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12 Websites for Digital Books Summer Reading

Ask a Tech Teacher

There is one bright spot in this story: Online books. Thanks to the efforts of many devoted professionals and the financial support of more, there are a wide variety of free/inexpensive sources for books that students can use for classroom activities as well as pleasure. Kids can even watch book trailers before making a selection.

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How Large Print Books Create a ‘Virtuous Cycle’ for All Readers

Edsurge

The recently released National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) found that only 31 percent of 4th graders and 30 percent of 8th graders were reading at or above a proficient level. Image credit: Thorndike Press Books that are easier to read create a virtuous cycle in which students are not as tense about reading, so they read more.

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Book Creator for Chrome: Product Review, Tips and Tricks for Teachers

The CoolCatTeacher

Sponsored by Book Creator, All Opinions My Own From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Book Creator has long been a favorite app on the iPad, and now it’s available for Google Chrome. Post sponsored by Book Creator. Right now, my students are creating books about their heroes.

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Using AI in the Classroom: 5 Ways to Transform Learning & Teaching

ViewSonic Education

With a few simple inputs—such as your lesson objectives or key topics—these AI platforms can rapidly generate tailored suggestions for activities, assessments, multimedia resources, and reading materials. These digital books integrate with AI platforms like ClassSwift , letting teachers activate interactive features with just a click.

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How edtech helps students demonstrate learning in more than one way

Neo LMS

Our decisions need to focus on helping students by designing assessments and ways to show what they have learned while also promoting voice and choice in learning. Consider how the method or tool will enhance learning or provide more benefits for students beyond being a way to practice the content or take an assessment.

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What Happens When a School Closes Its Library?

Edsurge

One fear expressed was about how the mostly Black and Latino students at 28 schools would fare under a plan created by new Superintendent Mike Miles that would require school libraries to cease, in essence, functioning as libraries. Demonstrators gather in August 2023 in protest of Houston ISD's plan to close libraries in schools.

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What Happened to Google's Effort to Scan Millions of University Library Books?

Edsurge

It was a crazy idea: Take the bulk of the world’s books, scan them, and create a monumental digital library for all to access. That’s what Google dreamed of doing when it embarked on its ambitious book-digitizing project in 2002. It got part of the way there, digitizing at least 25 million books from major university libraries.

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