Introduce students to cursive and help them master this skill through the use of fun and engaging activity sheets provided in this resource. The Modern Cursive (D'Nealian) style is modeled throughout the book to help students become proficient in writing this style of cursive. Featuring themed sections, this unit helps students build their cursive writing skills by introducing them first to individual letter practice and eventually exposing them to cursive in the real world through things ...

A Story of small heroes and big hearts.In a world where summer heat shimmers on the sidewalk and ordinary backyards transform into places of wonder, imagination leads the way. What starts as play quickly becomes an adventure filled with curiosity, courage, andcompassion.Meet Peaches and Bloop, two unlikely heroes who turn everyday moments into extraordinary discoveries. As clues are uncovered and challenges arise, they learn that trying new things can be exciting an...

The Flickering Mind, by National Magazine Award winner Todd Oppenheimer, is a landmark account of the failure of technology to improve our schools and a call for renewed emphasis on what really works.American education faces an unusual moment of crisis. For decades, our schools have been beaten down by a series of curriculum fads, empty crusades for reform, and stingy funding. Now education and political leaders have offered their biggest and most expensive promise ever—the miracle...

Technology holds great promise for helping students with autism learn, communicate, and function effectively in the modern world. Start leveraging that power today with this forward-thinking book, your in-depth guided tour of technologies that support learners with autism and help them fully participate in their classroom and community. You’ll learn about readily available technologies you can use right now—from apps to video modeling—and explore next-wave innovations that will help ...

In common attempts to standardize what and how teaching is conducted, we often fail to recognize the tremendous amount of innovation that educators bring to solving an array of challenges in today’s classrooms. This volume highlights compelling firsthand counter-narratives from educators engaged in exactly this work, underscoring the fact that today’s teachers have to design the classroom experience in ever-changing contexts in order to be successful. Educators have to fluidly adapt to con...

When we cannot communicate our thoughts, we cannot ask for what we need to know when we cannot talk to us in a state of isolation and frustration. This is the condition in which there are many students as a result of severe pathologies.

The role of science in society, along with its nature and development, are commonly misunderstood by students in the social sciences and humanities, and even those studying in the field. Fernando Espinoza shines light on these misconceptions to give readers a deeper understanding of science and its effect and influence upon society, through historical, philosophical, and sociological perspectives. This book incorporates the mandates by national organizations such as the National Research C...

Chart a course to innovation using educational technologyLet’s go on an edventure! Do you want to innovate and take risks in your teaching? Looking for ways to troubleshoot common classroom challenges? Whatever obstacles you and your students face can turn into edventures, and this book will show you how to navigate them with grace, humor, and grit. Jennie Magiera charts a course for you to discover your own version of innovation, using the limitless possi...

A battle is being waged in classrooms and capitals around the world over the goals and objectives of the future of global education. While there is growing research in the area of global education, much remains to be uncovered, challenged, and learned through sound empirical research and conceptual explorations. What type of global citizens will schools promote? What types of policies, programs and instructional practices best promote effective global citizenship? Will global education cur...

Educators in online and other technology-rich environments consistently ask, "How can I build community among the learners in my class?" They know learning is strengthened by community, but aren’t sure how to design a community in a learning environment where technology plays a significant role. Ten Strategies for Building Community with Technology answers their question with proven strategies developed over the authors’ thirty years’ experience designing and teaching online classes. The t...

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 45th Annual Conference of the Southern African Computer Lecturers' Association on ICT Education, SACLA 2016, held in Cullinan, South Africa, in July 2016.The three revised full papers and 13 work-in-progress papers presented together with two invited keynote papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 30 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on assessment methods, instruction methods, new curricula, soci...

Featuring contributions from staff and associates of the Knowledge Media Institute at the UK Open University, this text provides a glimpse into the wide variety of projects undertaken in the development and assessment of distance learning technologies.