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5 Tips for Student Engagement and Concept Retention

Securly

This reliance poses a threat to the actual retention of knowledge learned in the classroom. But how can we keep students learning and engaged amidst so many other distractions of 2016? First, consider that all students learn in different ways. Utilize Video Tutorials and Online Resources.

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4 Critical Characteristics of High-Quality Instructional Content

Edsurge

With the flexibility afforded by a full suite of digital content, teachers have the freedom to assign students dynamic work tailored to their needs. 2016 digital education survey. E-textbooks: A Personalized Learning Experience or a Digital Distraction? Sources Consulted: Picking and choosing digital content.

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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. Auster’s study (Carol Auster, 2016​ ​​​).

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15 hot edtech trends for 2017

eSchool News

To get a glimpse into what the next 12 months will hold for everything from professional development to digital learning, and from communication to virtual reality, 15 ed tech luminaries looked back on 2016 edtech trends to help predict what’s in store for 2017. Here’s what they said: 2016 was The Year of Video. And it has.

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2016 Global Education Conference - Final Day!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

It's a ton of fun, you'll be doing some good, and you'll have the undying gratitude of the conference organizers!

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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. Material from a press release was used in this report.

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From Personalized Math to Micro-Schools, This NewSchools Cohort Is Reimagining Learning

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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.