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How to Choose High-Quality Social Studies Instructional Materials for Your District

TCI

This blog offers a practical guide for district administrators on selecting and implementing HQIM in social studies, detailing how these materials enhance student achievement, promote critical thinking, and prepare students for active civic participation. Assessment Tools: Many curricula include formative and summative assessment options.

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Universal Design for Learning and Blended Learning: Representation

Catlin Tucker

In my last blog, I focused on the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principle of engagement. Customizing information is easier to do when teachers make that information available digitally. Digital resources may allow students to enlarge text, slow down audio, access close captioning on videos.

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My New eLearning Blog

US Government Teachers Blog

To that end I have, as you might have noticed found some other to help continue my other blogs and have continued adding posts myself to them. But my new site - " eLearning Blog " is where I am putting anything related to learning online. You can also receive the posts using Google+ and/or following me on Twitter.

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Challenges and Possible Solutions for Edtech Procurement: Part 1

Digital Promise

Technology’s capability to reach all learners at their individualized level has caused schools across the nation to acquire digital resources at accelerated rates. The involvement of teachers in procurement has important implications in efficacy and usage of digital resources.

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It’s the Start of the School Year; Let’s Start Digitally Safe

Digital Promise

While these 10 points may seem basic, they are reasonable initial steps to helping all students stay safe using the internet and digital resources for learning. Teachers can find more information and lesson plans for digital safety and digital citizenship at Common Sense Media Digital Citizenship.

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How and When to Choose the Right LMS for Your School Community

Digital Promise

This 3-part blog series, featuring guest authors from Michigan Virtual , describes the formation of the Learning Continuity Workgroup and how it has supported their edtech procurement and decision-making processes. As schools plan for the future, many administrators are now focusing on their district’s LMS strategy.

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There Is a Heightened Awareness Around Student Data Privacy. Here’s What Schools Are Doing About It

Digital Promise

During the throes of the COVID-19 pandemic, many school districts were quick to send devices home with students and to provide digital resources that may have been engaging, but may not have been as “data safe” as districts thought. 1 consideration when using and purchasing a digital solution.