Want to improve literacy in your school? Here’s how
Want to improve literacy in your school? Here’s how
Prompted by disappointing test scores, Chemawa Middle School hyper-focused its teaching practices on the four domains of reading, writing, speaking, and listening
The 3 superpowers of collaborative nonfiction writing
Writing with their peers motivates students and gives teachers multiple opportunities to provide feedback and assess authentic learning
How to get your students to love reading
A teacher shares best practices and resources for encouraging your students to be engaged and excited readers
How to support literacy in the classroom, part 1
Giving students choices promotes engagement and excitement in reading
3 teacher-vetted edtech resources for cross-curricular lessons
These tools will help you craft compelling activities that enhance critical-thinking skills
Video Presentation: Its No Myth…Streaming Plus is a Great Way to Teach Your Students to Understand, Interpret and Evaluate Texts
Students often struggle with their understanding of informational text because they lack the imagery to comprehend what they are reading. ... Read more
Virtual Field Trip Archive
Virtual Field Trips are another way to provide your students with real-world experiences to build background knowledge, expand discipline specific ... Read more
Success Story: Des Plaines School District 60, IL
Hear from teachers and students at one school district, who are using Streaming Plus to help build background knowledge, demonstrate ... Read more
Online Event: Fall VirtCon
Literacies for the Digital Age October 24th, 2015 | 9am – 4pm Join Discovery Education at Fall VirtCon 2015 to ... Read more
Katch of the Month – Literacy Blog Posts HOTS for Blooms
Part 1: How to recognize and teach critical thinking skills using Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy as a guide. Part 2: Easy ... Read more
Katch of the Month – Literacy Blog Posts HOTS for Blooms Part 2:
Easy steps a student can follow to create a one-minute book summary video.
Literacies for the Digital Age – Visual Literacy:
Explore how Visual literacy skills equip learners to understand and analyze the contextual, cultural, ethical, aesthetic, intellectual, and technical components ... Read more
Literacies for the Digital Age – Media Literacy:
How does media literacy fit into the curriculum? Making students aware of the “message” of the media being presented can ... Read more
Literacies for the Digital Age – Information and Digital Literacy:
Information literacy forms the foundation for all of the other literacies. Learn new ways to infuse information literacy and digital ... Read more
More than half of students struggle with reading, report says
Nearly half of minority students and students from low-income families enter the fifth grade without basic reading skills, according to a new report urging Congress to focus on…
How to promote literacy skills in the digital age
Digital apps that claim to teach children important reading and literacy skills do not always impart higher-level abilities that children need to develop strong reading skills, according to…
iPads help charge reading instruction
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Technology a key tool in writing instruction
While there are still many obstacles facing teachers in implementing technology, teachers play a critical role in driving the use of technology to teach writing, says a recent…
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Take measure of your mathematics practices
DNA Mathematics professional development empowers educators to master the mathematics being taught in classrooms. To exemplify the benefits of DNA Mathematics, download our FREE white paper now to learn a…
Enhance PreK-5 STEAM and CS Instruction with playful, screen-free robotics!
Research shows that young students learn STEAM and Computer Science best with hands-on, playful experiences. Meet KIBO, the screen-free robot, where students problem solve, engineer, collaborate, and develop their computational…
There’s a better way to display
The world of education is changing rapidly — and with it the demands on educators, administrators and students to keep pace. Technology has become an integral part of the learning…