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Students Today Are Learning All The Time. Can Schools Keep Up?

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Now, learning—like the internet—is everywhere thanks to the ubiquity of smartphones and chromebooks. For young people today, learning is a 24/7 enterprise,” says Julie, Evans, the CEO of education nonprofit Project Tomorrow. “It It just happens to happen from 8:00 to 2:30 in the classroom.

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There’s Magic in That Sound: How to Engage Students With Digital Music-Making Tools

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Mostly, their functions are confined to the classroom. These experiences lend themselves to project-based learning: Students who experience collaborative learning models develop a deeper understanding of the subject, exhibit greater problem-solving and critical-learning skills and convey greater confidence in their learning abilities.

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Impero Education Pro, SMART partner on classroom management

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recently announced that Impero has been selected as the vendor of choice for SMART Sync™ customers wishing to move to the next generation of classroom management solutions. SMART Technologies wanted to take their customers to the next level of managing classroom technology,” said Jon Valentine, Impero CEO.

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Five Ways Teachers Can Use—and Create—Augmented Reality Experiences

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On the screen, she saw her classroom just as though she were using the camera, but with one startling difference: There was a zombie floating in front of her. Platforms like Metaverse also have hundreds of ready-to-use, free learning experiences, with thousands of teachers collaborating on creating additional content.

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Samsung launches new STEM learning, collaboration solutions

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has announced two new education solutions to enhance science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) curriculum, and create more collaborative learning spaces. “As Learning devices become truly powerful when paired with dynamic, interactive content and engaging curriculum. Developing More Collaborative Learning Spaces.

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15 hot edtech trends for 2017

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Teacher candidates will use personal classroom videos uploaded to the platform to self-reflect on pedagogy, classroom management, and interactions with students; they’ll also share videos with peers and receive feedback from one another. By Kathy Schrock, Wilkes University. The trend I witnessed blossoming in 2016 was the makerspace.

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