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

EdTech Magazine

MORE FROM EDTECH: Check out the basics of a modern learning environment. A flexible classroom is a learning environment that utilizes an “agile physical setup that will accommodate both independent and group work,” according to a CDW white paper on constructing modern classrooms. Here’s how teachers can get started.

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ICE 2019: Physical Arrangement Sets the Tone for K–12 Modern Learning Environments

EdTech Magazine

In a three-year study , researchers at the University of Minnesota were able to determine that students in an active-learning environment performed as well or better than their counterparts studying in a lecture-style format — and did so in a shorter amount of time. Kelly is a senior editor with EdTech: Focus on Higher Education.

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Why K–12 Districts Should Use HCI to Improve Their Data Centers

EdTech Magazine

MORE FROM EDTECH: How K–12 schools can avoid making data center mistakes. According to a white paper from CDW , there are seven unique benefits to adopting hyperconvergence: 1. We needed to do a forklift upgrade to meet our current and future needs,” says Jayce Bolhous, director of technology, in an EdTech article.

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How Technology Is Harming Your Child’s Development … Or Is It?

Securly

There are a wide variety of factors and silver linings accompanying this issue; thus, we have compiled the pros and cons of the top online activities (across various age groups) in the table below: Taken from Securly’s Managing Screen Time: The Student’s Perspective white paper.

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Unless You Ask, the Answer is No: iCERI 2016

EdTechTeam

The requirements to present included: submitting an abstract for a white paper to a panel, submitting the fully formatted white paper after being selected, and then actually showing up in Spain to present the research. I know what a blind research study is because I listen to NPR radio. A little about me.

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Trade Shows: When to Go and What to Do When You Get There

edWeb.net

If you’re focused on a new social studies program, for instance, then math-centered events won’t be as relevant. Your company might have a white paper on SEL, for instance, or a blog post on improving parent-teacher communications that would be relevant. Most important, remember that trade shows are not about making a sale.

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Best EdTech Tools That Helped Me During my PhD Journey

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

In this post, I am sharing with you some of the digital tools and apps I have used during my PhD studies. They cannot stand digital reading to the extent that they would print PDFs to read in paper format. I learned a great deal from it and I am seriously contemplating writing a short book about my doctoral journey.

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