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Make your LMS a social learning platform

Ask a Tech Teacher

Vivek Singh, education professional and contributor to Ask a Tech Teacher, has some interesting ideas on using your native LMS as a social learning platform. We inadvertently learn from our daily social interactions, with most of our informal learning happens through online sources of information.

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Raising the Smart Classroom’s IQ – By Dr. Paul Fornelli

ViewSonic Education

To alleviate some of that burden, many academic institutions have turned to third-party, Learning Management Systems (LMS) to help decrease the workload being placed upon their IT staff. An LMS is a proprietary, academic software platform that facilitates a host of interactive classroom support services.

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Teaching empathy for better learning outcomes

Neo LMS

Online interaction through social media, or your school’s LMS should be held to the same “standard” so to speak. The post Teaching empathy for better learning outcomes appeared first on NEO BLOG. Teaching empathy nowadays should go beyond face to face interaction in the classroom.

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Strategies to Accelerate Family Engagement

A Principal's Reflections

Right now, time is of the essence, which is why leaders need to critically reflect on their actions in order to improve the outcomes of any messaging strategy. Below is a quick list of ideas to consider: Social media Video streaming (i.e., Below is a quick list of ideas to consider: Social media Video streaming (i.e.,

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6 Digital tools for giving feedback to students

Neo LMS

As long as you don’t focus only on negative feedback, your interventions will have the desired outcome. You can generate a link to the video feedback and send it to the students in the desired way, either through the class LMS or social media. Students hear your voice and understand the subtleties of your tone.

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Methods and tools to strengthen teacher collaboration and raise student achievement

Neo LMS

In the absence of being together in the same physical space, finding a tool or tools that we can rely on whether it’s social media, a voice message, jumping on a quick video call, or having a collaborative space and posting a question, there are tons of options. Social network communities. Jose Angel Gurria.

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6 Examples of classroom tech that improves education

Neo LMS

Fifty-nine percent of students who use social media say they use it to discuss educational subjects with their peers. Schools that use more software related to assessment reported higher student outcomes than those that didn’t. Examples of technology in the classroom. Technology in the classroom has come a long way.

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