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Video Series: Research, Technology, & Students with Disabilities -- Supporting LEA and SEA Decision Making

Video
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This video series is designed to help SEA and LEA leaders conduct and participate in their own research and evaluation studies on technology initiatives to support improved learning outcomes for...

Vision for Technology in Education

Slideshow
This presentation covers the topic “What is a Vision?” and describes how to create, communicate, and commit to a vision.

Vision, Leadership, and Change: Introduction

Article
Whether a teacher is implementing a new instructional method, a leadership team is spearheading a school improvement campaign, or a superintendent is undertaking the restructuring of a district, the...

Visual Representations: Geometry in Art

Lesson in Action
Standards: Use Appropriate Tools Strategically • Model with Mathematics
Ms. Richardson’s Grade 6 class is working on a geometry unit. They have reviewed how to classify different quadrilaterals and triangles, and most students have become proficient at using mathematical...

Visual Representations: Mixed Numbers

Lesson in Action
Standards: Model with Mathematics
Mr. Simpson’s 5th grade class is in the middle of a fractions and mixed numbers unit. In this lesson, students will learn about adding and subtracting mixed numbers using visual representation...

Visualizing Math: How Intelligent Tutoring Technology Can Help Math-Challenged Students

Article
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Standards: Model with Mathematics • Reason Abstractly
Many students who struggle with basic mathematics courses benefit from digital instructional technologies, including additional visual and supplemental materials on difficult concepts and skills....

Visualizing Vocabulary

Article
Standards: Language • Foundational Skills
This article from a teacher writing for the National Writing Project presents a series of creative activities that have advanced her high school students' vocabularies and impressed on them the power...

Visualizing: Seeing Charlotte's Web

Lesson in Action
Standards: Literature
Mr. Sim’s 3rd grade class has been reading Charlotte's Web, a CCSS exemplar text. In this lesson, students will learn to use visualization strategies to more thoroughly engage with the setting and...

Visualizing: Storyboarding

Lesson in Action
Standards: Literature • Informational Text
Ms. Flynn is using primary sources to help her 5th grade students learn about the American Revolution. In this lesson, students will learn to use visualization strategies to build an understanding of...

Vocabulary tricks: Effects of instruction in morphology and context on fifth-grade students' ability to derive and infer word meanings

Research
Standards: Foundational Skills • Language
The study assessed the effects of morphemic and contextual analysis strategies embedded within subject instruction on students' ability to learn word meanings and comprehend text. Students in the...

Web Hunt

Professional Development Support Material
A professional learning activity designed to familiarize participants with the content and resources available on the PowerUpWHAT WORKS website.

What Every Educator and Parent Should Know About Reading Instruction

Article
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"This [article is] about reading instruction, helps parents and educators familiarize themselves with the scientific-based research and what it tells us about teaching reading comprehension. Topics...

What forty years of research says about the impact of technology on learning: A second-order meta-analysis and validation study

Research
This research study employs a second-order meta-analysis procedure to summarize 40 years of research activity addressing the question, does computer technology use affect student achievement in...

What is PowerUp?

Professional Development Support Material
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A one-page flyer that summarizes and identifies: 1) What is PowerUp?, 2) How PowerUp can support schools and classrooms, and 3) Ways to use the PowerUp materials.

What is RTI?

Video
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This video introduces the Response to Intervention (RTI) model.

What is an Evidence-Based School?

Video
This short video features educators and administrators talking about what an evidence-based school means to them. Learn how schools and teachers can use data and research to make effective decisions...

What's in PowerUp for Blended Professional Development

Professional Development Support Material
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This list identifies PowerUp resources that support blended professional development.

Why Is Teacher Development Important? Because Students Deserve the Best

Article
This article from Edutopia is an overview of the types of training and support new and experienced teachers should receive.

Why You Need to Care About Accessibility

Article
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This infographic explains what State and Local leaders need to know about how to align new technologies with required accessibility features.  For more infographics on assistive technology and...

Why the iPad Won’t Transform Education – Yet

Article
This article examines the educational opportunities of the iPad while addressing challenges teachers, schools, and classrooms may face when integrating the iPad.

Teaching Strategies

Resource Type

School-wide Tech Implementation

Supporting Struggling Students