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Tips for Supporting Students With Special Needs Using Technology

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Foster Collaborative Learning While technology in education often focuses on individual learning, fostering collaborative learning is equally essential for students with special needs. Collaborative learning nurtures social skills, builds confidence, and enhances problem-solving abilities.

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Thanksgiving Activities That Keep You in Charge of Learning

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It’s equally appropriate for fiction and nonfiction and does a solid job of reinforcing Common Core standards related to writing, literacy, and language. This is also a fun and authentic way for students to practice keyboarding. Click to view slideshow. Here is how to use comics in your classes: Open the comic creator you use in your class.

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Computer Science is Growing in K-12 Schools, But Access Doesn’t Equal Participation

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Students learn problem solving, communication and how to bounce back from failure. I never would have taken the computer science class if I didn’t have to, but now I really like coding and problem solving,” Addison McCune, a Nevada 7th grader, is quoted as saying in the report. “I I like the challenge.”

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Early Numeracy as a Cornerstone of Long-Term Academic Success

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However, despite the emphasis on STEM in later years, the importance of early numeracy in shaping long-term academic success is equally critical yet sometimes overlooked. Just as early literacy sets the stage for reading comprehension, early numeracy establishes a critical foundation for mathematical thinking and problem-solving.

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Using a Student-Centered Approach to Promote Computational Thinking

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How can teachers engage students to learn problem-solving skills across the curriculum? One program has set out to teach computational thinking (CT) and coding skills in a problem-centered approach, fostering a student-driven learning design. How do teachers and students benefit from a problem-centered coding curriculum?

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Holiday Activities To Keep the Learning Going

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It’s equally appropriate for fiction and nonfiction and does a solid job of reinforcing Common Core standards related to writing, literacy, and language. Pre-holiday school days are great for supporting school goals surrounding Habits of Mind, problem-solving, and critical thinking with websites that focus on those skills.

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Engaging All Learners: Expanding High School Options for Success

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Traditional high schools often prioritize rote learning and standardized testing, which can limit your ability to develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills. You must be ready to adapt your teaching strategies, align the use of technology with learning objectives, and ensure equality in access.

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