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5 innovative tech initiatives happening in schools today

eSchool News

One of the district’s top technology initiatives : Fifth and eighth grade students partnered on a peer-reviewed argument writing assigment. After a couple days of review, the eighth grade students connected individually with the fifth grade students via Google.hangout, and they used their Chromebooks.

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Creating Inclusive Classrooms with Co-Teaching and the Station Rotation

Catlin Tucker

In mixed-ability groups, peer review is incorporated, allowing students to give and receive feedback, fostering a collaborative learning environment. Writing Support: The teacher provides scaffolding as students begin drafting their essays, offering sentence frames and transitional phrases to help them build coherent paragraphs.

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How Black Educators Navigate Intersectional Identities in the Classroom

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We examine the influence of the intersections of race, gender, sexual orientation, disability and migration on these Black women educators’ experiences based on the seen and unseen elements of the participants in this study. My department simultaneously professed concern while ignoring my needs and rights under the American Disabilities Act.

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How to Bring to Life the Science of Reading

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Addressing the Science of Reading : An Imagine Learning EL Education white paper on how 35 years of peer-reviewed research from the fields of educational psychology, cognitive science and neuroscience have contributed to our understanding of the science of reading. It has] really helped us in closing that achievement gap.”

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Learning Out Loud: Make Online Courses Meaningful and Accessible

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Supporting students with disabilities is not only an important social justice issue, it is the law. Some of the ways CI faculty use VoiceThread include flipped student presentations, peer review, instructor video feedback, critical discussions, reflections, foreign language practice, mobile field trips and book conversations.

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Enhancing Access, Engagement, and Inclusion in Online Education

Faculty Focus

Efforts to include all individuals, including those with disabilities in educational settings should prioritize specific measures to ensure their full participation in all activities. These groups can provide a sense of belonging and peer support. Discussion boards, reflective assignments, and peer reviews can facilitate this exchange.

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As Colleges Move Away From the SAT, Will Admissions Algorithms Step In?

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“I think this is going to be more heavily relied on, with less access to students in person, test scores, and reliable grades, at least for the spring semester and even going forward next year,” says Marci Miller, an attorney who specializes in education law and disability rights. They also simply may not work.

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