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ISTE’s Technology Facilitation and Leadership Standards

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An easy-to-follow guide for any educator wanting to be an effective technology facilitator and/or educational leader. The standards provide guidance in designing and delivering professional learning...

Implementation research: a synthesis of the literature.

Research
The purpose of this monograph is to describe the results of a far-reaching review of the implementation literature. There is broad agreement that implementation is a decidedly complex endeavor, more...

Implementing AT and IT: Four Steps to Successful Planning

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Successful technology implementation does not happen overnight. The key to success starts with the planning process to identify where you are and where you want to go to accomplish your technology...

Implementing Cognitive Strategy Instruction & Developing Self-Regulated Learners

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Cognitive Strategy Instruction is a tool intended to help students develop the necessary skills to be self-regulated learners. The purpose of this article is to introduce and explain the Self-...

Implementing the Writing Process

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Standards: Writing
This strategy guide explains the writing process and offers practical methods for applying it in your classroom to help students become proficient writers.

Improving Adolescent Literacy: Effective Classroom and Intervention Practices

Research
"The goal of this practice guide is to present specific and coherent evidence-based recommendations that educators can use to improve literacy levels in adolescents in upper elementary, middle and...

Improving reading comprehension and social studies knowledge in middle school

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The study used a randomized controlled trial to examine the effectiveness of PACT (Promoting Acceleration of Comprehension and Content Through Text) on middle school students’ reading comprehension...

Improving the reading comprehension of middle school students in inclusive classrooms

Research
Standards: Literature • Informational Text
The study examined the effectiveness of a direct instructional approach on middle school students’ reading comprehension. The intervention involved the use of summarization and question strategies...

Individualizing learning using intelligent technology and universally designed curriculum

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The American education system and its rigorous accountability and performance standards continually force educators to explore new ways to increase student achievement. The improvement in computer...

Inside Writing Communities: Grades 3-5 Professional Development Workshop

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Standards: Writing • Literature
This workshop is supported online with a viewing guide, resources for teachers, and an interactive exercise. A Facilitator's Guide offers a suggested agenda for a two-and-a-half-hour workshop...

Instructional leadership in practice: What does it look like, and what influence does it have?

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The authors discuss findings from their study of the activities of principals who move beyond roles as administrative leaders to assume positions as instructional leaders. In the study, they...

Integrating Technology into the Classroom -- Introduction

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This session will offer educators the opportunity to learn about how to differentiate instruction with technology-supported evidence-based English Language Arts (ELA) and math strategies, while...

Integrating Technology into the Classroom -- Part One: Technology to Support Teachers in Inclusive Classrooms

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This session will offer educators the opportunity to learn about how to differentiate instruction with technology-supported evidence-based English Language Arts (ELA) and math strategies, while...

Integrating Technology into the Classroom -- Part Three: Using Technology to Make STEM More Accessible

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This session will offer educators the opportunity to learn about how to differentiate instruction with technology-supported evidence-based English Language Arts (ELA) and math strategies, while...

Integrating Technology into the Classroom -- Part Two: Technology Supports for ELA

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This session will offer educators the opportunity to learn about how to differentiate instruction with technology-supported evidence-based English Language Arts (ELA) and math strategies, while...

Integrating Technology with Student-Centered Learning

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This report describes a study of indicating that teachers are not sufficiently integrating technology into student-centered learning discusses the potential for doing so.

Integrating technology into K–12 teaching and learning: Current knowledge gaps and recommendations for future research

Research
This article describes the challenges that schools face when using technology to support student learning. The authors list several common obstacles that K–12 schools encounter in these efforts,...

Integrating the Arts with Technology: Inspiring Creativity

Article
Adding creativity into students' daily schoolwork can sometimes seem like a daunting task, but the synergy between the arts and academic learning is one that can be harnessed by students with...

Interacting With Peers: Surveying and Analyzing

Lesson in Action
Standards: Construct Viable Arguments
Mr. Hapt’s seventh grade class has started a unit on statistics. In the previous lesson, the class discussed collecting data and making observations about the data. In this lesson, they will create...

Interacting with Peers: Talking About Fractions

Lesson in Action
Standards: Construct Viable Arguments
Ms. Moore’s 4th grade class is doing a unit on equivalent fractions and adding fractions with like denominators. In this lesson, students will discuss ways to decompose fractions.