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Bringing real-life skills to virtual special education

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My experience has shown that special education students, in particular, benefit immensely from the right digital tools. Classkick has been a vital tool in my teaching strategy, offering an engaging and flexible approach that meets the diverse needs of my students in a virtual classroom.

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6 engaging digital learning tools

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Digital learning tools have proved themselves invaluable as classrooms across the globe made the abrupt change to online learning in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Related content: Digital teaching for students in special education.

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PresenceLearning Hits Three Million Teletherapy Sessions Delivered

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PresenceLearning, the leading provider of live online special education related services for K-12 schools, reached the milestone of delivering more than three million teletherapy sessions to students nationwide. This comes at the one-year mark of schools dealing with learning during a global health crisis. PresenceLearning, Inc.

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In Wyoming, enhancing AI-human collaboration in IEP development

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The first complex challenge the UW College of Education will use AI-human collaboration to tackle is co-creating and co-evaluating Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) for students with disabilities in Wyoming and beyond. Serving as the cornerstone of special education ( Yell et al.,

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Post-pandemic, a new era of teaching and learning

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Educators developed new strategies to engage students remotely while balancing the demands of their own disrupted lives. Concerns arose about the long-term effects on learning outcomes, particularly for younger students and those with special educational needs.

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From the classroom to the office: What we can learn from educators entering the edtech workforce

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School-based educators have transparent paths to salary increases based on experience, but typically have limited paths for advancement, perhaps moving between grades, obtaining certifications, or earning advanced degrees to enter into a leadership position. Now, I have the ability to grow by moving into different roles.”

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IXL and Fayette County Public Schools Partner to Boost Academic Achievement and Personalize Learning for All Students

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Fayette County Public Schools strives to provide a world-class education and positive learning environment to more than 40,000 students from the Lexington area. IXL is an immersive learning tool that helps students master content at school, on-the-go and at home.