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10 Strategies Designed to Engage Elementary Students Online

Catlin Tucker

A few weeks ago, I published a blog titled “ 8 Ideas Designed to Engage Students In Active Learning Online.” ” I had several elementary teachers request that I work on a similar blog focused on younger learners. Teachers can model how to sound out a word, solve a problem, or construct a piece of writing.

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How to Integrate Computational Thinking with “Look Fors”

Digital Promise

We’ve developed “Look for” documents to support teachers and administrators in envisioning how this fusion could work in elementary and middle school classrooms. What are “Look for” documents? Look for” documents can also facilitate instructional coaching to help teachers integrate CT into their existing lessons.

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Jumpstart Engagement With Interactive Whiteboard Classroom Technology

ViewSonic Education

The interactive whiteboard stands out for its ability to amplify web-based resources and transform the way an entire roomful of students interacts with educational content. The advent of interactive large-format displays further expands the options for achieving the documented benefits delivered by this transformative classroom technology.

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Beyond English: Why Writing Belongs in Every Classroom

Catlin Tucker

Writing to Learn: How Writing Positively Impacts Learning & Academic Success The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) states that writing is “ one of the most important skills that students acquire and develop during K-12 schooling.

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How Culturally Responsive Education Affects Student Engagement and Learning

MindSpark

When I became a teacher, I knew I wanted to create engaging, creative, and rigorous learning experiences for my students but it wasn’t until I read Doctor Adeyemi Stembridge’s Culturally Responsive Education that I felt I knew EXACTLY how to do it. Can these practices create a wedge between our students and academics?

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This is how we used technology to improve our school’s reading scores

eSchool News

According to one of our Grade 6 teachers, Shannon Diven, her students could read but could not pull out details from the text to expand answers, explain answers, or to develop a piece of writing around the text (basically, reading comprehension). The kids think the stories are fun and enjoyable, not “required” or “boring.”.

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15 strategies on how to use technology in the classroom

Hapara

Listen to an audio version of this post: [link] While edtech tools are in most classrooms, not every educator understands how to use technology in meaningful ways. Student engagement was the main driver to teaching the learning outcomes, and Heather helped educators do this with technology.

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