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How to Bring to Life the Science of Reading

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Like, if someone's talking to me and I'm reading a book, I wouldn't hear them,” says Aylynn, an eighth grader in Pendergast Elementary District in Phoenix, Arizona. Her words describe the transformative power of reading — a skill that, unlike spoken language, humans are not naturally hardwired to master.

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Innovative ideas for school libraries

eSchool News

Library innovations in the 21 st century include building a space that students actually want to inhabi, whicht is imperative to facilitating their learning and curiosity when it comes to reading. Furthermore, Weber School District students read over 96,000 hours in the Sora app during the last school year.

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Is ChatGPT the New CliffsNotes?  

Faculty Focus

Did teachers know that students were reading them? On the other hand, teachers and parents complained that the guides enabled students to skip reading the originals. I suppose the answer is somewhere in the messy middle: some students missed out on the joys of reading original work, and others used them to review what they read.

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Is ChatGPT the New CliffsNotes?  

Faculty Focus

Did teachers know that students were reading them? On the other hand, teachers and parents complained that the guides enabled students to skip reading the originals. I suppose the answer is somewhere in the messy middle: some students missed out on the joys of reading original work, and others used them to review what they read.

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New book! Different Schools for a Different World

Dangerously Irrelevant

Instead, they must focus on interdisciplinary thinking, interpersonal skills, and technological fluency: the skills that allow individuals to offer value and differentiate themselves in digital marketplaces. Learning. Personalizing Learning Through Voice and Choice , Adam Garry, Amos Fodchuk, & Lauren Hobbs. Happy reading!

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The 2018 ‘Horizon Report’ Is Late. But It Almost Never Emerged.

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It was really important to us that it have not just the look, but that it also read and felt like a Horizon Report.” And this year’s predictions range from the abstract, such as “advancing cultures of innovation,” to more specific ones like an increasing appearance of new interdisciplinary studies on campus. Big miss.)

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How Remote Learning Subverts Power and Privilege in Higher Education

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Yes, Zoom fatigue is real , and the absence of body language means the entire burden of teaching and learning falls on the eyes. So in order to minimize the visual overload, in my classes, we tried reading texts with our bodies. It’s challenging co-existing in learning spaces constantly threatened by more-entertaining apps.

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