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Fostering Powerful Use of Technology Through Instructional Coaching

Digital Promise

Last summer, we began an exciting pilot project to understand whether instructional technology coaching ultimately leads to closing the digital use divide in the classroom. Therefore, over the past year, we set out to explore the potential of classroom coaching to effectively foster more powerful use of technology.

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5 Flipped Classroom Activities for High School Students

ViewSonic Education

Case Studies. One of the most beneficial flipped classroom activities for high school students involves dividing the class into groups, typically between three and six students, and then giving those groups a case study related to the topic they learned about at home. Class Discussion.

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Learning Math Should be Fun and Engaging

A Principal's Reflections

Through the use of technology, collaborative learning exercises, and teaching mathematical concepts in the real-world and interdisciplinary context, she has managed to successfully work towards creating this desired positive and energetic blended learning environment.

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How to Keep Class Sessions from Running Short (Or Going Too Long)

Edsurge

Bain writes, “Teachers succeed in grabbing students’ attention by beginning a lecture with a provocative question or problem that raises issues in ways that students had never thought about before, or by using stimulating case studies or goal-based scenarios.” In her case, she did this exercise more on an impromptu basis.

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Civics Education Is Essential for Creating Engaged Citizens. I’m Hopeful It's About to Make a Comeback.

Edsurge

For example, using “ We the People ,” one of the EAD’s seven themes, elementary grades can study, in age-appropriate ways, how America has defined who is an American in the naturalization process by reading picture books and working with corresponding primary sources.

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Digital Literacy Skills for Students

eSchool News

As technology continues to shape every facet of modern life, proficiency in navigating digital tools, critically evaluating online information, and responsibly engaging in the digital space becomes crucial. Digital literacy in education and the world is of paramount importance today, where technology permeates every aspect of our lives.

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When His Roster Outgrew His Classroom, This Prof Mastered Modular Online Curriculum

Edsurge

The only way to overcome the seating limitation was to turn to technology. Today’s technologies, he notes, make it easier than ever to create, distribute, and navigate such a curriculum. What we’re doing is redesigning courses that are appropriate to the technology that’s available today,” says Robertson. “If

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