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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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It’s late 2015 and we’re still overblocking the Internet

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One of my doctoral students’ dissertations at the University of Minnesota , for instance, found that overzealous school filtering prohibited student access to online content essential for satisfying state Social Studies and Health curricular standards.

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IXL Wins 2021 CODiE Awards for Best Math and English Language Arts Solutions

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IXL’s skills are aligned to content in 21 popular textbooks, making lesson planning easier. In addition, IXL guides teachers to the specific skills that align to more than 35 math textbooks. . The IXL app provides a fun, immersive experience for students of all levels, and is available on all major mobile devices.

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9 Good Collections of Videos for Education

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Common practice was to assign a chapter to read in a textbook and then a worksheet to assess student knowledge. And they’re put out by recognized names in education — Khan Academy, BBC, Microsoft, Teacher Tube, as well as textbook providers like Origo. When I started teaching, videos were a rarity. Education.com Songs.

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Kiddom’s Content Library Makes Differentiation Faster Than Ever

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Unlike traditional textbooks and library resources, Kiddom content providers are internet-based making them accessible from anywhere, on desktops and mobile devices, and easily blended into classroom lesson plans. A new resource guide from Kiddom: Standards-based Grading for ELA and Social Studies.

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