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4 ways to increase classroom engagement

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Educators are tasked with the challenge of building a sense of belonging while boosting learning gains, no matter where their classroom turns out to be. From laptops and tablets to headsets and digital styluses, new tech options open up possibilities that allow all students, regardless of location, age or learning style, to thrive.

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Outdoor classrooms should outlast COVID

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Many educators deployed it in fall 2020. I credit my old high school Spanish classroom for my discovery. August and September temperatures in my classroom hovered in the upper 90s and low 100s. Even though our outdoor classroom was working, and I had over a decade of experience as an outdoor educator, I led us back inside.

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4 tips to boost classroom engagement and productivity

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Educators are tasked with the challenge of building a sense of belonging while boosting learning gains, no matter where their classroom turns out to be. From laptops and tablets to headsets and digital styluses, new tech options open up possibilities that allow all students, regardless of location, age or learning style, to thrive.

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HoverCam to Spotlight Classroom of the Future at FETC 2020

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HoverCam will showcase its family of classroom learning technologies in booth 2425 at the Future of Education Technology Conference (FETC) 2020 in Miami.

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Tokyo 2020 Olympics – A Volunteer’s Inside Story

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So I undertook this much longer-than-expected journey to be a volunteer for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics back in early 2019. People could take out their smartphones and tablets, and using a QR code connect to a real-time Q&A system. I wonder if there are systems like that in classrooms in the U.S. 2020 – Everything Happened.

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Pandemic Spurs Changes in the Edtech Schools Use, From the Classroom to the Admin Office

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Home may be the new classroom, but instructional approaches are slower to change. The new report did a bit of compare and contrast, asking nearly 1,000 K-12 public school teachers in October 2020 the same questions that were asked for the 2018 report while adding a few new ones. Oh, don’t feel bad for Google Classroom.

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With greater access to devices, teachers are folding more tech into instruction

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history teacher Travis Malekpour hesitated assigning his students work in the classroom that required a computer. He knew not every student had a laptop or tablet. After COVID shuttered campuses in March 2020, forcing schools to pivot to remote learning, the city spent more than $360 million to buy 725,000 iPads and Chromebooks.