Research
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Embracing Equity: The Power of Interactive Digital Notebooks
Interactive Digital Notebooks (IDNs) are one of my favorite digital tools that can offer many benefits for educators, students, and school librarians alike. Let’s explore some of the advantages of uses these with students and in my case teachers. They positively impact education in so many ways. Interactive Digital Notebooks are a way to organize information in their essence. “A tool that allows students to learn interact with, reflect on, fill out, all digitally. It empowers students by teaching 21st century skills as well as taking ownership of their study time using digital tools. It is not just a Just a slideshow with links and pictures. It is so much…
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Livebinders
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