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Huntington Beach City School District Uses Boxlight’s MimioSpace to Transform Classrooms into Forward-Thinking, Collaborative Learning Environments

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The MimioSpace collaborative system consists of a laser projector, touch board, and Mini-PC. The system creates an expansive 32-touch area with Touch 360° interactivity, making collaborative learning at the front of the classroom a reality. Students work together in an area almost 11 ft. wide and over 4 ft.

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Teacher Development Research Review: Keys to Educator Success

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Teaching quality has been defined as “instruction that enables a wide range of students to learn” ( Darling-Hammond, 2012 ), and it is the strongest school-related factor that can improve student learning and achievement ( Hanushek, 2011 ; Nye, Konstantopoulos, and Hedges, 2004 ; Rivkin, Hanushek, and Kain, 2005 ).

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What is the role of the teacher in the online classroom? Connectivism might provide an answer

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By learning together in a learning community, students have the opportunity to extend and deepen their learning experience, test out new ideas by sharing them with a supportive group, and receive critical and constructive feedback.” ( Palloff & Pratt 2005 ).

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A traditional model of organizational knowledge creation

Connecting 2 the World

Situated cognition and the culture of learning. Paper presented at the Computer Support for Collaborative Learning (CSCL) 2002 Conference, Boulder, CO. Desiging for change in networked learning environments, proceedings of the international conference on computer-support for collaborative learning 2003 (pp.

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Experiential Learning Simply Explained

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Creating a virtual economy in an economics class where students must manage resources, trade, and negotiate. Project-Based Learning: Encouraging students to create a community garden as part of an environmental science unit. Have you encountered or implemented any unique or innovative experiential learning examples in your work?

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Wahoo! The 2013 Global Education Conference - Still Time to Present + Plan to Attend!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Design Thinking is a context-driven, human centered problem solving process that emphasizes ideation, learning from failure, prototyping and designing for real-world use. Maker Thinking is related to the DIY mindset and refers to a process of thinking through making, emphasizing tinkering resourcefulness.

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The 2019 Global Education Conference - Full List of 130 Sessions and 10 Keynotes!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

The Global Education Conference Network has been an invaluable resource for Piper as he has met and learned with marquee educators in all corners of the globe. I used to work in cafes and restaurants and in 2005 me and friend of mine set up this company with social responsibility. Le Moyne College | Cynthia Merrill, Ph.D.