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Learning Comes Alive with Virtual Reality and Other Audio/Visual Technologies

EdTech Magazine

We want them to be smart learners and figure out how to apply what they’ve learned in real-life scenarios,” Blount says. “We The systems have had the biggest impact on elementary and middle school students, especially on getting girls more interested in science , says Decker. That money, combined with federal E-rate funds , enabled St.

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Online Learning During COVID-19

edWeb.net

In a recent edWebinar sponsored by Blackboard, Dr. Julie Evans, CEO of Project Tomorrow, and Chris O’Neal, a former teacher and current Blackboard Solutions Engineer, shared front-line stories and tips to provide insight into how to ensure continuity of learning for our students during this unprecedented time. Dr. Julie A.

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Students Are Busy but Rarely Thinking, Researcher Argues. Do His Teaching Strategies Work Better?

Edsurge

Blackboards worked. Well, it turns out that strategically constructing the groups like we see in a lot of elementary schools turned out to be a disaster. If we already know how to do it, it's not a thinking task, it's an exercise. But it also means that we can't pre-teach them how to do it. They stood in their groups.

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These schools are leveraging E-Rate for a complete digital transformation

eSchool News

Textbooks and blackboards have become a thing of the past in K-12 schools as educators collaborate with IT teams to shape a full digital core curriculum as part of their educational strategy for 2017 and beyond.

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Jumpstart Engagement With Interactive Whiteboard Classroom Technology

ViewSonic Education

Interactive whiteboards are a technological leap similar to the leap to the first blackboard, and is set to revolutionize education. Keep reading on to learn more about how interactive whiteboards are reshaping education or check out how ViewSonic is creating engaging spaces using all forms of EdTech.

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5 Reasons Teachers Using Tech are Super Heroes with Kecia Ray

The CoolCatTeacher

This fun, visual tool lets students explore 150 different science and social studies units for elementary and middle school learners. You can only do that if you know how to use technology, especially really fabulous software, which teachers who use technology know how to find. Vicki: And this is so important!

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5 Ways to Transform Your Classroom into a Voyage of Discovery with Sarah Reed

The CoolCatTeacher

04:32 Karen: And they’re like, we’re gonna figure out who Rusty is and why Rusty is hiding at Hazelwood Elementary. And so, when I learned to teach, technology for me was like the blackboard, and then it went to the overhead projector, and then it went to the smart board. 04:31 Vicki: Yeah. 06:10 Vicki: Okay, next.

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