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8 Essential Books Every Tech-Minded Teacher Should Read

Ask a Tech Teacher

Blended: Using Disruptive Innovation to Improve Schools. Blended learning is slowly emerging as one of the top trends in modern education, and this book addresses that topic. More education books: Google Apps Meets Common Core. Common Core Literacy for ELA. by Michael B. Christensen. Endangered Minds.

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Create Small Learning Communities with the Station Rotation Model

Catlin Tucker

My interest in blended learning and weaving together learning mediums to include both in-class and online learning was in part driven by my desire to create smaller student-centered learning communities in my classroom. How many devices are needed for the online learning stations?

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Early Elementary: Differentiate Reading Practice

Catlin Tucker

In my last post titled “ Create Small Learning Communities with the Station Rotation Model ,” I provided a blended learning strategy that creates more time in the classroom for teachers to work individually with students. In one online learning station, students listen to books/stories with an audio recording.

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What do at-risk students, English language learners and adult college students have in common?

The Hechinger Report

BLENDED LEARNING Any instruction that blends the use of computers with human teachers. PERSONALIZED LEARNING An instructional model in which each student studies at his or her own pace, often aided by technology. “The demand side is there,” said Howard Lurie, principal analyst at Eduventures. Educational Terms 101.

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The FREE Lesson Plans and Resources You Aren’t Using! (but should be) – SULS0148

Shake Up Learning

With the emergence of Common Core and very few resources available to align with these new standards, teachers began utilizing OER once again. There was an influx of districts assigning teachers or instructional coaches to compile OER options that reflected the needs of common core. Where do teachers find OER? .

OER 101
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Is the new education reform hiding in plain sight?

The Hechinger Report

What does personalized learning mean to the perennial tug-of-war over content — in higher education’s “great books” debate over whether students should absorb the Western canon or study what they want, and, at the K-12 level, over the Common Core? Is sameness the key to equal opportunity?

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A school where you can’t fail — it just takes you longer to learn

The Hechinger Report

Sign up for our Blended Learning newsletter. The rise of online learning has accelerated it, and school technology providers have been fierce advocates. In addition to fulfilling Common Core requirements, assignments are designed to help students learn critical thinking and workplace skills.

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