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Collaborative edtech tools are changing the game for student engagement

eSchool News

Key points: Adopting collaborative edtech tools creates a dynamic classroom environment Students often are more engaged when teachers take on a guiding role rather than a purely instructive one What’s been lacking in education up to now? What is student engagement? billion by 2027 is a testament to that.

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5 Ways to Create a Culture of Inquiry in Your Classroom Now

The CoolCatTeacher

Connie Hamilton on Episode 495 To create a classroom culture of inquiry, we can follow these five techniques. Connie Hamilton, author of Hacking Questions: 11 Answers That Create a Culture of Inquiry in Your Classroom. To create a classroom culture of inquiry, we can follow these five techniques.

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Raising the Smart Classroom’s IQ – By Dr. Paul Fornelli

ViewSonic Education

From grade school to higher education, Smart Classrooms have become a mainstay of the modern educational environment. For the uninitiated, Smart Classrooms are digitally equipped learning spaces that come tailored with an array of teaching and educational resources, most of which are dependent on some form of digital technology.

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The Station Rotation Model Tip #3: Practice Rotating for Seamless Transitions

Catlin Tucker

Once students understand the objective, they practice moving from station to station. Because students do not need to get out any materials when they transition, I set the transition timer to 20 seconds. For example, the kids at the student-led collaborative station tables draw cards and discuss questions.

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The ultimate guide to authentically creating a secondary classroom where students feel safe, welcome, & whole

The Cornerstone for Teachers

SEL can sometimes feel like “one more thing” we have to do, and can sometimes feel inauthentic to students. This is especially true for secondary students. That’s how I came up with these five strategies and routines that help me cultivate a safe and welcoming classroom for secondary students.

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Asynchronous Learning or Live Lessons? Which One Works Better for Me?

Edsurge

Synchronous online learning” generally refers to live learning activities that must happen at a set time (often over Zoom or a similar platform), while “asynchronous online learning” refers to almost everything else (completing assignments, doing readings, watching videos, etc.). Let’s start with the basics.

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The Math Revolution You Haven’t Heard About

Edsurge

These digressions were placed alongside technical explanations of “cardiac defibrillation,” the rippling of electrical pulses as they move through the heart, as a way to show how to connect complicated math to the world outside of the classroom. Euler’s method to 20 amazing High School students with varying levels of mathematics background!

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