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7 Digital tools for student engagement across all grade levels

Neo LMS

Over the years, I have noticed that student engagement tends to decrease in my classes around this time and I reach out to my personal learning network (PLN) for ideas or tools to boost engagement. By offering more choices in terms of digital tools for student engagement, we can better meet specific student interests and needs.

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Game Based Learning in Action

The CoolCatTeacher

Game-based learning might not be what you think. On today’s show Matthew Farber, author of Game-Based Learning In Action: How an Expert Affinity Group Teaches with Games , talks about how to use games in the classroom effectively. Game-Based Learning in Action.

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Next-gen learning: 5 digital tools to engage and inspire

eSchool News

It feels as though every week brings a new tool, practice, or learning model that teachers need to incorporate into their classroom. The past year alone has seen an avalanche of new tech that all aims to be the next big thing in classroom learning. This is particularly true when it comes to technology.

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21 Top Professional Development Topics For Teachers Now

The CoolCatTeacher

Research note: As Wall (2021) indicates, there is a definite connection between trauma and student behavior as well as student learning. Even when connecting at a distance instead of in person, we can all benefit from learning some skills to connect with students on an emotional level, even while delivering classroom instruction.

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Ideas and Tools to Give Everyone a Voice

A Principal's Reflections

While this was definitely an improvement, issues still remained as to the depth of responses each student could provide as well as actively engaging the shyest students in the class. The best part is the variety of tools out there that are easy to use, allow for a diversity of answers, and are free (most that is).

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The Games Art Historians Play: Online Game-based Learning in Art History and Museum Contexts

ProfHacker

That listserv discussion suggested there exists considerable confusion about what game-based learning is, so my goal here is to address that practical need. To begin with some definitions, game-based learning differs from gamification in several important ways. Please share in comments! ”

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KyEdRPG Spotlight: Chad Collins and "The Academy"

Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

In actuality, these are "Mastery Checks" of learning that are assessed by the teacher, and if the student does not meet the requirements, are asked to revise and resubmit. Many digital tools are employed in The Academy, both in the design of the course as well as students' day-to-day instructional interaction.