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4 Tips for Facilitating Powerful Student Collaboration

Digital Promise

Students model how professional product teams work together to create prototypes for authentic users. Below, Melissa shares advice for how teachers can facilitate these kinds of powerful collaborative learning experiences with their students. Preparation sets up students for success.

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Savvas Announces New Math and Reading Solutions that Engage and Inspire Students While Giving Educators the Resources to Help All Learners Achieve

eSchool News

Authored by Marian Small and co-authored by Graham Fletcher, the blended, easy-to-use three-part instructional design emphasizes student teamwork and communication skills in a collaborative learning environment. Learn more about these free webinars.

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10 Tips for Instructional Technology Coaches

The CoolCatTeacher

In the C&I department, Katie supervises a team of 15+ instructional design coaches that serve about 20 school districts, oversees a national coach mentorship program, and also created and oversees Edge•U Badges, an anytime anywhere professional learning program for educators. Lumio sponsored this episode. Who is Dr. Katie Ritter?

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Teacher Development Research Review: Keys to Educator Success

Digital Promise

Job Embedded Professional Development. Professional Learning Communities. A safe and cooperative climate for learning. Support and training to promote continual professional learning. Data to track and promote collaborative inquiry and practices that improve student learning.

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Building Coding Skills Through Playful Learning

edWeb.net

Prior to joining LEGO® Education, she taught in the elementary grades and served as a district technology resource teacher for Fayette County Public Schools in Lexington, KY. She has an undergraduate degree from Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi in elementary and special education. About the Host. Join the Community.

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Using Smart Boards to Boost Engagement and Simplify Routines

edWeb.net

Kids can cast to the device, or they can get up and interact with the device itself to complete a lesson or collaborate with others. Learn more about this edWeb broadcast, “ Enhance and Simplify Any Classroom Routine with Interactive Smart Boards ,” sponsored by Samsung. Watch the Recording Listen to the Podcast.

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Emphasize Flexibility and Adaptability When Grouping Students

edWeb.net

While not calling for a return to those rigid structures, in the edWebinar “ Flexible Grouping and Collaborative Learning: Making It Work,” Dina Brulles, Ph.D., both education consultants, advocated for using groups to assist student learning. and Karen L. Brown, M.Ed., Join the Community.

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