curriculum.

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Company Instructional Materials Differentiated Instruction Learning 52

The Cornerstone for Teachers

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

Maybe you think removing upsetting books from school libraries is the best thing for your child. Your classroom libraries, core texts, optional reading, and on-the-fly suggestions have great power in developing your students’ love of reading, leading them to new understanding, and nurturing their empathy. Illinois (1987).

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Libraries Handbook Policies Study 93

NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Just a couple of weeks ago, the Library of Congress announced the launch of three new apps for Web and mobile, developed by educational organizations that were supported by an LOC grant for app development. Links to Library of Congress primary source analysis guides. These are not the first apps from the Library of Congress.

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eSchool News

JULY 22, 2021

Students will also have seamless access to age-appropriate popular ebooks and audiobooks from the Delaware Libraries’ digital collection as a result of the new partnership with the DDOE. Sora incentivizes reading with fun avatars and achievements within the app and provides seamless access to the local public library in most markets.

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Accessibility eBook Libraries Instructional Materials 98

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Other interesting features provided by Simply Piano include: courses to help you learn piano, a library full of fun songs for practice, feedback on your playing, learn the basics step-by-step from reading sheet music to playing with both hands, personalized 5-min workouts, 3D touch, and many more. You can use it to play your favourite songs.

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iPhone iPad Android Learning 112

ViewSonic Education

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

Sixty-three percent said the use of video helped increase the relevancy and quality of instructional materials. The post 3 Tips for Easily Implementing Social-Emotional Learning – by John Gamba appeared first on ViewSonic Library.

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Learning Outcomes Exercises Survey 392

eSchool News

JANUARY 29, 2024

Virginia Standards of Learning are embedded in programs’ reporting, and instructors can easily identify Virginia SOL Primary Standards in the online libraries and offline materials.

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Resources Instructional Materials Professional Learning Blended Learning 55

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

The company has an editorial team that rewrites these materials for readers at different grade levels. The company plans to expand this library with new media formats including audio and video, and add new features for students and teachers to engage with the content. Now used in 90 percent of all U.S.

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Company Instructional Materials Libraries EdTech 114

eSchool News

JANUARY 14, 2022

As a Certified Partner of the nonprofit OpenSciEd since August 2021, Kendall Hunt will offer a customized version of OpenSciEd’s high-quality middle school science instructional materials in a dynamic format through Kiddom’s comprehensive digital curriculum platform.

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Instructional Materials Libraries Accessibility Groups 55

eSchool News

MARCH 16, 2022

The curated, easy-to-implement instructional materials, combined with state-of-the-art screener and diagnostic assessment tools, are designed to help move learning forward for all students. Teachers have been working hard to get students back on track academically after three school years of disrupted education.

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Instructional Materials Assessment Learning Company 55

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

Schools and grades in a California district were paired based on various school-based characteristics to find similar groups of students who would use PA Lessons or receive early literacy PA skill instruction using other resources. Phonics Chip Kit (PCK) explains phonics patterns using manipulatives and sound-spelling mapping.

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Groups Comparison Education Libraries 55

eSchool News

JANUARY 31, 2023

This approach is proven to be as effective at teaching children to read as the explicit instruction delivered by the teacher. There are multiple studies that demonstrate its effectiveness. For additional information on 95 Percent Group’s evidence and research, visit: [link].

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Groups Comparison Resources Education 74

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Kiddom , a startup based in San Francisco, will offer core curriculum materials from the nonprofit publisher on its curriculum management system. The platform also offers a library of supplemental resources from third-party providers. Founded in 2013, the company has raised $21.5 million in investment to date.

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Resources OER Academic Standards Instructional Materials 82

Edsurge

JULY 29, 2020

There are a few academic subjects, but its library mostly consists of lessons related to skills and hobbies (such as basketball and cooking). Those that help bridge the communication gap and provide high-quality instructional materials will fare better, says Sharpley. But not all startups are affected equally.

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EdTech PresenceLearning Company Trends 175

User Generated Education

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

This permits learners to have a direct and sensory experience interacting with the instructional materials. The maker movement and maker education are becoming very popular in school and after school settings, libraries, and community centers. First is that learning starts with an experience. Reflection in the Maker Process.

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Maker Movement Wiki Instructional Materials Study 120

Edsurge

MAY 21, 2018

—Natalie Franzi, Director of Curriculum and Instruction, Middletown Township Schools 2. Empower teachers to personalize instruction Ultimately, it comes down to the teacher. No advancement in classroom technology or instructional materials will ever have the impact of a passionate, empowered teacher.

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Classroom Instructional Materials Learning Outcomes 115

Edsurge

JANUARY 2, 2023

Instructional materials aren’t more important than teachers, says Cassandra Herring, CEO of the Branch Alliance for Educator Diversity. There’s been a general increase in effort to make published materials more inclusive of more groups of people. So, what does it mean to be inclusive, and how good are education publishers at it?

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Edmentum Company Industry Guidelines 114

edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Essential Elements for Digital Content is a free professional learning community on edWeb.net that provides policy makers, school administrators and educator leaders a better understanding of policies and practices related to digital instructional materials. Christine Fox’s background includes experience in education and consulting.

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Broadband Accessibility Instructional Materials Education 61

Buncee

MARCH 26, 2021

My correspondence and instructional materials are very text heavy and visually overwhelming, and I’ve struggled to improve until I found Buncee. Julie Horwat is a Library Media Specialist in upstate NY. I am extremely unskilled at presenting content in a visually appealing way; bulletin boards? Meet the Author.

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Libraries Instructional Materials Meeting Twitter 36

Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 19, 2017

Encouraged by Dr. Orton, she compiled and published instructional materials which provided the foundation for what became known as the Orton-Gillingham Method. How do I create a classroom library checkout system? As early as 1925 he identified dyslexia as an educational problem. –published first on TeachHUB.

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Training Study Digital Citizenship Instructional Materials 176

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Online instructional materials have come a long way from the McGuffey Readers of the late 1800s. Additionally, the Internet offers students endless pathways of research, exploration, and creativity—far beyond the confines of the best classroom library or set of art supplies.

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Policies Libraries Instructional Materials Secondary 81

eSchool News

JUNE 9, 2017

They also encourage schools and districts to leverage community partnerships by working with libraries, community centers, mobile community hotspots, or local chambers of commerce. Leverage Partnerships. This broadcast was hosted by edWeb.net and SETDA and sponsored by AT&T. The recording of the edWebinar can be viewed by anyone here.

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Resources Equity of Access Instructional Materials Elementary 79

The Cornerstone for Teachers

MARCH 10, 2024

Next, I switch on the library lamp, and then the smartboard. So students would not see confidential information, I have a bookmarks folder for instructional items and another for my school email, Google Drive, and Class Dojo. I have chosen each step in this entrance. I turn on one of the overhead lights and head to my desk.

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Meeting Google Instructional Materials Resources 64

Digital Promise

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

Susan Adelmann is vice president of strategic partnerships at Follett School & Library Group, a corporate supporter of Digital Promise. ” That’s when districts think in terms bigger than technology, bringing together plans for strategy, technology, instruction, and curriculum.

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Learning Industry Guidelines Instructional Materials 191

NeverEndingSearch

OCTOBER 8, 2016

Controls appear in a small movable, contextual palette that offers access to images, drawing tools and a library of instructional materials. A growing library of templates and searchable content reaches across subject areas and includes quizzes, click-and-drag activities, games. For more information: Ormiboard.

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Khan Academy Moodle Libraries Instructional Materials 49

TeacherCast

JUNE 19, 2019

Visit their booth to learn how you can get a classroom, school or district license to their full library of content, including 10,000 videos and full courses that are viewed more than 55 million times monthly. MERGE – Booth 2746.

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Company Conference EdTech Microsoft 68

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

This funding opportunity will allow K-12 schools and districts, colleges and universities, and public libraries to connect students to safe, reliable internet outside of the classroom. Kami demonstrated its all-in-one digital learning platform. Kiddom’s modular unit design allows teachers to easily center lessons around OpenSciEd’s phenomena.

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EdTech Resources Tools Robotics 114

ExcelinEd

JUNE 10, 2020

Curate a library of high-quality courses and instructional materials. States can also consider the process for procuring a statewide learning management system and how to provide high quality professional development for teachers.

Education 45

Education Instructional Materials Course Accessibility 45

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 7, 2017

Cal students in the Doe Library at UC Berkeley. Many are also joining to support passage of the Accessible Instructional Materials in Higher Education (AIM HE) Act. Photo: Alison Yin/Hechinger Report. Department of Justice ruling, such a move should not go unnoticed.

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Accessibility Resources Guidelines Libraries 45

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 17, 2023

There, he tutored fellow undergraduates the old-fashioned way, in person, in the library. But Salvatore is finding that so many students lack basic background knowledge that he sometimes teaches a mini lesson from instructional materials that he discovers online. Salvatore moved in with his mom in Brooklyn, New York.

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Company Training Instructional Materials Study 88

edWeb.net

JUNE 16, 2017

They also encourage schools and districts to leverage community partnerships by working with libraries, community centers, mobile community hotspots, or local chambers of commerce. Christine Fox, Deputy Executive Director, SETDA, noted the importance of having safe WiFi access. About the Host and Sponsor.

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Equity of Access Accessibility Elementary Instructional Materials 40

edWeb.net

MAY 1, 2019

Recent publications and projects include Navigating the Digital Shift, Digital Instructional Materials Acquisition Policies for States, OER Case Studies: Implementation in Action, The Broadband Imperative and From Data to Information. Christine’s background includes experience in education and consulting.

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Broadband Accessibility E-rate Mobility 41

NeverEndingSearch

JULY 12, 2018

A number of portals offer training and instruction for our students as well as a little retooling for us as professionals, all aligned with the ACRL (Association of College & Research Libraries) Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education , which, of course, resonate with our own AASL National School Library Standards.

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Secondary Libraries Assessment Outcomes 42

NeverEndingSearch

JULY 5, 2017

When my colleagues and I wrote our Social Media Curation Library Technology Report for ALA, we struggled with a definition. The folks we interviewed across library land curated in several different ways and we used the term curation differently depending on current community needs or where they were in any particular project.

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OER Social Media Libraries eBook 46

edWeb.net

JULY 15, 2018

In a recent edWebinar , presenters from Idaho and Pennsylvania discussed how state and district leadership support digital learning opportunities and implement digital materials. According to the Brookings Institution there is strong evidence that the choice of instructional materials has large effects on student learning.

Digital Learning 40

Digital Learning Instructional Materials Learning Policies 40

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

He has already been successful in passing one part of that promise: Virginia districts must now notify parents of any instructional material that includes content deemed “sexually explicit.” The school board representing the 1,700-student Madison County district voted to ban 21 books from its high school library.

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Policies Outcomes Elementary Study 74