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Wow! This inquiry-based, technology-rich school has no tech staff

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With the support of a teacher or parent as facilitator, students research, design, plan, implement, and reflect on their learning. With the various platforms to house and share digital work, technology is an integral part of this learning process, especially for grades 4-8. Students decide what they want to learn and/or do.

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Twig Science Nevada Approved for Statewide Use

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Twig Science is my pixie dust,” said Julie, a 4th grade teacher. “It 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.”. It keeps the students excited about learning something new.

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8 maker tools to inspire next-gen innovation and design

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The ability to innovate is a critical skill that will prepare students for the jobs of the future, Bdeir said—many of which don’t even exist yet. Professions are changing, and we have to prepare students to be designers and problem solvers” so they can adapt to this changing landscape. They’re using words like ‘prototype.’

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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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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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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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Using the Appreciative Inquiry (AI) Framework to Examine an Authentic Project-based Research Symposium

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At Grand View University (GVU), the social sciences and education faculty have collaborated for almost a decade to create a biannual, university research symposium, both in-person and online, to prepare students for their vocations. Dream : What do you hope to accomplish based on your research? Were some of your goals reached?