3 Ways Assistive Technology Supports Students with Disabilities
EdTech Magazine
NOVEMBER 7, 2017
By Meghan Bogardus Cortez Thanks to tools from tech giants such as Microsoft, students with disabilities are flourishing.
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3 Keys to Designing Successful Tech-Enabled Education
EdTech Magazine
APRIL 17, 2024
Classroom technology supports the daily needs of educators and students across the country. As K–12 leaders endeavor to design classrooms to best serve today’s learners, they must leverage technology to ensure that the educational experience is relevant to students’ learning goals and outcomes.
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SCALE-UP Classroom Technology: Supporting The Learning Environment
ViewSonic Education
JANUARY 17, 2019
Learning environments are becoming more flexible, teaching methods are changing to accommodate different learning styles, and student collaboration is playing an increasingly important role in the classroom. SCALE-UP is turning many aspects of the traditional classroom upside-down, including how technology is used. out of 5.5.
Raising the Smart Classroom’s IQ – By Dr. Paul Fornelli
ViewSonic Education
OCTOBER 6, 2023
For the uninitiated, Smart Classrooms are digitally equipped learning spaces that come tailored with an array of teaching and educational resources, most of which are dependent on some form of digital technology. There is no denying the important role that the IT Dept.
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How Technology Can Help Deepen Students’ Learning
EdNews Daily
NOVEMBER 6, 2019
In order to do that, we need to ensure that students regularly operate at the deepest levels of learning: analyzing, breaking things down, making connections, evaluating different situations, etc. Deep learning constitutes the three top levels of Bloom’s taxonomy: analysis, synthesis, and evaluation.
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Touch-Typing: Rote vs Integrated Learning or Rote and Integrated Learning?
Ask a Tech Teacher
MAY 29, 2018
Here’s a fascinating article by Ask a Tech Teacher contributor, James Lovelock, discussing the balance between rote drills and integrated learning in teaching keyboarding: As a pre-service teacher, I have always found the arguments around different forms of teaching and learning to be highly frustrating.
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AI in Education: 5 Ways it Can Assist Teachers
ViewSonic Education
NOVEMBER 16, 2022
While AI has a clear role in assisting students with their learning, it can also be extremely advantageous for teachers too. In fact, AI technology can be used to adapt lessons to students’ needs, continually providing an ideal learning environment, enhancing communication, and optimizing the lesson creation process.
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The Role of Assistive Technology in Promoting Inclusive Education
Ask a Tech Teacher
DECEMBER 2, 2023
The Role of Assistive Technology in Promoting Inclusive Education Persons with disabilities may struggle with coordination problems, short attention spans, and limited mobility, which may or may not be obvious. Whether the symptoms are apparent or not, these disabilities can affect their cognitive and learning processes.
Why Single Sign-On Has Teachers Cheering
Edsurge
DECEMBER 17, 2018
That’s the beauty of ClassLink—it’s technology that makes using other technology easier. For us, SSO has become a learning enabler when sometimes technology can be a learning variable. Can you imagine an edtech tool so supportive and effective teachers cheer when it arrives? That’s been my motivation.
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Beyond the Test: How Have We Learned This Decade?
Edsurge
DECEMBER 31, 2019
The quiz seems deceptively easy: The past decade has seen literally hundreds of technologies and ideas emerge, many aimed at engaging or involving K-12 students and supporting student learning. So have students learned more? But is asking how much students have learned the right question? Class Dojo-2011.
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Should you Teach Typing? And Does it Work?
Ask a Tech Teacher
JULY 2, 2018
It has become a familiar argument between those who believe children intuitively learn to type (“see them on smartphones and iPads–they don’t need help”) and those of us who believe instruction makes them better, faster. This topic that is close to my tech teacher soul. Despite that feeling, there are options.
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New Online Platform from Vernier Boosts High School Students’ STEM Learning with Fun, Interactive Investigations and Projects
eSchool News
MARCH 31, 2022
BEAVERTON, Oregon, March 31, 2022 — Leveraging standards-based instructional content and its award-winning technology, Vernier Software & Technology is announcing Vernier Connections , an innovative web-based platform to engage high school students in hands-on STEM learning and exploration.
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6 Super Science Edtech Ideas: Using Technology to Level Up Science Classrooms
The CoolCatTeacher
MARCH 13, 2018
Leah LaCrosse shares six edtech ideas science teachers can start using today to improve learning and excite students about science. Legends of Learning has an amazing game based science experiences for students in 3-8 aligning with Next Generation Science and select state standards. And THEN start using it for learning.
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?Anticipating and Addressing Challenges With Technology in Developmental Education
Edsurge
OCTOBER 16, 2017
Instructional technology provides course content, as well as assessment mechanisms and opportunities for students to practice and apply the material. Student support technology supports students’ academic performance. One common form of student support technology provides round-the-clock remote access to academic tutors.
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With Money From Facebook, 10 Colleges Turn Their Campuses into ‘Metaversities’
Edsurge
JUNE 1, 2022
The technology supporting these metaversities comes from Engage, an Irish company that has produced virtual-reality experiences depicting the Titanic voyage, the Apollo 11 space mission and the bombing of Berlin during World War II. “The We want to create an ecosystem for learning in the metaverse. And as for Meta? “We
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We Asked Teachers What They Want From Edtech. Here’s What They Said.
Edsurge
JANUARY 22, 2018
From IBM’s test scoring machines in the 1930s to the Speak & Spells of the 70s, innovators and educators have been trying to improve education with technology for decades. But these efforts have fallen short of meaningfully transforming learning.
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Here’s Why Teachers Adopt New Tech — and Why They Don’t
Edsurge
MAY 29, 2019
I can’t count the number of technological tools that were marketed directly to me during my 14-year teaching career. And the number of education-specific apps, services, and software I actually used consistently? If the technology does not offer a clear benefit, I’m not going to look into it any further.
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Bloom’s Taxonomy and the implications it has for a digital classroom.
EdTech4Beginners
NOVEMBER 6, 2016
Bloom’s Taxonomy is a teaching framework that classifies learning from lower order to higher order thinking. So to put it simply, remembering is the most basic part of the learning process and creating something entirely new from what has been learnt, is the most complex. Technology or pedagogy? Evaluating.
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It’s late 2015 and we’re still overblocking the Internet
Dangerously Irrelevant
OCTOBER 5, 2015
The equity concerns are most egregious for students who lack Internet access at home because school may be their primary option for learning what it means to be an empowered, active online citizen. . Will you work to open up to your students the most powerful learning environment we humans have ever created? Related Posts.
Two Models for Leveling Up How You Integrate Technology and Teaching
EdNews Daily
AUGUST 14, 2019
Fortunately, there are two models that can help teachers effectively transition into sophisticated, student-centered technology use that transforms learning in their classrooms: the SAMR model and the TPACK model. Koehler of Michigan State University, and it is tied to ISTE standards.
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Using Data to Support Personalized Learning Pathways
edWeb.net
APRIL 6, 2021
During an edLeader Panel , sponsored by CatchOn, An ENA Affiliate , Eric Butash, Director of Education Technology and Data Integration for the district, discussed how they used data analytics to build their personalized student learning pathways. First, the district built a data governance team. About the Moderator.
K-12 Tech Innovation News
eSchool News
DECEMBER 11, 2023
One notable piece of K-12 tech innovation news is the integration of interactive devices and digital learning tools, transforming static learning spaces into dynamic, multimedia-rich environments. These devices and tools empower teachers to create engaging lessons, fostering a more interactive and collaborative learning experience.
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What Technology Helps Students Learn?
eSchool News
JANUARY 3, 2024
Key points: Technology is a great tool–but what specific tech aids in student learning? From interactive apps to online platforms, edtech tools cater to diverse learning styles and enhance educational experiences. What technology helps students learn? How does technology help students learn?
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Confessions and Learnings of an EdTech Enabler
EdTechSandyK
SEPTEMBER 15, 2012
It is one of those rare years when the campus is getting new computers (this happens every five or six years if you are lucky), and I''ve been asked to consult on the standard software image I want on the computers. OK, here''s the software list. What have I learned from all of this? As a Result of My Learning.
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Erasing the Look and Feel of Poverty
Digital Promise
FEBRUARY 8, 2016
Using what it learned from the strings program, the district decided to offer courses for free — with the help of its Race to the Top grant. Supporting Students from Day One. Instead, teachers, aided by learning software, determine students’ strengths and weaknesses and tailor activities toward them.
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Unlocking Learning: Digital Content for K-12 Education
Kitaboo on EdTech
MAY 29, 2024
Educational technology is advancing with each passing day and is not limited to schools and higher education institutions. Educational technology is rapidly evolving, extending beyond traditional classrooms to revolutionize learning across industries and age groups. Table of Contents: I.
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5 Technology Workflows Your School Needs
Vizor
NOVEMBER 30, 2020
PRO TIP: Make it easy for students and parents to get the technological support they need 24/7. Including technology in your curriculum involves the district, the students AND their parents. This is even more important when parents are learning how to use the devices along with their children. Communication with parents.
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96 We Are All Teachers Of Literacy
The Web20Classroom
JULY 11, 2016
It’s truly incredible to watch both of them using the technology and its power to learn. As I’ve reflected on this panel a lot there are some important themes to remember when it comes to literacy and technology that we need to remember. They will be able to communicate their learning most effectively. Look at my girls.
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60 9 Steps for Choosing a Device
Tom Murray
JUNE 8, 2016
Here’s a 9 step process to support your decision-making process. Create a shared vision for what teaching and learning should look like three to five years down the road. Work collaboratively to answer the question, “What do we want teaching and learning to look like in our classrooms in three to five years?”.
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Alma provides complete SIS, Google Classroom integration
eSchool News
JULY 8, 2016
Alma Technologies, Inc. Alma is an intuitive student information system (SIS) and learning management system (LMS) that allows districts, schools, and teachers to use Google Classroom from the initial set up of classes to managing assignments to reporting grades, without ever entering data twice.
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In an Extremely Challenging Year, Innovative STEM Educators Shine to Win 2021 Vernier/NSTA Technology Awards
eSchool News
MAY 19, 2021
Four of these educators are being honored with the 2021 Vernier/NSTA Technology Awards from Vernier Software & Technology and the National Science Teaching Association (NSTA). The 2021 Vernier/NSTA Technology Award winners include: Category: High School. About Vernier Software & Technology.
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How Achievement First is Creating an Interoperable Ecosystem
Edsurge
JUNE 8, 2017
Baked-In Innovation Schools are staffed with operations, logistics and technology teams that enable teaching and learning staff to focus on curriculum development and delivery, assessment, and professional learning. The network also piloted and uses Cortex, a next-generation learning platform developed by InnovateEDU.
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It’s About the Learning, Not the Technology … Until It Breaks
Graphite Blog
JULY 17, 2015
This is the second in a series of posts that examine how schools and districts are planning for and implementing digital learning efforts. Providing technical support for a large fleet of devices that travel between school and home is no simple task. We are also hosting monthly webinars to dig deeper.
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Can Learning be Equitable if the Student Isn't Able to Access Learning Resources?
Connecting 2 the World
JUNE 14, 2022
Over the last two days I have attended 2 different #MyFest22 presentations ( Accessibility Crowdsourcing for Digital Literacies Toolkit and Open Learning Journey Week 2 Kickoff) where the heart of the discussion was the question: what happens if a student or community is unable to access learning (tools, resources, content, courses)?
DOGE Reports Edtech Waste—How Schools Can Reclaim Their Budgets
Lightspeed Systems
MARCH 10, 2025
However, balancing budgets while maintaining access to essential tools can be a daunting taskespecially in the digital age, where apps and online programs dominate the learning landscape. While these tools were initially critical for remote learning, many of them have since fallen out of regular use. The reason?
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How is Technology Beneficial in the Classroom?
eSchool News
SEPTEMBER 26, 2024
Key points: When used with fidelity, edtech is extremely beneficial in classrooms Education technology boosts student learning Stay up to date on the latest in education technology Education technology enhances classroom learning by providing interactive tools that engage students.
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How Maker Mindsets Can Be An Easy Fit For Rural Schools
MindShift
MARCH 8, 2017
All of his students were able to build those sensors in class, a project that included putting together hardware and software that could transmit data to the internet. They liked it, too, because they’d never worked hardware and software together. Along with learning how to fly the drones, students learn data analysis.
64 predictions about edtech trends in 2024
eSchool News
JANUARY 1, 2024
Moving away from the pandemic, educators still grapple with learning loss and academic disparities and inequities. In 2023, a new popular kid in town, better known as AI, dominated headlines and prompted debates around how students could abuse–and should use–the generative tool for learning.
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Erasing the Look and Feel of Poverty
Digital Promise
FEBRUARY 8, 2016
Using what it learned from the strings program, the district decided to offer courses for free — with the help of its Race to the Top grant. Supporting Students from Day One. "That’s Instead, teachers, aided by learning software, determine students’ strengths and weaknesses and tailor activities toward them.
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Spring ISD Selects BenQ Boards for Classrooms
eSchool News
MARCH 4, 2024
Purchased as part of Spring ISD’s most recent school bond, the BenQ Boards were chosen over other smart board vendors because of the rich and forward-thinking feature set the BenQ Boards offer, including ease of use and flexibility for teachers, advanced learning tools for students, and free built-in remote management solutions for IT.
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Back to the future
Learning with 'e's
JANUARY 28, 2012
I was in the technical team that built some of the first personal computers from kit form, which we then deployed among our student teachers to explore how these new tools might possibly be used in teaching and learning. They were in effect, one of the first technology supported self-directed study methods ever used in nurse education.
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Discovery Education Offers Educators New Resources Supporting Black History Month Observances
eSchool News
FEBRUARY 2, 2024
. — Discovery Education today unveiled a new collection of engaging, high-quality digital learning resources supporting Black History Month observances. Discovery Education is the worldwide edtech leader whose state-of-the-art digital platform nurtures student curiosity and supports learning wherever it takes place.
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Conquer eReading! Convert PDF to ePub Free and Easy
Kitaboo on EdTech
MAY 13, 2024
As the number of mobile users across the world grows, more consumers are expected to do most of their reading & learning on their mobile phones. Select PDF Files A cloud-based conversion software will enable you to select and store the PDF files you wish to convert. You can now edit the file as per your needs.
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52 Connected Learning and 21st Century English Teacher Education
Educator Innovator
JULY 3, 2018
From Connected Learning to Connected Teaching , a special issue of CITE Journal , examines the need to bring the transformative principles of connected learning into teacher education, and explores some of the work already underway. In this model, learning is of primary importance—not the tools.
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