Fostering digital citizenship for your students
Educators choose their career path to help young people grow and learn. It’s a far bigger ask than the 3Rs. Like parents, teachers have to take the long view: You hope to influence not just the children in front of you, but also the adults…
Bloom’s Taxonomy & technology: keeping students engaged
Bloom’s Taxonomy remains one of the most reliable and timeless approaches to classroom engagement and recall. It’s so classic, it’s been immune to the otherwise ubiquitous education acronyms. In fact, Bloom’s has quietly led the critical thinking approach, now branded New Education, with learning objectives…
Transform your classroom with one word
I can’t do this. I don’t understand this. I don’t know. These are all common utterances in a typical classroom. But they can be transformed with the power of a single, three-letter word: YET. I can’t do this…yet. I don’t understand this…yet. I don’t know…yet….
Digital learning by the numbers
Digital learning isn’t about the newest gamification trend or the best tech interface. Learning successes are measured by how well digital tools are used, and what kinds of positive outcomes result. In schools today, it’s not a matter of if digital is adopted, but when….
Personalized learning increases choice, confidence & content access
Personalized learning is an education trend that transcends trend. And for good reason. Who would posit that it’s a fad, encouraging educators to tailor content and instruction based on how each student learns best? Teachers have rightly embraced this customized approach in K-12 classrooms, where…
More privacy and personalized care for students’ learning needs
We all remember the group read-aloud. The details varied; sometimes we read while seated and others we were required to stand. Each student got a page or a paragraph and read it loud enough for everyone to hear. Inevitably came the moment of panicked pause,…
How eBooks reduce stress & lighten backpacks
Demands on modern students are overwhelming. There are schedules, extracurriculars and group projects to manage. There are external constraints, like small lockers, outdated textbooks and individual challenges students bring to school every day. There is so much to track, balance and worry about, and this…
eBooks off the grid
What to do when your nearest bookstore is a one and a half hour flight away? Sign up for OverDrive! Wanda Quigg of Sahtu DEC in Norman Wells in the Northwest Territory of Canada lives a little off the grid but that hasn’t stopped her…
Dyslexia and the technology that can help right now
Three million people are diagnosed with dyslexia each year. Students might struggle with reading fluency, decoding, reading comprehension, recall, writing, spelling and sometimes speech. All of these challenges might exist along with other related disorders, which can make the learning experience incredibly stressful. Among students…
How ebooks guard against bullying
Thirty percent of kids worldwide are bullied each year. Every day, 160,000 teens skip school due to bullying. LGBTQ students, students who are shy or socially awkward and students with learning disabilities or emotional or behavioral disorders are bullied in disproportionate numbers. Whether or not…