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How digital tools and AI can enhance social studies

eSchool News

From interactive simulations to online databases of primary sources, these tools offer educators a wide array of resources to enrich their curriculum and foster student learning. Social studies education serves as the cornerstone for cultivating informed and engaged citizens capable of understanding the complexities of the world around them.

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5 digital tools to enhance your social studies instruction

eSchool News

Although I love teaching all subjects, I always choose English/language arts and social studies, in part because I love the challenge of engaging young leaners in these important subjects. Using this digital tool is a great way to deliver an engaging social studies lesson.

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Working in a group might be the best way to help kids meet individual goals, study says

The Hechinger Report

More group work was associated with greater individual gains in a new study. I visited many elementary and middle schools where students, with bulging headphones wrapped over their heads, stared at separate computers, each learning something different at the same moment. Photo: Tara García Mathewson.

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

EdTech Magazine

“In a modern learning environment, flexible classroom spaces organically integrate technology, helping teachers to better engage students and facilitate the mix of independent, small-group and whole-class learning that is now viewed as essential to student success.”. VIDEO: Take a tour of a modern learning environment.

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How Augmented Reality Fosters Student Curiosity and Collaboration

Edsurge

Throughout her educational journey, she has spanned various roles, including teaching elementary math, instructing web communications for career and technical education students and serving as an edtech consultant and speaker. I have found that integrating AR into lessons encourages greater engagement and collaborative learning.

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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. In particular, math teachers and elementary teachers will love the manipulatives that you can adapt for your own lessons. .

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How Modern Learning Environments Support Numerous Pedagogies

EdTech Magazine

These new learning spaces, paired with technology, allow educators to more effectively adopt different pedagogies to improve education, such as blended, personalized and project-based learning. Studies show that modern learning environments improve student performance. It becomes a school within a school,” Cryer says.