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Working in a group might be the best way to help kids meet individual goals, study says

The Hechinger Report

More group work was associated with greater individual gains in a new study. I visited many elementary and middle schools where students, with bulging headphones wrapped over their heads, stared at separate computers, each learning something different at the same moment. Photo: Tara García Mathewson.

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Lightspeed launches PD, webinars around collaborative learning

eSchool News

Inaugural PD, collaborative learning event to be held on December 4, 2015. Lightspeed Technologies , a provider of classroom audio solutions, is launching the Lightspeed Learning Academy, which will kick off with a one-day professional development event, and a new leadership webinar series.

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4 Critical Characteristics of High-Quality Instructional Content

Edsurge

That’s why, in 2019, Discovery Education conducted a comprehensive research study—including a literature review, focus groups, interviews, surveys and an analysis of data usage—across our digital products and platforms. K-12 educators are increasingly turning to digital resources to enhance instruction and address student needs.

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Using Hybrid and Blended Learning to Promote Student-Centered Classrooms

Waterford

Student-centered learning is here defined as curriculum and assignments that focus on a student’s unique needs and goals.[13] 13] Usually, these projects are completed by individual students rather than by a group or class. Blended learning includes a mix of whole-class and student-centered learning. and Brush, T.A.

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Crunch the Numbers:New Data on Student Wellbeing, the Skills Gap Crisis, and Tech Usage in Utah

eSchool News

This report reflects insights shared by more than 29,000 students in TSI’s Annual Student Survey and more than one million responses from its K-12 collaborative learning platform, #WinAtSocial — making it the largest data set of its kind, spanning grades 3 – 12 in schools across the U.S., Canada, and Puerto Rico.

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Engaging Lessons for the Next-Gen Connected Creators – SULS0160

Shake Up Learning

Lumio is a digital learning tool that will transform your lessons into active, collaborative learning experiences. Monica explains how teachers can personalize learning through Lumio lessons. Providing whole class instruction, small groups, assign differentiated instruction, collaborative work, or individual practice.

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Function Follows Form: How Two Colleges Redesigned the Classroom for Active Learning

Edsurge

Form follows function, as the adage says, but these universities are flipping that script and betting that a more flexible and adaptive form will unlock needed changes in the teaching and learning function. Now, pods for group work circle monitors connected to a video wall. Collaborative Learning Studio at Indiana University.

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