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How digital books connect vulnerable students with reading

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Confidential access to digital books for readers of all abilities. Using digital books has given students access to a wider variety of texts at different reading levels that they can browse with a degree of privacy, removing stigma and instilling a love of reading.

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Promethean Announces iKeepSafe Student Data Privacy Certification in the U.S. for ClassFlow Software

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federal and state privacy laws, helping to eliminate privacy concerns during remote, hybrid, or in-person teaching. It protects the privacy of student education records and allows parents and eligible students certain rights related to the review, control, and confidentiality of those records. Department of Education.

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Teaching With Technology in Higher Ed? Start With Relationship-Building.

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During my early days of teaching in graduate school, educational technology was sold more for its posh than performance. But there has been progress, both with the tools themselves and the teaching practices we employ to incorporate technology into the classroom. How do we do that?

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Cybersecurity: eSN Innovation Roundtable

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Most likely, you have confidential student info in your email. We have to find ways to make their lives easier, because for some of them, their skillets are so limited, they’ve been teaching for 40 years, and they didn’t grow up with technology. It’s our job, collectively, to make sure that info is safe. It’s our responsibility.

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BIOZONE’s High School Biology for Texas achieves Top Marks

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Summative Assessments conclude each chapter Dedicated science skills chapter Glossary (English/Spanish) About BIOZONE BIOZONE has more than 30 years of experience in the development of engaging and effective resources for science teaching and learning. BIOZONE is renowned for its engaging presentation of content with a strong visual appeal.

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When an Online Teaching Job Becomes a Window into Child Abuse

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I can teach him, Mom.” Of the two dozen online educators I spoke to for this story, about a third said they had never seen a single instance of abuse, even after teaching as many as 1,500 classes. They saw it as “a means toward a good end—to care, to edify, to teach,” she says. Frustrated, Jordan paused to address the mother.

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Pushback Is Growing Against Automated Proctoring Services. But So Is Their Use

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That change in pricing, mixed with concerns about cheating by professors new to teaching online, has led to an explosion in the use of test surveillance services. The company recently created an online Proctorio Academy to teach professors best practices in using the tool. Is a ‘desk scan’ necessary for a syllabus quiz?