digital tools

Science of <em>Teaching</em> Reading: Explicit Instruction, Universal Design for Learning, and Technology/Digital Tools

Science of Teaching Reading: Explicit Instruction, Universal Design for Learning, and Technology/Digital Tools

Presented by Irma Brasseur-Hock, Ph.D., Program Director, University of Kansas Department of Special Education Online Programs, and Assistant Research Professor, University of Kansas Center for Research on Learning; James Basham, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Special Education at the University of Kansas; and Sean Smith, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Special Education at the University of Kansas

Using Digital Books to Engage Families Beyond School Hours

Using Digital Books to Engage Families Beyond School Hours

Presented by Lisa McManus, Program and Partnership Manager, Worldreader; Kristen Walter, Director, US Programs, Worldreader; and Meredith McKinney, Black Book Project Founder and Community Achieves Program Specialist for the Board of Education for Metro Nashville Public Schools

Leveraging Free Digital Tools for Authentic Assessment

Assessing Students Over Time and Also Saving Teachers’ Time

During a recent edWebinar, Kelli Etheredge, a Director of Teaching and Learning Resources in Mobile, AL, identified key benefits of formative assessment technologies presented by members of the Microsoft Education team. These benefits include being able to accommodate the needs of diverse learners by developing more personalized learning pathways, so that every student can reach a level of success.

The Broadband Imperative

Empower Student Voices with Design Thinking

In this edWebinar, learn from Superintendent Michael Nagler and Mineola Middle School Principal Andrew Casale how their district leverages digital tools and resources to personalize instruction for each student through design thinking models and project-based learning opportunities.

Six Tips for Choosing Tools that Encourage Student Voice

Six Tips for Choosing Tools that Encourage Student Voice

When students feel like they are helping drive their education and have a say in their own learning, achievement thrives. That’s been a given even when education technology was only a pencil and paper. Now, many edtech tools promise that they will help promote student voice, but how can educators tell? With years of experience using edtech to engage students, presenters in the edWebinar, “Encouraging Student Voice and Choice in the Classroom,” identified six edtech tool characteristics that give students agency in their education.