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7 Digital tools for student engagement across all grade levels

Neo LMS

As we head into the spring, we may notice a decrease in student engagement. For some students, there have been midterm exams, extended school breaks, or we find ourselves in the middle of standardized testing season. Students should also be part of the process of deciding on different tools to try.

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Universal Skills for Learners: Increasing School Relevancy

User Generated Education

Kids are learning – but for way too many it occurs outside of the school environment rather than during school. Given today’s technologies, it makes sense and is exciting that learning occurs after schools hours, but for exciting, engaging, and profound learning not to occur during school hours is, simply put, a travesty.

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Lead in the Now

A Principal's Reflections

Let’s look at these Pillars and ways that we can lead in the now: Student engagement, learning, and outcomes : We cannot expect to see increases in achievement if students are not learning. Students who are not engaged are not likely to be learning. Engagement is not a silver bullet, though.

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It's Elementary When it Comes to #EdTech

A Principal's Reflections

As a practitioner I am always looking to learn how to better assist educators at all grade levels. Our goal is the purposeful integration of technology to support or enhance learning. The goal was simple, to introduce and train them on some age appropriate technology tools while identifying natural pedagogical fits.

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How to Build Meaningful Community for Online Learners #DLNchat

Edsurge

DLNchat-ters offered ideas about how to better use tools for online discussions. Use active learning techniques. Pepper your discussions with topics that meet outcomes but also can garner student interest,” tweeted JJ Johnson. Not all community-building occurs in real-time.

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Characteristics of The 21st Century Teachers

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

It’s astounding to reflect on how much has changed in the intervening years in the world of education and teaching. The pace of change, driven predominantly by the rapid encroachment of digital and now AI technologies, has accelerated dramatically.

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Social Media is Not Just For Students

A Principal's Reflections

I developed a simple instruction sheet and disseminated it to all of my parents because many people still don’t really know what Twitter is or how it can be used for professional communications. This sheet explains how to sign up, activate updates on their cell phones, and the types of information that will be sent out.