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What is the SAMR Model and how can it enhance student engagement?

Hapara

Read on for a full rundown of how it can help educators use technology to enhance student engagement. The SAMR Model was designed by education researcher Dr. Ruben Puentedura in 2010. He explained that his research at Harvard as a graduate student in the 1980s led to the SAMR Model. What is the SAMR Model then?

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Technology for the purpose of WHAT?

Dangerously Irrelevant

Leadership Day 2010 – The final list! Teaching and leading for higher student engagement … even during a pandemic (aka How I spent my summer). As always, please stay in touch as I can be of support to your instructional redesign, technology integration, and leadership/innovation needs. Happy reading! Related Posts.

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Beyond English: Why Writing Belongs in Every Classroom

Catlin Tucker

So, it should not be surprising that only 27% of 8th and 12th-grade students earned a score of proficient in writing in the last report published in 2011 by the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). Writing improves reading skills (Graham & Herbert, 2010; Shanahan, 2016). Plus, it works across all subject areas!

Classroom 259
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What Educators Need to Know about Generation Alpha

Edsurge

The guest, Allison Russell, was talking about the emotional intelligence of young people and mentioned that she’d just learned that her daughter was part of Generation Alpha , which refers to people born after 2010. I had questions and I wanted to know more. From their earliest years, he says, “they have been screenagers.”

Education 205
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Exploring Design Thinking Micro-credentials in the Classroom

Digital Promise

The opportunity that frequently emerged from the research was improving students’ mindsets and skills through design thinking methodologies. Work in mathematics (Goldman et al., 1998), science (Kolodner et al.,

Classroom 323
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Upgrading the Remote Learning and Hybrid Classroom

A Principal's Reflections

Way back in 2010, my school was part of their national AverAcademy program where I became very knowledgeable as to how their solutions could support good teaching and learning. Tools and solutions need to address the current climate, as well as align with future scenarios and possibilities.

Classroom 539
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Tech Access in Schools: Making Edtech Accessible to All

Digital Promise

Research suggests that when technology is effectively used in schools, access may help to bridge educational and social gaps (Warschauer & Matuchniak, 2010; Eccles, 2009; National Science Foundation, 2017). Students on the lower end of the socioeconomic spectrum are even less likely to have used technology in interesting ways.