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Conquering Technophobia: A Classroom Veteran Warms to Digital Tools

Video
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In rural Freedom, Pennsylvania, a once-hesitant instructor is proving that even the old school can learn to use and love computers.

Context Clues: Vocabulary Building

Lesson in Action
Standards: Language
Mr. Williams's 4th grade class has been studying the Middle Ages and is starting to explore the impact the Humanists had on society. To begin this lesson, the class will read a short text about...

Creating a Vision

Article
When you begin the process of strategic planning, creating a vision comes first. This article provides guiding questions to help create a vision statement.

Curriculum: National and State Standards

Article
This article gives links to core standards in each subject area.

Cutting to the Common Core: The Positive Side of the Digital Divide.

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This article describes ways to differentiate reading instruction for struggling students using a variety of technology tools

Cyberlearning Research Summit

Webinar
NSF has the potential to lead a new wave of STEM initiatives through its CyberLearning: Transforming Education program and its cross-cutting initiatives in cyberinfrastructure. Videos and...

DAILY INSIGHT: 7 Critical Questions for Tech Planning

Article
The economic crisis with related budget cuts makes technology planning more critical. This is a useful guide for developing and gaining support for your technology budget.

Data use: Data-driven decision making takes a big-picture view of the needs of teachers and students

Research
In this article, the author examines the interconnection of two types of data driven decision-making: classroom and school. Each type seeks to improve teaching and learning, and both are important...

Data-Based Decision Making

Webinar
In this webcast, nationally recognized experts and RTI implementers provided guidance on using data from multiple assessment functions to support and empower educator decision making within an RTI...

Data-Driven Decision Making: A Powerful Tool for School Improvement

Article
Recent advances in technology and the increased demand for assessing student learning has led many school administrators to discover that the usefulness of data goes far beyond NCLB reporting...

Deepening content understanding in social studies using digital text and embedded vocabulary supports

Research
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Standards: Foundational Skills • Language
This article discusses a strand of research conducted by the Education Development Center, Inc. in collaboration with the National Center for Supported Electronic Text. The research investigated the...

Develop and Maintain a Districtwide Data System

Module
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As part of a coherent approach to using data effectively, districts need to provide a high-quality data system—this presentation describes how. A Data System Advisory Council can support the planning...

Developing effective fractions instruction for kindergarten through 8th grade: A practice guide

Research
Standards: Math • Reason Abstractly
This practice guide presents five recommendations to help educators improve students? understanding of fractions. It features strategies to develop young children?s understanding of early fraction...

Digital Accessibility Toolkit: What Education Leaders Need to Know

Article
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Accessibility is essential for leveraging technology and providing educational opportunities for all students, including those with disabilities and English language learners. The toolkit offers...

Digital Accessibility and Compliance: Building LEA Capacity

Slideshow
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What does accessibility compliance mean for you as an educational leader? How can you ensure fair and equal access for all of your students, teachers, and other stakeholders before problems arise?...

Digital Storytelling: Extending the Potential for Struggling Writers

Article
Standards: Writing
While some young writers may struggle with traditional literacy, tapping into new literacies like digital storytelling may boost motivation and scaffold understanding of traditional literacies. Three...

Direct instruction in math word problems: Students with learning disabilities

Research
Standards: Reason Abstractly • Model with Mathematics • Use Appropriate Tools Strategically • Make Sense of Problems
The study investigated the effectiveness of strategy teaching and sequencing practice problems when teaching students with learning disabilities (LD) how to solve word problems. Students were...

Direct teaching, strategy instruction, and strategy instruction with explicit self-regulation: Effects on the composition skills and self- efficacy of students with learning disabilities

Research
Standards: Writing
This study assesses the impact of self-regulated strategy development (SRSD) on students identified as learning disabled (LD). Students were assigned to one of four conditions: full SRSD, SRSD...

District Spotlight: Bartholomew Consolidated School Corporation

Article
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How can a school district implement a unified approach to using technology and best practices to meet the needs of students with disabilities and their peers? Learn how Indiana’s Bartholomew...

District Spotlight: Pelham School District

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How can districts use personalized learning to maximize the implementation of education and assistive technology to support all students, including students with disabilities? Learn how Pelham School...

Teaching Strategies

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School-wide Tech Implementation

Supporting Struggling Students