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All AVID Open Access Classroom Resources

Accelerate Learning by Focusing on Assets and Opportunities, Not Deficits

Explore an introduction to accelerated learning, including the dangers of a deficit mindset and the need to accelerate rather than remediate.

Best Practices 12 min Grades K-12 Resource by:

#48 – Game-Based Learning as a Medium to Connect With Every Child

Join us to explore the power of game-based learning and discover how video games can be used to teach core concepts, while promoting critical thinking and problem-solving.

Unpacking Education 26 min Resource by:

#47 – Computational Thinking: A Conversation with Tammie Schrader

In this week’s episode, we explore computational thinking and begin helping teachers unpack the concept for application in the classroom to help build students’ critical thinking and problem-solving skills.

Unpacking Education 26 min Resource by:

Find and Explore Websites to Help Teach Music

Find resources to help you teach music, including websites that feature music theory, virtual instruments, and lesson planning ideas.

Best Practices 12 min Grades K-12 Resource by:

Empower Students to Create Musically

Find resources to help students learn the music creation process, from writing and composing through recording and production.

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Facilitate Virtual Music Performance and Response

Find resources to help students learn an instrument, find music to play or study, and both respond and reflect on musical performances.

Best Practices 9 min Grades K-12 Resource by:

Connect Students to Music

Find resources to help students discover, explore, and access a variety of music types and genres.

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Integrate Online Music Tools Into Your Classroom

Explore strategies that you can use to effectively and efficiently integrate online music tools into your lessons and virtual classroom.

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Show Students How to See Patterns and Also Use Them

Help students learn about pattern recognition and how it helps solve problems.

Best Practices 11 mins Grades K-12 Resource by:

#46 – Demystifying Computational Thinking

In this week’s episode, we explore computational thinking and begin helping teachers unpack the concept for application in the classroom to help build students’ critical thinking and problem-solving skills.

Unpacking Education 26 min Resource by:

#45 – Insights From an Urban District With Chief Technology Officer, Dr. Ellen Dorr

This week, our guest is Dr. Ellen Dorr, Chief Technology Officer, from Renton Unified School District in Renton, Washington. Join the team as we explore how the technology team has supported students, teachers, and their families navigate the challenges of the pandemic with empathy and understanding.

Unpacking Education 24 min Resource by:

Teach Reading With Online Resources

Use digital tools and strategies to make reading instruction more engaging, efficient, and effective.

Best Practices 4 min Grades K-12 Resource by:

Read Online With e-Books, Virtual Libraries, and Digital Collections

Expand student access to reading materials through e-Books, virtual libraries, and digital collections.

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Level the Playing Field With Leveled Reading

Leverage leveled reading websites to effectively and efficiently differentiate for different student reading levels, scaffold reading development, and make academic content accessible.

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Take It Further With Online Literature Resources

Discover online resources to help plan and teach lessons about literature.

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