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Digital Learning in Your Classroom
In honor of the second annual Digital Learning Day tomorrow, we’ve put together a few resources to help you celebrate digital learning in your classroom. From 2013 techie trends to a GIF that...
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IXL Insights – Tracking Speed and Accuracy
Are you curious how much time your students spend per problem on IXL, or how often they answer a question correctly? Take a look at our Speed and Accuracy report, which shows the average time per...
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Guest Post: High School Math with IXL (Part 1)
by Dan Aalbers I have been teaching high school mathematics at Hampton-Dumont Community Schools for sixteen years. I have witnessed a lot of fads come and go in education some good, some bad. Before...
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IXL Insights – State Standards Tab
Teachers, as you start to gear up for state testing, remember to bookmark IXL’s State Standards tab! Whether your state follows its own set of standards or the Common Core, this page makes it easy to...
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by Dan Aalbers (continued from last week) Here are my observations through twenty weeks of school. Student effort is way up. On the IXL program, students will work a problem and submit it. The feedback...
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IXL Insights – Identifying Student Trouble Spots
Do you want to identify high-need areas before a quiz or state test but don’t have a lot of time to analyze each student’s weaknesses? You don’t have to—IXL streamlines the process for you! IXL’s...
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Are today’s students way too stressed out?
Stress is often considered a grown-up issue, reserved for busy college students or people with full-time jobs and families. However, there is growing evidence that younger and younger children are...
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IXL Insights – Simplifying Your Search on IXL
With more than 2,000 skills available on IXL, we know there’s a lot of content to choose from. That’s why we created a new search feature that lets you search any skill, topic, or grade on IXL. Are...
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IXL in Action – Going for the Goal
When it comes to math practice, 4th/5th grade teacher George Fiore has found there’s nothing like goal-setting—and a little competition—to get students motivated. What began as a friendly challenge...
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Is BYOD in Education a Help or Hindrance?
Whether or not you’ve been part of a BYOD initiative, you’ve probably at least heard the term Bring Your Own Device. As the name implies, it’s used to describe the practice of allowing students to...
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Let Them Eat Pi – Five Online Resources to Help You Celebrate Pi Day
Like the mathematical constant itself, the number of reasons to love Pi Day is infinite! Whether you have an irrational love of math or a penchant for sugary baked goods, we hope you’ll take some time...
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IXL Insights – Administrator Dashboard
You’ve heard how IXL helps parents, teachers, and students, but did you know we love administrators, too? Your administrator account makes it easy to manage teacher and student access to IXL in your...
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Should Students Be Graded on Participation?
For introverted students, there are few things scarier than being called on in class. While their extroverted peers might be eager to speak up, the pressure to answer a question on the fly can be a...
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IXL Insights – Monitoring State Standards Performance
Testing time is here! By now, you’re familiar with our State Standards tab, but it’s not the only IXL resource you can count on when it comes to test prep. We’re also pleased to provide you with four...
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Screen Time vs. “Real” Life: The Lives of Digital-Age Children
Every generation brings change, new ways of living and interacting with our surroundings. Among the biggest influencers of change is technology, in particular the internet and mobile devices. As...
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IXL for the Homeschooler
Being a parent to your children is a full-time job, so when you’re also their teacher, it can feel like working overtime! IXL is happy to support you in this challenging but important role. Many...
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Staying Motivated After Spring Break
As fun as spring break can be for both teachers and students, it can be difficult to readjust after a week or more of vacation, and especially with just a few weeks of school left to go. Students are...
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5 Festive Activities for Fall
Can you smell the freshly-baked pumpkin bread? Fall is officially here! Share the wonders of this magical season with your students or children. Here are some ideas to get you started: 1. Discover the...
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IXL Insights – Welcome to the Challenge Zone
Practice on IXL is always exciting, but there’s something about that final stretch you just can’t beat. As soon as you reach a SmartScore of 90, you collect your third ribbon and the countdown...
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L.A. iPad Incident: A Reality Check for Mobile Initiatives?
Earlier this year, the Los Angeles Unified School District generated major buzz when they announced a $30-million initiative to put iPads in the hands of each of its 650,000 K-12 students. Last week,...
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