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Twig Science Nevada Approved for Statewide Use

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We’re honored to be able to help teachers all over Nevada ignite students’ natural instinct for inquiry to access that body of knowledge and develop the skills to extend it.”. Tools designed to support student agency and voice and promote inclusion, diversity, and equity.

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The Best Edtech for Students Is Backed by Research. Here’s What to Look For.

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But it also means that they are similar in other important characteristics, such as grade, class size, gender, English language ability and special education services. students gained 3 months’ equivalent of targeted math skills) or how much they have grown from similar kinds of interventions. is something you care about.

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Lexia Celebrates 40th Anniversary 

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Nevertheless, in the year following its founding, Lexia won a major grant from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development to fund product research, design, and development. It was out on the fringes,” said Lexia President, Nick Gaehde who joined the company as its head in 2005.

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Where Classroom Design Meets Design Thinking

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During Hillbrook’s perennial transformation, staff committees work through the process of reimagining classroom spaces using methods based on design thinking, a user-centered approach to identifying problems and solving them using empathy, listening skills and quickly spinning up prototypes to try and learn from.

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VR, PBL, and OERs: Four High Hopes for Learning with Edtech in the New School Year

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Not only do they need the skills to navigate and utilize technology, but they need to understand how technology can connect them with people, places, and resources that were previously unreachable. Consider encouraging students to research, curate, and design their own lessons with OERs.

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