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How Powerful Use of Technology Can Increase Student Engagement

Digital Promise

Throughout the 2017-18 school year, DLP coaches worked with teachers to help them tackle classroom challenges by brainstorming innovative, technology-based strategies and providing personalized classroom support to the teacher throughout the implementation process. As powerful use of technology increased, student engagement grew as well.

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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. Each lesson begins by posing a question commonly asked by young students.

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The biggest lessons librarians learned in 2017

eSchool News

For the sake of our students, we must embrace the changing role of the school librarian. 2017 was a year filled with makerspaces, student engagement, personalized learning, and more. “Never underestimate what students are capable of.” It is not up to me to decide what is too difficult for a student.

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3 Levels of Connectivity K–12 Schools Should Consider

EdTech Magazine

Students are also using their mobile devices to assist with their education now more than ever. In 2017, the number of students who used their mobile devices for class (58 percent) was nearly equal to the number of students who received a Chromebook from their schools (56 percent) , according to ISTE.

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A video game makes math and English classes a full-body experience

The Hechinger Report

schools for just a few years, a 2017 study of Kinems by Pace University’s School of Education found that the data “heavily supports the effective use of kinesthetic movement for the purpose of increasing student engagement and performance outcomes” for students with disabilities. Sign up for Hechinger’s newsletter.

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4 Critical Characteristics of High-Quality Instructional Content

Edsurge

There Should Be Something for Everyone For educators, the biggest advantage of digital resources is the ability to personalize content for students. 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.

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4 educator reflections on the 2023-2024 school year

eSchool News

But it’s not all bad–educators found success as they dedicated their efforts to improving student engagement and achievement, creating community-based approaches to learning, and inspiring students to become lifelong learners. Some of my favorite ways include using video for self-reflection and for peer feedback.

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