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Trauma-informed teaching strategies can benefit all students

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For example, some PBIS solutions allow teachers and staff to immediately acknowledge positive student behavior from mobile devices. Other behavioral studies that look at the behavior of children with trauma histories show “enhanced attention to and difficulty in disengaging from emotional stimuli ( Tottenham et al.,

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Has Your School Reached an Edtech Plateau? Here’s the Key to Moving the Needle

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Teachers: Model appropriate etiquette with edtech for students When I work with teachers, one obstacle they say is in the way of them letting students use mobile devices every day in their classrooms is the distraction factor. Are they connecting literature or history to the present day?

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IXL, Wyzant and Miami-Dade County Public Schools Partner to Provide Personalized Math Instruction

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Since 2005, millions of learners have looked to Wyzant for help in K-12 subjects ranging from math and science to English language arts, history, test prep and more. With Wyzant, learners can book a tutor anytime they need one, and meet online from a computer or mobile device.

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Why Responsive Web Design Isn’t Going Away

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Organizations and businesses of all shapes and sizes continue to pay close attention to how their websites work on mobile devices. History shows that the Google search algorithm controls a great deal of what users see when typing your school’s name into the search engine. And your school or district is no different.

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Assessments Become More Accessible With Speech Synthesis—and an Almost Human Voice

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Advancements on the consumer side—where we see things like accessible mobile devices and the new digital assistants—have raised expectations in the community of individuals with disabilities who use assistive technologies at home in their daily lives. You’ve said that these technologies present both a challenge and an opportunity.

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Maximize Your Students’ Remote Learning by Kick-Starting Their Digital Literacy

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The capacity to manage complex tasks and projects using computers, mobile devices and other technology is given. With my history class, I ask them to pretend they are a historical figure, like Hammurabi, the ancient Babylonian king, and they have to make a scrapbook from his perspective, telling me about their reign.

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10 Great Virtual Reality Apps

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Lessons are delivered via headset including points of interest that dynamically attract student attention. All you need (for VR) is the Expeditions app, a mobile device or Chrome OS, and a Cardboard or Daydream viewer. Timelooper is the leader in recreating and delivering famous moments in history from around the world.