Edsurge

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

According to an article published in Education Week in 2016, 27 percent of pre-k-12 teachers were absent for more than 10 school days per school year. In 2016, this ratio nearly doubled to one sub for nearly every 6 teachers. Unfortunately, from the vantage point of student learning, the experience is remarkably poor.

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Securly

APRIL 6, 2016

In today’s world, students need even less than 8 seconds to access information or find an answer to their question with search engines and online databases. This reliance poses a threat to the actual retention of knowledge learned in the classroom. First, consider that all students learn in different ways.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 15, 2015

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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Edsurge

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Editor’s Note: ‘Tis the season of giving, eating and reflecting, a time to look back on 2016 and to make bold predictions about what next year may hold. This type of questioning and analysis will drive schools toward selecting better products for their classrooms.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

has announced two new education solutions to enhance science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) curriculum, and create more collaborative learning spaces. withMalala campaign giving away 20k He Named Me Malala DVDs to classrooms. to use in their classroom. Little Falls Central School District in Little Falls, N.Y.,

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The Principal of Change

APRIL 16, 2018

Asking teachers to “teach a lesson” to a panel, when we are looking for more collaborative learning in classrooms, or panels that don’t talk to applicants and have conversations, but shoot rapid-fire questions their way. You have access to knowledge outside of yourself.

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eSchool News

JUNE 8, 2016

New interactive displays target increased classroom engagement. The new displays are designed with a range of innovative features and capabilities to smoothly transition any classroom to fully immersive active learning environments. BenQ America Corp.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

to bring advanced collaborative learning solutions to the classroom, Epson has announced a line of projectors designed and certified specifically for use with SMART Board interactive whiteboard systems. As part of its ongoing partnership with SMART Technologies Inc.

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eSchool News

APRIL 27, 2016

CUE , a nonprofit professional development organization for education technology, chose Touchjet , the first company to create a touch projector with a standalone Android operating system and a recent finalist of the 2016 Edison Awards for innovation, to help bring interactive technology to classrooms around the U.S.

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Educator Innovator

APRIL 6, 2017

By partnering with Marginal Syllabus, Educator Innovator seeks to facilitate open learning for educators in all kinds of spaces (in schools, libraries, and afterschool programs to name a few). Step 3: Participate! You can participate in the following ways during the month of April.

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The Principal of Change

APRIL 8, 2020

Catlin Tucker reaffirms this idea in this incredible post discussing “5 Tips for Teaching Online”: #4 Prioritize Student Communication & Collaboration. Learning remotely can be an isolating experience for students who are used to seeing their classmates every day. And a very DISTANT second.”

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Catlin Tucker

APRIL 5, 2023

As teachers, we know that the physical environment of a classroom can have a significant impact on how students engage with the material and each other. Have you considered how the furniture placement in your classroom can either reinforce or distract from the specific tasks we are asking students to do?

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NeverEndingSearch

JULY 5, 2017

The professionals we spoke with described a process in which they began by collecting or gathering; moved to connecting content and resources for specific purposes and audiences; curated by adding value with context and commentary; and contributed by offering the community opportunities for collaboration, learning and growth.

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MindShift

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

Redesigning Learning Spaces: Panelists identified changing learning spaces as a trend that educators and district leaders have embraced for quite some time and which is likely to continue. Technology could be a productive part of this shift by changing where and how students engage with learning.

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MindShift

JULY 17, 2017

His Lifelong Kindergarten group at the MIT Media Lab develops Scratch , one of the most popular coding programs for kids, which is based on the seminal work of Seymour Papert, who died in 2016. Being part of a community is part of that creative learning process.”. Ipzy started using Scratch when she was 11. TEACHER ACCOUNTS.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

This is the last public talk I’ll deliver in 2016, and I confess I am relieved (I am exhausted!) ” Take “collaborative learning,” for example, which this year’s K–12 report posits as a mid-term trend. 2016 – the phones in their pockets. Either way. as well as honored to be here.

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ViewSonic Education

JANUARY 1, 2019

Over the past few years the education industry has been experiencing a shift away traditional learning environments. Incorporating technology in the classroom has paved the way for a myriad of innovative methods and practices that are aimed at improving upon teaching structures of the past. What is blended learning?

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User Generated Education

JULY 25, 2016

It is invigorating ( Adam Savage’s 2016 Bay Area Maker Faire Talk ). Doing and promoting maker experiences such as cardboard projects have the potential to offset the challenges associated with access and costs as well as provide opportunities for making by all. The classroom was loud, seemingly chaotic and messy.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Recordings of any sessions that have taken place will accessible on the conference recordings page , usually within a few minutes after a session has ended. Sanny Zuiderveld, co-founder Global Classrooms - Teresa Kramarz, Assistant Professor Middle School General Music.A Provincial Dumping Ground or Global Oasis?

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Scott Benson NewSchools Venture Fund Twitter: @scottb_edu So their two organizations decided to work together, creating The Collaborative—a ten-month, intensive professional-development experience for ten school districts and charter school management organizations from across the country. Google’s Moonshot Summit.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 4, 2024

We’re looking at a paradigm where technology is intertwined with critical thinking, creativity, collaboration, and other key skills, preparing learners not just to succeed academically but to thrive in life beyond the classroom. ” (p.

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