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Tips for Supporting Students With Special Needs Using Technology

Ask a Tech Teacher

By engaging students in selecting personalized tools, you empower them to take charge of their learning journey. But how do you guarantee these strategies lead to meaningful progress? Collaborative learning nurtures social skills, builds confidence, and enhances problem-solving abilities.

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Collaborative Learning in the Age of Social-Distancing

Digital Promise

As schools rapidly shift instruction to a learn-from-home situation, we’re thinking about how to integrate core learning sciences principles in this new context: What do we know improves learning? How can we implement these strategies with students at home? It takes careful planning and structure to work well.

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Classroom collaboration: Learning together

Neo LMS

When I was in elementary school, we often were paired with a classmate for different activities and it was a great way to develop our social skills as well as develop new perspectives in learning. Through these learning networks, students will build confidence, broaden their perspectives, and connect with the content in a more meaningful way.

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An Active Reading Strategy for Any Learning Landscape

Catlin Tucker

We can apply strategies to help us think more deeply about what we are reading. Instead, this strategy presents students with an open-ended, debatable, or controversial statement to consider before they begin the reading. I was immediately struck by the simplicity and power of this strategy. Whole Group Rotation Model.

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How to use Digital Quick Writes–the video

Ask a Tech Teacher

The video outlines practical strategies for implementing quick writes in the classroom, provides examples of tools and techniques, and highlights how these exercises can meet Common Core standards. Collaborative Learning : Sharing and discussing quick writes with peers enhances understanding and communication skills.

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The gains and pains of the think-pair-share strategy

Neo LMS

As a collaborative teaching strategy, the think-pair-share approach has sparked controversy among teachers. Is it a valuable strategy you shouldn’t overlook or is it just not worth the time? Is it beneficial to the learning process or does it hinder progress? What are the gains and pains of the think-pair-share strategy?

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The Best Learning Strategies for Teaching Online

EdTech4Beginners

In the case of distance learning, this also helps to meet a number of students’ and school districts’ needs in the current climate, particularly in terms of accessibility. But what are the best learning strategies for teaching online? Interactive Group Learning. Here are some ideas to keep in mind: #1.

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