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How Powerful Use of Technology Can Increase Student Engagement

Digital Promise

Rather than taking a traditional multiple choice test at the end of their unit on weather, sixth grade students at Gilbert Middle School in South Carolina created their own live weather reports—complete with green screens and fake snow. As powerful use of technology increased, student engagement grew as well.

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Sharing Tools for Measuring Impactful Technology Use

Digital Promise

Department of Education’s National Education Technology Plan (2017) calls for “thoughtful intervention and attention” to close this digital use divide, namely by enabling educators to “design highly engaging and relevant learning experiences through technology.” Indicators of impactful technology use.

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10-Minute Teacher | Top 10 Episodes of March 2017 #10mt

The CoolCatTeacher

Top 10 Shows of March 2017. Creating a Student-Centered Library Where Kids Love to Learn with Micki Uppena (Show #23). Formative Assessment Tools and Tips with Monica Burns (Show #37). 5 Tech Tools to Try in 2017 with Jennifer Gonzalez (Show #20). Dave Burgess Talks Student Engagement (Show #16).

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Dave Burgess Talks Student Engagement #MondayMotivation #tlap

The CoolCatTeacher

In my opinion, this artisanal craft of “hooking in” or “engaging” our students into a topic is best captured in Dave Burgess’ best-selling book, Teach Like a Pirate. In today’s show, Dave and I discuss: Some of the craziest things Dave has done to engage students. Listen Now.

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The 10-Minute Teacher Show: Top Ten Shows for February 2017

The CoolCatTeacher

5 Ideas for Improving Student Writing with Jennifer Serravallo (Episode #10). Dave Burgess Talks Student Engagement (Episode #16). Tech Tools to Try in 2017 with Jennifer Gonzalez (Episode #20). And the top 10 shows for February are: A Song for Teachers by Jim Forde (Episode #11).

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What is Blended Learning?

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Along similar lines, referencing Picciano (2009), Fabbian et al (2017) define a blended learning class as one that “integrates face to face (F2F) and online activities in a planned, pedagogically valuable manner while online activities replace a portion of F2F time” (pp.314-315).

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Texas’ Corpus Christi Independent School District Expands Partnership with Discovery Education by Selecting New, TEKS-Aligned Mystery Science to Support Deeper Student Engagement in Science

eSchool News

CHARLOTTE, NC —Texas’ Corpus Christi Independent School District (CCISD) today announced it has expanded its partnership with Discovery Education , which has supported student learning across the school system since 2017. In addition, the Discovery Education K-12 learning platform is used in all CCISD classrooms. Connecting