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Universal Design for Learning and Blended Learning: Action and Expression

Catlin Tucker

Often the devices students are using, like Chromebooks, have accessibility features (shown below) that can be adjusted to meet their specific needs or preferences. Blended learning and online learning provide a much-needed excuse to reimagine how teachers design learning experiences for students.

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How K–12 Schools Can Get Started with Blended Learning

EdTech Magazine

How K–12 Schools Can Get Started with Blended Learning. Last school year, our school started a one-to-one Chromebook initiative for sixth-grade students. That meant our incoming seventh-grade students would not only have Chromebooks, but they would know how to use them. eli.zimmerman_9856. Mon, 10/29/2018 - 09:41.

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Unboxing the Lenovo Flex 5i: The Best Chromebook for Teachers

The CoolCatTeacher

I recommend this Chromebook as the best Chromebook for teachers. I haven't seen a Chromebook screen this awesome. The Lenovo Flex 5i Chromebook is Very Sturdy and Flexible The first thing I noticed as I un­boxed the Leno­vo is it is very stur­dy. Here's why. Spon­sored by Leno­vo and Google for Education. Great device!

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The Station Rotation Model

Catlin Tucker

In the early days of my transition to blended learning, I had one Chromebook, which I received after writing a Donor’s Choose project. ” I used that Chromebook to design a collaborative online station to complement my teacher-led and offline stations. I thought, “What the heck?

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New Chromebook App Hub Speeds the Search for K–12 Classroom Apps

EdTech Magazine

New Chromebook App Hub Speeds the Search for K–12 Classroom Apps. The Chromebook App Hub — a new resource to help teachers find and integrate Google educational apps in the classroom — will launch later this year, Google announced today at SXSW EDU 2019 in Austin, Texas. eli.zimmerman_9856. Mon, 03/04/2019 - 15:55.

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How NEO helped me work my way into a blended learning environment

Neo LMS

One of the most important outcomes of this pilot was that the students liked being in charge of their own learning, even if, as 8 th grade students, they were not totally ready for it. This epiphany brought me to the blended learning movement. Transforming my classroom into a blended learning environment.

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5 Awesome New Screencastify Features

The CoolCatTeacher

As I review that article, all of the formative abilities from history to math and every subject are still there but now you have more making Screencastify an essential blended learning and flipped classroom tool that is easy and fast. Add Interactive Questions to the Final Video.