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How To Boost Student Engagement: Modern Tools for Math Teachers

Ask a Tech Teacher

Wondering how to get your students upbeat about learning math? Learners achieve higher achievement scores in math One 2016 randomized study by Roschelle et al found that students attained higher achievement scores when teachers combined one-on-one attention and web-based homework tools.

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In the News…2016

Tom Murray

What’s Hot, What’s Not in 2016?, An Edtech Update for 2016, Alliance for Excellent Education , Link. Cracking the Code to Student Engagement, Providence Business News , Link. THE Journal , Link. What Makes a Great Education Tweet?, eSchoolNews , Link.

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ISTE 2016: when ed-tech met passion

Neo LMS

Just like anything related to the US, the last week’s conference organized by the International Society for Technology in Education rose to the expectations: ISTE 2016 was big! Technology is a powerful tool that keeps students engaged and enhances learning. The NEO team was super excited to be part of ISTE 2016.

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Turnitin Opens Nomnations for 2016 Global Innovation Awards

Ask a Tech Teacher

Their focus is always on how to help teachers and students, and now they’ve announced their Global Innovation Awards , a way you can honor teachers readers think demonstrate excellence in the field. Students will be evaluated on writing improvement and commitment to academic integrity. Winners will be announced in October 2016.

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Understanding Teacher Engagement in Blended Learning Environments

Catlin Tucker

We talk a lot about student engagement in education. Most educators got into this profession for the students, and, as a result, we want their experience to be as engaging and positive as possible. There is far less written about teacher engagement, even though teacher engagement and student engagement are reciprocal.

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Principals: The lessons we learned in 2016

eSchool News

[ Editor’s note: This story is Part 2 of our 3-part series on Lessons Learned in 2016. As these four principals look back at 2016, they recall the most important ed tech lesson they learned this year—and look forward to inspiring their staff and students anew in 2017. Student engagement is high.

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Superintendents: The lessons we learned in 2016

eSchool News

[ Editor’s note: This story is Part 1 of our 3-part series on Lessons Learned in 2016. As 2016 drew to a close, we asked educators in variety of positions to reflect on what they have learned this year. Student engagement is critical in learning. Check back tomorrow for Lessons Learned by Principals.].