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Finding the Right Technology for Early Elementary Classrooms

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Engaging and Fun Digital learning tools should be interactive and entertaining, capturing children's attention while fostering learning. Look for apps and programs that use bright colors, interesting animations and fun characters to keep students engaged. Young learners waiting in line for their devices 5.

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How Large Print Books Create a ‘Virtuous Cycle’ for All Readers

ED Surge

Americas schools are facing a crisis in reading achievement. Evans, the CEO of education nonprofit Project Tomorrow , has found that educators across the country are grappling with the intertwined challenges of declining student engagement and persistent social-emotional issues. Dr. Julie A.

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Ignite a Love for Reading: Top Tips Every Teacher and Parent Must Know

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Meet the Experts on How to Teach Students to Read: Ezera Washington: A New Jersey teacher who helped her fifth graders achieve a remarkable 40% improvement in reading achievement in just one year, working with students at reading levels from kindergarten to advanced. I love what today's guests had to say!

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Education Galaxy–Personalized Learning That’s Fun

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Education Galaxy provides online assessment, practice, and instruction in a highly engaging environment for students. Education Galaxy supports math, reading, language arts, and science at the elementary level (K-6). As most of us know, when students are engaged, their capacity for learning is greatly increased.

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Getting up to Speed: Teacher Prep and Technology Integration

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Institutions cannot achieve the goal without incorporating technology-based learning into the programs themselves.”. Adopting successful models of technology integration such as those utilized at George Mason University’s Elementary Education Program is a start.

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When the Variability of All Learners Is Addressed

ED Surge

Since 2020, three things have become clearer than ever: Our students of color, English learners and students with disabilities have faced a disparate impact on their educational experience from COVID-19. Recently, EdSurge spoke with Regina Meeks , an elementary math and ELA teacher in North Carolina.

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Competition Can Motivate, Encourage and Inspire Students. But It Can Also Harm Them.

ED Surge

As an elementary school student, I remember sitting “criss cross applesauce” among my peers during the end-of-the-quarter awards ceremonies, hoping my name would be called. When I was deemed a “winner” for good behavior or academic achievement, I’d hear my nana’s cheer. Our antics produced mixed results.