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Closing the digital use divide with active and engaging learning

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Passive uses of technology that primarily support adult goals: Taking an online test (weekly): 75 percent of high school students and 66 percent of middle school students Using a learning management system for organization (weekly): 72 percent of high school students and 67 percent of middle school students Active uses of technology that support students (..)

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The Do's and Don'ts of Project-Based Learning Technology Integration

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The Do's and Don'ts of Project-Based Learning Technology Integration. Educators embracing project-based learning to engage students. In PBL, teachers create assignments rooted in the real world to help students build important skills such as problem-solving, communication and teamwork. eli.zimmerman_9856.

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21 priorities for student success and learning in 2025

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. — Tatiana Ciccarelli, Senior Professional Learning Consultant, NWEA For todays students, critical thinking skills are just as essential as literacy and numeracy. I believe more schools will begin explicitly teaching skills such as analysis, open-mindedness, problem-solving, creativity, and communication as early as elementary school.

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A virtual reality, AI-boosted system helps students with autism improve social skills

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That system contains 140 unique learning scenarios meant to teach knowledge and understanding of 183 social skills in virtual school environments such as a classroom, hallway, cafeteria or bus that students and teachers can use via multiple platforms such as iPad, Chromebooks or Oculus VR headsets.

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Personalizing Language Arts Education With AI Tools: A Teacher's Perspective

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. — Molly Castner As educators navigate the responsible use of AI in classrooms, AI tools could give students more opportunities to practice writing than they would have in the absence of such tools, which could lead to more advanced skills in communication and expression, enabling them to thrive in an increasingly technology-driven world.

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As COVID relief spending deadlines loom, one district moves ahead with an uncommon tech plan

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They told the board in the high-poverty district in Chicago’s south suburbs that the project would “future-proof the classroom” and “catapult Dolton into the next generation of learning technology.” Member Shalonda Randle said that between the technology project and another $2.4 A couple of members balked.

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How an Anti-Tech Teacher Learned to Stop Worrying and Embrace Edtech

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“I was the poster-child for anti-technology in my district,” says Willie Maddux, an 8th grade World History teacher at Prescott South Middle School in Cookeville, Tenn. The thought of using technology used to leave him, “worried about student engagement because we talk a lot. I didn’t want to lose them.".

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