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How Augmented Reality Helps Teachers Reach More Students

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AR can also create digital overlays on printed textbooks, allowing students to access additional content, such as videos or animations, with their mobile devices. You can just use your phone or any mobile device.” Spierenburg likens AR to a safety net for students. “It You don’t need any special hardware.

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5 Tech Tools to Inspire Reading

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Reading is defined as “ the action or skill of absorbing written or printed matter silently or aloud.” Sounds dry, maybe even boring, but once a child learns to read, they get much more than an understanding of words, sentences, paragraphs, grammar, syntax, and vocabulary. I am constantly on the hunt for good tech reading tools.

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25 digital tools and edtech resources from FETC

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Research shows fewer students are starting the year prepared for math and ELA, fewer are on target to learn to read, and there are more gaps in phonics, and sophisticated math skill comprehension. Smartpads pair with any paper and can project onto a PC or mobile device in real-time.

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8 ways to improve your school or district website

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A simple, clean menu and quick links can make it easy for your visitors to find basic information like summer reading lists, lunch menus, academic calendars, and upcoming events. Text, images and videos should be viewable, readable, scalable, and interactive regardless of the device used to view them. or the extended WCAG 2.1

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This Edtech Business Competition Is a Win for the Education Ecosystem

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We can help entrepreneurs understand how to evaluate their products and demonstrate their effectiveness. The Read Read. Others enable teachers to turn mobile devices into science equipment and students into practicing scientists. Our next bootcamp series will begin in October , soon after this year’s finals.

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7+ Websites to Teach Financial Literacy

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When kids read that America’s $30 trillion+ debt is accepted by many experts as ‘business as usual’, I wonder how that news will affect their future personal finance decisions. Students start by selecting their state, county, or metropolitan area, and then evaluate costs vs. expenses in that area. Rich Kid, Smart Kid.

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15 Websites to Teach Financial Literacy

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When kids read that America’s $23 trillion+ debt is accepted by many experts as ‘business as usual’, I wonder how that news will affect their future personal finance decisions. Students start by selecting their state, county, or metropolitan area, and then evaluate costs vs. expenses in that area. Rich Kid, Smart Kid.

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