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

The Hechinger Report

Critics argued that it isn’t good for students to be learning in isolation and that learning is a social activity not only between student and teacher but among students. Its advocates argue that group work like this helps kids learn the social skills that are necessary to solve problems in the modern workplace.

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4 Critical Characteristics of High-Quality Instructional Content

Edsurge

Educators use a variety of resources to meet the needs and interests of individual students, including videos, images, games, non-fiction text and varying types of assessments. To Meet Students’ Needs! It is important that content offers multiple perspectives on sensitive issues, represents diverse populations and avoids stereotypes.

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Using Hybrid and Blended Learning to Promote Student-Centered Classrooms

Waterford

Most students are comfortable with online environments, and including distance learning assignments with some digital elements can be a helpful way to connect with them.[7]. In a nutshell, what are the benefits of blended and hybrid learning? Better able to meet the needs of all students. Blended and Distance Learning.

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What is Blended Learning?

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Staker (2011) defined this approach as “any time a student learns at least in part at a supervised brick-and-mortar location away from home and at least in part through online delivery with some element of student control over time, place, path, and/or pace” (p. Z., & Grgurović, M. Italica, 94(2), 314–353. link] O’BYRNE, W.

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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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Epson BrightLink interactive projectors will be bundled with Smart software

eSchool News

Epson and Smart aim to bring collaborative learning solution to classrooms. Epson and Smart Technologies are now bundling Smart collaborative learning software with Epson BrightLink interactive projectors. For additional information, visit www.epson.com/brightlink.

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Mimio unveils MimioMobile for browsers

eSchool News

In an effort to expand teachers’ ability to create unsurpassed collaborative learning environments, Mimio has launched two major updates to its MimioClassroom family of interactive teaching technologies: the MimioProjector 280T touch projector, and expanded device compatibility for the MimioMobile application. MimioProjector 280T.