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How To Boost Student Engagement: Modern Tools for Math Teachers

Ask a Tech Teacher

Computers & Mobile Devices Computers and mobile devices like smartphones and tablets are the primary way learners access the internet. Through these devices, students access web-based study tools, simulation tools, and apps where they can interact with their teachers and fellow students.

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How K–12 Classrooms Can Benefit from Robotics

EdTech Magazine

Access to social technologies combined with an increasing recognition of the need for unstructured play and flexible learning environments has prompted pedagogical shifts that help students engage, rather than simply observe. MORE FROM EDTECH: See how education robotics companies are invigorating K–12 learning. by Doug Bonderud.

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A Guide to Choosing an Interactive Learning Platform

ViewSonic Education

This has fueled trends like gamification , nano-learning , education ecosystems , and mobile-first learning , while futuristic developments like Augmented Reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR), and metaverse learning are on the horizon. This helps to preserve teachers’ existing materials for a smooth migration process.

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Best Professional Development Tools for Teachers

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Free eBooks and Audiobooks To grow professionally you definitely need to invest time and effort in learning new skills and competencies besides enriching your the knowledge base of your content area with new insights and state of the art research. EBooks and audiobooks are key in this regard.

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OPINION: Ask not what can be done with a humanities degree

The Hechinger Report

They opened opportunities for economic and social mobility and moved my parents’ generation beyond the experiences of their grandparents and great-grandparents, many of whom, as first- and second-generation immigrants to this country in the nineteenth century, started their working lives as farmers or day laborers.

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The Purpose of Content

A Principal's Reflections

But let’s face it, as learners progress through the system, content, and knowledge for that matter can be easily accessed using a variety of mobile devices. This then begs the question – how relevant is content really in a knowledge-based economy that continues to evolve exponentially thanks to advances in technology?

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A ‘New Normal’ Requires New Tools for Attendance and Family Engagement

Edsurge

VIDEO: Smart Mobile Messaging. A study conducted by AllHere found that only 6 percent of families access email on a daily basis, and 40 percent access postal mail on a regular basis. Mobile texting is the best way to ensure consistent and equitable communication with families.

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