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How to Edit Google Documents with Free Text to Voice

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Learn how you can edit your Google documents with the help of text to speech.  Google offers extensions that open up new possibilities.  Come read Dr. Erica Warren's insightful post.

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How to Teach Writing - A Structured and Multisensory Approach

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In my practice as a learning specialist and educational therapist, I have witnessed that students are receiving less and less writing instruction in school. In fact, it is an academic skill that is requested by most parents, homeschoolers, and young adults that come to see me in my practice. https://www.learningspecialistcourses.com/courses/color-coded-writing-a-structured-and-multisensory-approach-to-teaching-writing-skills What is my Experience Teaching Writing? Over the past 25 years, I have had enormous success teaching discouraged and struggling writers, and it has taken me much of that time to create all the materials and high tech solutions. This multisensory and highly structured approach works with all students from...

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Fractions Lesson Activities and Free Video

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Dr. Warren shares a fun and memorable approach to teaching children about fractions.  Find a link to a fun free video and learn about her product that teaches this important skill.

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Social Media Disrupts Homework - Five Management Strategies for Success

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Although many students think that they can manage an onslaught of distractions while they are doing their home work, there is a price to pay. Pings from social media and bleeps from electronic devices present constant interruptions that pull attention away from the task at hand. In fact, because many students try to juggle multiple activities, divided attention can turn an hour of assignments into three hours or more. An added problem is that diversions prevent learners from fully engaging in their work on a deep level and their learning curve takes a sharp dive. As result, these students often...

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Mindfulness Training Improves Weak Emotional Intelligence - Symptoms and Strategies Defined

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I find that more and more parents and teachers are complaining that our youth have underdeveloped social skills. Instead of face to face encounters, many youngsters have their attention buried in their electronic devices, and they are not learning to read important social cues. As a result, many children are not developing their emotional intelligence. We are now learning that mindfulness-based approaches can be very beneficial to the learning process and the development of emotional intelligence (inhibitory control). This is a form of metacognition (executive function) that can help youngsters gain a sense of control over both their thoughts and...

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