Remove Classroom Remove Knowledge Base Remove Social Media Remove Video
article thumbnail

How Culturally Responsive Education Affects Student Engagement and Learning

MindSpark

OR: Choose a song and act-out how you imagine Hamlet walks around his castle by making a 30-second tik tok video. In addition, picking a song that fits Hamlet’s character is a trans-disciplinary application of characterization AND is high engagement because the student’s knowledge base of music (their culture) is valued.

article thumbnail

70+ Engaging Debate Topics for Students

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Engaging students in debates around various topics will not only enhance their rhetorical and speaking skills, but will also develop their research competencies and expand their knowledge base. Should schools ban/allow access to social media websites ? Should teens be allowed to play violent video games, why or why not?

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

10 tips for teaching critical thinking + information literacy

The Cornerstone for Teachers

Help kids analyze information not only in long-form articles, but also in the mediums they frequently consume, such as video, memes, and social media images. Tip #8: Help kids analyze information not only in long-form articles, but also in the mediums they frequently consume, such as video, memes, and social media images .

article thumbnail

Fake news: Fact or opinion?

Kathy Schrock

link] Creative Commons license: [link] The Digital Classroom Starter Kit from Common Sense Education provides digital citizenship activities and lessons as part of their classroom technology use ideas. Without a knowledge-base in the topic, it may be hard for them to determine incorrect information.

article thumbnail

Technology Tools Used in Teaching and Learning

eSchool News

Integrating technology in the classroom not only cultivates digital literacy but also fosters collaborative and personalized learning environments. Video conferencing tools have become essential for remote and hybrid learning, connecting students and educators in virtual classrooms.

article thumbnail

The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

The Flipped Classroom". It was probably Sal Khan’s 2011 TED Talk “Let’s Use Video to Reinvent Education” and the flurry of media he received over the course of the following year or so that introduced the idea of the “flipped classroom” to most people. The revolution is predicted almost weekly at Techcrunch apparently.)

Pearson 145