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The Power of Video

A Principal's Reflections

The program incorporates multimedia activities and digital resources, which allow students to engage in active learning. Students were able to utilize IWitness , which is a computer-based program created by the USC Shoah Foundation’s Institute for Visual History.

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The Intersection of Inquiry-Based Learning and High-Quality Instructional Materials in Social Studies

ED Surge

High-quality instructional materials (HQIMs) are educational resources designed to effectively support student learning. They can include textbooks, lesson plans, digital resources and other materials carefully crafted to meet the needs of diverse learners and facilitate meaningful learning experiences.

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OPINION: Online homework tools trade ‘busy work’ for feedback to help end inequities in schools

The Hechinger Report

These programs can only work — and narrow, rather than widen, gaps — if all students have equitable access to digital resources. However, while the benefits of moving some student homework to interactive, online platforms are clear, we can’t ignore the question of access.

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A hidden, public internet asset that could get more kids online for learning

The Hechinger Report

When students lack high-speed internet outside of school walls, the vast digital resources that promise to bridge opportunity gaps — the online tutorials, the distance learning, the troves of data and the instant feedback from teachers, mentors and peers — widen those gaps instead.

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