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Building a Culture of Digital Innovation in Education with Student Devices

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I’ve spent the past few years as an instructional coach showing teachers how to integrate technology into the curriculum. During that time, I’ve learned that for teachers to truly embrace digital innovation in the classroom, they will need to be supported by a culture that fully embraces educational technology.

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Assessment Culture: What It Is and Why It Matters

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While thoughtful assessment design and implementation are necessary for student success, building a strong assessment culture in schools is often overlooked but equally important. ISTE is collaborating with the National Center for the Improvement of Educational Assessment (NCIEA) to explore the characteristics of a healthy assessment culture.

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This Is Your Brain on Math: The Science Behind Culturally Responsive Instruction

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Many of those luminations surfaced because the lessons my students engaged with were designed to promote student inquiry and prioritize cultural relevance. Though some argue that mathematics is culturally independent, I can say from experience that it is anything but.

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Trimming the Edtech Fat: How Districts Are Streamlining Their Digital Ecosystems

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Now, district leaders are reassessing those tools to identify redundancies, reduce costs and prioritize what actually works for students and teachers. Cot, assistant director of educational technology for the Massachusetts education department. Something sustainable for both teachers and students.

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How We Can Honor Indigenous Values in Our Teaching Without Appropriating the Culture

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As a writer, my Indigenous culture shows up in my poetry. As a teacher, it filters through my relationships with students and into the curriculum I curate. The whole experience left me wondering: How do we honor the original teachers of this nation?

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A New Student Made Me Rethink My Classroom Culture — and the Ways It Marginalizes Students

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There were few role models who looked like me outside of my family, and the only cultural representations I saw were insulting stereotypes that mocked Indian culture. She told me that although he enjoyed the new school, it was a culture shock from his previous school. Now, I’m not so sure.

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How a Culture of Caring Is Helping These Schools Improve Student Mental Health

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Others are applied more broadly, like mentorship programs or culturally responsive curriculum. Culture Change When Cole-Ochoa was assigned to the junior high campus more than two years ago, it was with the directive to turn around its academic performance. I always think of it as Maslow's.

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