This month, we are running a roundup of the year's top Tech Tips from our Tuesday column in SmartBrief on EdTech. Below are tips for using tech to work with English-language learners, teach keyboarding and connect STEM to other subjects.
Teacher uses gaming to teach keyboarding
Students of all ages -- even young learners -- can benefit from keyboarding lessons, asserts kindergarten teacher Kelly Rotzinger. In this blog post, she shares how she uses free gaming platforms to keep kindergartners engaged in such lessons.
Librarian: Use music to amp up power of books
Pairing books with music has helped students -- particularly English-language learners -- improve their vocabulary, librarian Karyn Lewis writes in this blog post. This can help accelerate student engagement, she notes.
Student with dyslexia learns to love reading
Audiobooks helped Tyler Davis, an eighth-grade student with dyslexia, overcome barriers to reading. In this blog post, he shares how the nonprofit Learning Ally connected him with the tools to help him succeed.
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