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Student engagement requires more than edtech tools

eSchool News

During a session at FETC 2024, Tom Murray, Director of Innovation for Future Ready Schools, dove into just what, exactly, makes for the effective use of edtech in supporting student engagement. There are three components involved in finding edtech tools that work and support student engagement: 1.

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Improving Teacher and Student Engagement Through Creativity

Edsurge

Recently, I met with two education leaders to discuss how to improve teacher and student engagement through creativity. Being future-ready is more than just being ready for college or securing a job; it’s thinking creatively about the problems we face as a society. Why does creativity matter?

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How to make competency-based education possible through an intelligent learning platform

Neo LMS

What matters the most is to equip students with future-ready skills to become well-rounded adults ready to thrive in their lives and careers. A more engaging learning experience. Moreover, students are in charge of managing the content. Improved confidence and self-assessment skills.

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8 LMS features that support student autonomy in the classroom and beyond

Neo LMS

Student autonomy in the classroom is important both for learners and teachers. It helps them find a balance between frontal lessons and individual study, interaction and reflection, formal evaluation and self-assessment. . Today’s educational technology makes it easier to support student autonomy in the classroom and beyond it.

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Digital Experiential Learning: 7 Steps to Transform Ordinary Classroom Activities

Edsurge

Venteicher and Stanley embraced Genially for their Lindbergh project because it allowed them to create a professional-looking, engaging interactive experience for their students with minimal effort—no programming necessary! The Lindbergh lesson began as a straightforward article with discussion questions attached.

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Schools Need Robust Networks to Support Internet of Things

EdTech Magazine

While IoT deployments are relatively new to education, industry observers expect the technology to make a big impact thanks to its potential to reduce costs, improve security and boost student engagement. But will current K–12 networks be ready to carry the onslaught of additional traffic?

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9 Types of assignments teachers can create in their LMS to evaluate student progress

Neo LMS

Afterward, you’ll know which assignments suit your teaching methodology and your students’ needs and you can only focus on those. . Quizzes are the quickest way to assess student knowledge. Of course, you can also add freeform questions where students need to provide more input and you have to check each answer individually. .

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