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Lumio: Making Review and Practice Easy

The CoolCatTeacher

You’ll see when you login that you start off by being able to add activities, explore the resources they have, or get some training on how to use this collaborative learning tool. Add free manipulatives and lessons to your library first. What is included in the Lumio library? Build Your Lessons in Lumio.

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How K–12 Schools Can Create Flexible Seating in the Classroom

EdTech Magazine

“When students are given a choice of where to sit, it increases their engagement and overall attentiveness and just creates a more positive environment,” Kara Adams, a teacher at at Belden Elementary School , tells WKYC.com “It goes from 'my classroom,' to 'our classroom,' and then 'total community.'". Photo: Nick Hagen. by Eli Zimmerman.

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4 Tips for Facilitating Powerful Student Collaboration

Digital Promise

Below, Melissa shares advice for how teachers can facilitate these kinds of powerful collaborative learning experiences with their students. Students have opportunities to work on smaller projects to familiarize themselves with collaborative learning and integrated projects. Interested in learning more?

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How Modern Learning Environments Support Numerous Pedagogies

EdTech Magazine

The two-story building also includes a makerspace and comfortable chairs in the library, a large courtyard with a covered patio that can serve as an outdoor class­room, and an Innovation Station that houses a computer lab, 3D printers, a video and audio production ­studio and a workshop where students build things.

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The Philosophy Behind Maker Success

A Principal's Reflections

In many cases elementary schools have even taken fun out of school for kids by cutting recess. When I hired Laura Fleming in 2013 to take over the traditional library she was tasked with giving it a reboot and was given complete autonomy to do so. w=640 A few years back I had heard of the concept when I was principal.

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Come for the computers, stay for the books

The Hechinger Report

Traci Chun, a teacher-librarian at Skyview High School in Vancouver, Washington, and junior Ulises Santillano Tlaseca troubleshoot a 3D printing job in the library’s maker space. When my library is quiet, that’s a red flag,” said Chun. Wayne Grimm, Library Instructional Technology Teacher at Westview High School, Beaverton, Oregon.

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Fun First Day of School Activities

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

The first day sets the tone for the entire academic year, and it’s the perfect opportunity to establish a vibrant, welcoming, and collaborative learning environment. Throughout my teaching career, I’ve always believed in the importance of making learning enjoyable, engaging, and interactive.

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