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?An Augmented Reality Library Comes to Life for Aspiring Teachers at UT San Antonio

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Colemere says this could be useful for some students with learning disabilities. “It AR books have yet to expand into literature or higher grade level materials (you won’t yet find an AR version of “Of Mice and Men”) but perhaps textbooks are what’s next to come. It makes the books come alive in a different way,” she says.

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‘Precision Education’ Hopes to Apply Big Data to Lift Diverse Student Groups

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He’ll design short quizzes to test each concept, and make a menu of choices for students to turn to when the results show they need to learn more. Once he settles on the concepts he wants to cover, Salimi will look around for open education resources or multimedia from textbook publishers to explain each one. she asks. “We

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Forget Memorization: Here's Why Language Class Should Focus on Excitement Instead

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When I was in middle school, I was diagnosed with a learning disability, so the “typical” school experience was always a challenge for me. School often left me feeling inadequate. One of my locations, Bozeman Field School, is in its inaugural year as the only independent high school in Bozeman.

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Philly teacher embraces AI but treads carefully amid data privacy and bias concerns

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Staten teaches English at Northeast High School, the citys largest high school, where many of her students have learning disabilities, are dealing with trauma and mental health challenges, or are learning English. Her early days of teaching involved a lot of printed paper, textbooks, and handwriting.

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