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Bringing real-life skills to virtual special education

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My experience has shown that special education students, in particular, benefit immensely from the right digital tools. The importance of interactive tools in special education Special education students often require personalized instructional strategies that traditional methods cannot fully address.

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Online learning for special education

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Their content is created and reviewed by educational professionals. Assign lessons or view data using an Internet-connected tablet or computer. It includes: Thousands of lessons Vizzle has a growing library of 15,000 interactive lessons, games and activities aligned and searchable by state learning standards.

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Technology Made Special Education Parents Better Advocates During the Pandemic

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Among them: better communication strategies and tools that make it easier for special education parents and teachers to interact. McKittrick says families were left feeling like special education was an afterthought during much of the pandemic. McKittrick’s disappointment didn’t just come from her role as a researcher.

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How 4 districts use AI tools to transform education

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Personalized learning and student resources are the focus in the Ottawa Catholic School Board , where teachers use Gemini to give students differentiated experiences for needs such as special education, English as a second language (ESL) and advanced learners.

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College Students Are Doing Less Homework. Should Instructors Change How They Assign It?

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Then there’s the sudden temptation of ChatGPT and other new AI tools, which can make cheating on assignments easy and often undetectable. Instead, college instructors need to change how they assign and communicate their homework assignments. Some students don’t understand how important assignments are, Beckett says.

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SEL Can Help Special Educators Address Rapidly Evolving Remote Learning Requirements

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A third challenge resulting from the pandemic has been how teachers should address the rapidly evolving requirements for remote learning—from what goals to teach to, to logging instructional hours, addressing absenteeism and cataloging evidence of learning—for their students with special education needs.

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Where Does Personalized Learning End and Special Education Begin?

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Dually certified in special education and English Language Arts, I teach an ELA inclusion class to 11th and 12th graders, which means I serve students with and without Individualized Education Plans (IEPs) in the same setting. I’d like to see special education take a front seat in conversations about personalized learning.