The Thinking Stick

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

You integrate AI technology in your classroom, hoping to enhance student engagement and learning. This ineffective action leaves you feeling frustrated and disappointed, as you see little improvement in student outcomes. Does this sound familiar?

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Gradelink

APRIL 27, 2022

KEY STRATEGIES: IMPROVE STUDENT ENGAGEMENT. An effective teacher applies problems that make sense in the realm of their students, and this helps students know how the subject matter is applicable to their personal lives. Looking for additional ways to improve student engagement and become a more effective teacher?

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eSchool News

APRIL 26, 2024

When COVID mandated at-home and hybrid learning, many educators turned once again to virtual trips to keep students engaged in learning during pandemic-related instructional challenges. These trips can help students get a front-row look at STEM outside of the classroom. Make real-world issues more relevant for students.

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Neo LMS

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Even Ancient Romans associated the concept of elementary school ( ludus ) with play ( ludere ). When learning is fun, students are more likely to be interested in what you’re teaching, be more relaxed during the class, and better retain information. Short videos are ideal for giving examples of concepts that you are teaching.

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Education Superhighway

JULY 23, 2018

Recently, we interviewed three 5th grade teachers who shared more about the transformational role technology plays in student engagement at PWCS. ESH: How has the upgrade impacted student engagement with the material? What got them [to this level of engagement] was being able to do that research piece on their own.

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eSchool News

APRIL 23, 2024

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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eSchool News

MARCH 7, 2024

However, studies suggest that a significant percentage of students feel disengaged in their learning, posing a challenge for educators. As teachers strive to adapt their instructional methods to nurture student curiosity and drive deeper student engagement, the principles outlined in Teach Like A Pirate offer valuable insights.

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Edsurge

APRIL 7, 2018

We look for answers to questions such as: Where are we giving the teacher deeper insights about their students? How will special needs students interact with this product? For example, we recently worked with an exceptional company, Learning Ally, to create a new audio reader app called LINK. What about a first-grader?

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 15, 2019

For example, to set up the system, we were going to have to add 1,600 student email accounts manually—and that was just for the high school," explains Rugg. Today, the district’s new screen mirroring and classroom engagement hardware—which is only slightly bigger than a cellphone—is mounted on walls, not ceilings.

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Reading By Example

JUNE 25, 2020

Next are two examples, one primary and one secondary, to show how this structure could be utilized in classrooms, online or in-person. This lesson can be an introduction to a poetry unit for elementary students. It allows the teacher to position responsibility for instruction more on the group and each student.

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eSchool News

MARCH 8, 2024

Schools should reimagine the learning processes and leverage in-person and hybrid learning to help students achieve the best possible results. The potential for innovation and student engagement are only scratching the surface when it comes to the advantages of online learning.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 24, 2020

We’ve developed “Look for” documents to support teachers and administrators in envisioning how this fusion could work in elementary and middle school classrooms. Subcomponents include student behaviors associated with each practice and probing questions to facilitate student engagement in CT practices.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

These words, after all, are important to students’ ultimate reading success. The nuances of teaching high frequency words in early elementary would only arise around how these words should be taught. For example, “the” is a high frequency word as well as a sight word for many people.

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EdTech Magazine

AUGUST 6, 2019

Another plus: High-quality CTE helps with student engagement and retention. Research suggests students are more likely to continue their education when they know they already have a head start. Department of Education, supporting instruction for elementary and secondary students as well as adults.

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MindSpark

JUNE 7, 2022

When you allow students to bring their own understanding, life experiences and worldview to their learning, not only is it more engaging but more rigorous as well. Check out the following examples, and think about which is more rigorous and which your students would enjoy more. But which is more rigorous?

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Waterford

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Intrinsic motivation occurs when students are engaged because of internal rewards, like a love of learning or interest in a subject.[3] 3] These students learn to value learning for its own merits, regardless of any external factors. Students may be motivated to learn to pass a test, to gain a reward, or to avoid a punishment.

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Technology Tidbits

AUGUST 29, 2019

Elementari is a wonderful new site for digital storytelling and project based learning. Educators are using this easy-to-use tool to have students create interactive digital stories, digital portfolios, presentations, and even choose-your-own-adventures. Below is an example. Check it out!

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Edsurge

AUGUST 9, 2022

Since 2020, three things have become clearer than ever: Our students of color, English learners and students with disabilities have faced a disparate impact on their educational experience from COVID-19. Recently, EdSurge spoke with Regina Meeks , an elementary math and ELA teacher in North Carolina. percent to 22.5

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ViewSonic Education

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

With interactive whiteboards, students and teachers manipulate content directly on the surface of the screen. Student engagement increased and classroom collaboration was set to skyrocket. You’ll find them in elementary classrooms and university lecture halls. “I just stand back, and the kids are engaged.

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MindShift

MARCH 18, 2018

While it’s easy to envision using math picture books in elementary school classrooms, literature for older grades poses a bigger challenge. The two occupy opposite ends of the secondary math spectrum — seventh-grade pre-algebra and 12th-grade calculus, respectively — and both have found ways to strengthen student engagement through reading.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MARCH 24, 2015

Research Seeks Scale For Measuring Student Engagement. Educators believe that student engagement in the classroom is crucial to learning and that it can increase achievement and enrollment in challenging courses while decreasing dropout rates. by TeachThought Staff. From a press release. COLUMBIA, Mo. Teaching'

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Still, teachers are tirelessly putting in their best effort to make distance learning work for their students. Teachers are changing the nature of the partnerships that schools typically have with students’ families. There are challenges to teaching in highly uncertain pandemic times that no amount of planning can mitigate.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Nick Baskwill works with hundreds of elementary, middle, and high schools across Nova Scotia to drive technology integration and the adoption of innovative tools for tech and computer science education. This may include group onboardings, webinars, PD sessions, lesson plans, and prebuilt examples. Nominee : Nick Baskwill.

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Waterford

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

My 4-year-old son Niko recently started transitional kindergarten at our local elementary school. For example, my son notices and repeats the rhyming words he hears in songs and books, and that’s just one example foundational reading skills music enhances in daily life. Written by Marika Ismail.

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User Generated Education

JANUARY 20, 2019

” For more about this, see Flow – A Measure of Student Engagement [link]. Some Recent Examples of Authentic Learning. Here are some recent examples I have done with my learners – one class did a social entrepreneurship unit while another class made Makey Makey Marble Mazes. Makey-Makey Marble Mazes.

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Neo LMS

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

The change already delivers extraordinary results and 96% of teachers claim that EdTech increases student engagement in learning. If you are wondering how it works in practice, here’s a good example: Duolingo is a free mobile app that helps students to learn foreign languages. 5 New EdTech tools to watch.

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Neo LMS

JULY 19, 2022

But technology can be an incredibly useful educational tool for students of all ages, even young elementary-level learners. Students shouldn’t spend their entire day interacting with technology. Read more: 7 Digital tools for student engagement across all grade levels.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 14, 2023

Students have the ability to choose their own characters and other story elements when creating a customized reading passage with Choice Texts. This increased engagement is evident when my students reflect on their learning and say they are excited about what they have read. Image Credit: eSpark.

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Educational Technology Guy

JULY 18, 2019

To best prepare our kids for a tech-driven future, here are five innovative ideas that educators are testing out: Highly-Specialized Elementary Teachers As it stands now, math and science teachers are forced to cover a wide breadth of topics geared towards preparing students for the future.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Salas, who attends Roosevelt Elementary School in San Leandro, California, is not alone in feeling the effects of heat on her schoolyard. Across the country, climbing temperatures have led schools to cancel classes and outdoor activities to protect students from the harmful effects of the heat. We can learn from a textbook.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 26, 2022

In addition to sharing about the tool, you should also check out their 60+ tools for Student Engagement , and I’ll share about their teacher support quiz which will help you better support teachers. In this blog post, I’ll share my review of TARA, the Teacher HQ for Resources and Administration. Let’s dive in to this awesome tool!

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eSchool News

AUGUST 16, 2023

. –Elizabeth Bassford, Vice President, Content & Implementation, Curriculum Associates Last spring, we came across a STEAM robot solution which provides early learning coding opportunities for elementary students. Older children have access to these solutions, so why not offer the opportunity for young learners?

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Neo LMS

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Digital storytelling is only for classroom engagement. Student engagement during classroom activities is definitely improved when digital storytelling is used. As this study involving 15,000 students shows , there are many direct and indirect benefits of digital storytelling. So today, it’s all about debunking them!

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 11, 2022

They analyzed 53 elementary school teachers who had been randomly assigned to classrooms in their schools located in four different districts along the East Coast. Focusing on math instruction, the researchers compared students’ math scores with surveys that the fourth and fifth-grade students had filled out as part of an experiment.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

It can make learning more personalized for each student. For example, it can figure out what each student needs help with and give them special lessons just for them. Give four real world examples for each. Request strategies to introduce Shakespearean plays to high school students. In education, AI can be helpful.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

In Georgia’s Columbia County School District , for example, students in teacher Erica Cox’s class use Google Drawings and other G Suite apps to illustrate and create presentations. . School District , educators across multiple disciplines are using this program to build student engagement. . “It Try out new digital tools.

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Edsurge

MARCH 31, 2021

This is especially evident in the elementary grades, which on average only teach social studies 30 minutes a week. This number decreases further in schools whose students struggle to meet educational benchmarks, with teachers believing their time is better spent focusing on math, science and reading—in other words, the “testable” subjects.

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