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Helping Children with Learning Disabilities Understand What they Read

Article
This article discusses visualization as a strategy for helping children with learning disabilities understand what they read, tips for implementation, and examples of graphic organizers appropriate...

Helping Students Integrate Math and Science, Interacting with Peers

Tools and Templates
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Standards: Use Appropriate Tools Strategically • Make Sense of Problems • Attend to Precision • Model with Mathematics
Mathematics helps us to understand science and to design, conduct, and analyze the results of scientific experiments. Science requires us to collect data, interpret it for significant patterns, and...

Helping Students Learn with Reliable Wireless Connectivity

Article
Provides information about how reliable wireless access and mobile technologies can empower schools and classrooms.

Helping Students Use Visual Representations and Modeling in Math

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Standards: Model with Mathematics
Models help promote mathematical thinking and facilitate an understanding of key concepts and mathematical structures. By seeing and moving objects, students engage their senses to better understand...

How Assistive Technology Enables Dreams

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This video provides an overview of some of the different types of assistive technology tools available, from voice-activated software to customized laptops, and provides example of how tech can...

How PowerUp Can Support Your Blended PD

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

How Teachers Collaborate Online and in School

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This Edutopia video highlights tools used by the Vail School district in Arizona to encourage teacher collaboration and learning.

How to Create Accessible Microsoft Word Documents

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We know accessibility is important, and that your documents need to be accessible to all users, but where do you begin? What tools should you use? Creating accessible documents may seem overwhelming...

How to Create a Professional Learning Community

Article
The purpose of this article is to assist teachers and school leaders in the development of professional learning communities (PLCs) in their schools. The authors suggest six areas consider when...

How to Help Your School Thrive Without Breaking the Bank: Chapter 2. Developing a Vision and a Mission

Article
Developing a strong vision and mission statement can help stakeholders in your school reach a common understanding. A vision is your school's goal—where you hope to see it in the future. The mission...

How to Make Your Visual Arts Department Digital

Article
This article highlights ideas and suggestions for incorporating digital tools, such as blogs and e-portfolios, into teaching.

How to Plan Instruction Using the Video Game Model

Article
This article discusses how learning modeled on the best aspects of gaming can help teachers differentiate instruction and address the needs of all students.

How to increase the learning return for your ed-tech investments

Article
This suite of articles and resources from eSchool News highlights important factors to consider when making edtech purchasing decisions, including the importance of planning, shared vision, and...

I Can Soar: Aaron

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Aaron faced "intense technology needs" entering public school, but with the help of assistive technology devices like IntelliKeys, a power wheelchair, and even video game controllers he is able to...

I Can Soar: Angie

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Voice-output assistive technology of varying difficulty levels help Angie, a 5-year old with cerebral palsy, participate in class and communicate with her family at home. With the appropriate...

I Can Soar: Is Technology a Magic Bullet?

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Today's educators realize that assistive technology alone cannot teach students 21st century skills. Education technology must be a "tool in the toolbox" of teachers to maximize student engagement...

I Can Soar: Sean

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Sean is a popular and outgoing teenager who lost his sight at the age of 10 to retinal blastoma. With the help of assistive technology (AT), Sean is able to participate in regular classes all day...

I Can Soar: Stacey

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See this video to learn how assistive technology helps Stacey bridge differences with peers to build relationships and actively participate in her 6th grade class.

I Can Soar: What Makes Assistive Technology Work?

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Schoolwide strategies supported by administrators, teachers, and parents create the collaboration necessary for integrating assistive technology into the school day. Watch this video to learn how to...

I Can Soar: Why Fear Technology?

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"Teachers should not be afraid of technology, teachers should be groundbreakers...willing to go the extra mile..." Watch this video to learn how practitioners, service providers, and researchers face...

Teaching Strategies

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Supporting Struggling Students