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What I learned building an AI tool for my own kids (and millions more worldwide)

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Throw out the traditional app playbook When my family and I moved from Siberia to California in 2014, my daughter Sofia had to adjust to a whole new language at preschool. Watching her struggle, I realized language-learning tools just werent designed for kids. Do they require more dexterity and attentiveness than is usual for a child?

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Schools must do more to help families overcome language barriers

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residents who speak a language other than English at home. I talk to a lot of parents, both as a parent myself and in my work advocating for language services. Ensuring access to language services benefits not only LEP parents and their children but also their teachers, classmates, and the district overall.

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Ensuring Equity for English Learners (ELs)

Catlin Tucker

Identifying the Needs of English Learners English learners (ELs) have unique needs requiring targeted instructional approaches to support their language acquisition and academic success. ELs need instruction tailored to their language proficiency level. ELs deserve access to the same content and curriculum as their peers.

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Lights, camera, literacy: Student-created book reviews inspire a global reading culture

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Project overview: Reading, recording, and reaching the world As an ESL teacher, Ive always looked for ways to make literacy feel meaningful and empowering, especially for students navigating a new language and culture. The assignment? In multilingual classrooms, these skills are often overlooked in favor of silent writing tasks.

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Could VR Be the Missing Piece in Meaningful Language Instruction?

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But it was a move to Japan to become an English teacher that finally helped Bonner see how he could meld his love of language learning with his technology fascination. “I I started to slowly realize that this passion for technology, specifically virtual reality, had applications in language education. Read Bonner’s Research.

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How 4 districts use AI tools to transform education

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I feel like I can give more attention to my students and projects using AI rather than spending my whole afternoon or weekends working on the planning.

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The Secret to Learning Any New Language May Be Your Motivation

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If you want to effortlessly become an expert in a new language, you’re probably too late. And yet, adults regularly set out to study a second (or third, or fourth) language. But technology-enabled tools that aim to deliver language instruction at scale are also building incentives into their systems to help learners make more progress.