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How to effectively support struggling readers during distance learning

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If your student or child had to rapidly transition to an at-home learning environment as a struggling reader, an English language learner, or one with dyslexia, there are many ways that the support they were receiving in school can transfer to their home.

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Tech Startup Debuts Revolutionary Distance Learning Platform in Partnership with NYC School

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As the pandemic continues to uproot conventional learning models, schools throughout the country are looking for new and effective tools to provide students with a virtual classroom experience. With the rise of vocal recognition technology, there is still a lack of human-to-human interaction to go along with it.

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Discovery Museum Launches Its 3rd Hands-on STEM Distance Learning Resource

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Discovery Museum announced today the launch of its Feel the Force laboratory toolkit, the first offering in a new product series for K-5 remote learning called Field Trip on Tour. The toolkits are available to order now at an introductory price, for Spring 2021 student learning.

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SEL and Classroom Culture In an Age of Distance Learning

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And while these may just seem the latest bright and shiny objects to capture our trending eyes, if we step back and examine the pedagogy supporting these “buzzwords,” we can see the importance they have in reaching our students in both in-person and hybrid-distance learning classrooms.

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Beanstack Distance Learning Reading Challenge

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Zoobean’s new Beanstack Distance Learning Reading Challenge, sponsored by Lerner Publishing Group, promotes independent student reading through the use of best-in-class digital learning resources with free access to the Lerner Sports Database, featuring athlete biographies using digital literacy tools that correlate with curriculum standards.

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Increase Engagement in Video Conferencing Sessions with Mentimeter

Catlin Tucker

I decided to use Mentimeter to encourage audience participation throughout my presentation. Mentimeter updates the responses on the slides in real-time as participants respond to the questions. ” The larger words in the cloud have been entered by multiple participants. I also used Mentimeter to ask open-ended questions.

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Incarcerated Students Are Used to Distance Learning. The Pandemic Still Disrupts Their Education.

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That’s not a new problem for educators who work with jails, prisons and juvenile detention centers, where access to learning is often limited by security concerns, technology constraints and facilities designed for incarcerating—not teaching—people. Pandemic conditions have introduced novel challenges for corrections education, however.