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

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

As a member of Alan’s Team all year, it is a lot of fun to meet so many people from around the world at his summer conference in Boston. Learn more at the conference master classes page. Part Three: Beyond SAMR… Making Sure Technology Supports Content Standards. “We You may need to scroll.

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4 Critical Characteristics of High-Quality Instructional Content

Edsurge

There Should Be Something for Everyone For educators, the biggest advantage of digital resources is the ability to personalize content for students. Educators use a variety of resources to meet the needs and interests of individual students, including videos, images, games, non-fiction text and varying types of assessments.

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What are Good Tech Goals for Students?

Ask a Tech Teacher

But that’s not what technology is about. Technology supports a curriculum. It scaffolds learning, making it blended, normative, rigorous, and granular. The metric for measuring technology skills isn’t a rubric with a list of skills (i.e., It’s the pencils and books of our digital world.

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Communicating Through Change: How a CA District Is Supporting Families in the Year Ahead

Edsurge

Some districts are using fully remote learning models to start, some are opting for hybrid models, while others are implementing new safety protocols to begin in-person learning. Technology training for parents and caregivers can help those at home gain the knowledge they need to support learning at home.

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64 predictions about edtech trends in 2024

eSchool News

Another advantage of AI is the time it can save teachers in the creation of personalized learning experiences. By leveraging AI technologies, educators can overcome the limitations of time and resources, offering a level of personalization that enhances the learning experience for each individual student.

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Where Does Personalized Learning End and Special Education Begin?

Edsurge

I’ve set up my room, made my copies and attended all of my meetings. I’ve committed to personalizing learning, but how can I do that for every student in my inclusion classroom when the range of abilities among them is so vast? I’d like to see special education take a front seat in conversations about personalized learning.

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Role of Tech in Ed: Consideration #1

The Innovative Educator

Learning One of the most powerful uses of tech for learning is that it enables students to connect with a network of other peers and experts who share their interests. Today we want our students to meet strangers on the internet. In the 21st century the old rules about strangers no longer apply.