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30 Effective Classroom Attention Getters with Examples

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

In the dynamic world of education, keeping students engaged and attentive is a challenge every educator faces. Classrooms, the breeding grounds for future thinkers and innovators, can sometimes become arenas of boredom and disengagement. But what exactly is interest, and how does it function in an educational setting?

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Characteristics of The 21st Century Classroom

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

When I embarked on my teaching journey back in 2003, the landscape of the classroom was quite different from what we see today. Reflecting on this evolution, I’m struck by the radical changes that have shaped the educational environment, particularly in this early part of the 21st century.

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Teacher Burnout- Symptoms, Causes, and Strategies to Prevent It

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The National Education Association defines teacher burnout as "a more temporary condition in which an educator has exhausted the personal and professional resources necessary to do the job. Demoralization occurs when an educator believes she is unable to perform the work in ways that uphold the high standards of the profession."

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The 9 Qualities of A Good Teacher

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

And since September 2003 the first time I stepped into a classroom as a teacher, a lot of things have changed in the field. Several scholars and educators have profusely discussed these characteristics and some of these discussions have even made it into peer reviewed academic journals and books.

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What Is Prior Knowledge and Why it Matters?

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Prior knowledge is one of the key concept in educational research that fundamentally reshape our understanding of how learning occurs. Declarative Prior Knowledge Declarative prior knowledge refers to the ‘what’ of learning—it’s the factual information and concepts that students bring to a new learning situation.

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It’s Pedagogy Go With Location-Based Mobile Learning At The University Of South Australia

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Between 2014-2016 the University of South Australia has been using the pedagogy associated with both playing and designing LBMLGs to blaze a trail that is informing the development of a contextually-based mobile learning framework for higher education. Background. The games developed have been played over 1,700 times.

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Research-based Strategies for Teaching Sight Words

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Whether you’re an educator, parent, or someone interested in literacy development , this post aims to provide you with the necessary tools and understanding to help your young readers flourish. Many educators use tools like flashcards and repetitive reading exercises to help students memorize sight words. What are sight words?