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This school year, align teaching strategies with student learning styles

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Many educators were forced to rethink how to keep students engaged, and pandemic-era learning has only further highlighted the importance of differentiated instruction. These five principles outline the power of hands-on learning in each form, where each individual student makes real meaning of the process. Visual Learners.

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5 math curriculum insights from educators

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What was surprising about this takeaway is that the responsibility for classroom management often falls entirely on the teacher, with little consideration that the curriculum could support them in this area.

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Are gifted students now an underserved population?

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He is the program director and co-founder of Pioneer Academics , which identifies and empowers high-achieving students with university professors so they can take part in challenging and creative research opportunities across a wide range of disciplines while still in high school.

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Mesa Public Schools and S.A.V.E. Consortium Name CoderZ as Approved Vendor

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The suite includes scaffolded and leveled, standards-aligned curriculum designed to support STEM, computer science, coding, robotics, and SEL in engaging ways, and to embrace all learners from any and every background. The courses and curriculum engage students in solving gamified challenges by coding a virtual robot.

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5 goals, 5 barriers of digital curriculum

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Eighty-eight percent of those surveyed said they have a student data privacy policy in place to accompany the increased use of digital curriculum and resources. According to surveyed district and school administrators, the five most important digital curriculum policy controls are: 1. Providing technology training for students.

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Robotics plays a key role in early STEM education

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While many think of high school students engaged in mechanical engineering or robotics competitions when they hear the word “robotics,” the subject naturally lends itself to learners of all ages—including very young students.

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A Serious Look at Game-Based Learning

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I didn't have any background in games and learning, but I did have a background in curriculum design, school design and educational technology. That school, Quest to Learn , was interesting because it was all about using games in the classroom, really thinking about why games are engaging. So, I joined her team.