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Improving Teacher and Student Engagement Through Creativity

Edsurge

Creativity helps develop a deeper sense of learning, yet we keep our “creative” units until after state testing is over. Recently, I met with two education leaders to discuss how to improve teacher and student engagement through creativity. Just as the learning has to be meaningful to students, it must also be for adults.

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The 4 Things You Should Be Looking for to Measure Student Engagement

Edthena

Counting the number of raised student hands to measure student engagement? There’s a lot more to understanding the engagement of a strong classroom, according to professional learning expert Jim Knight. Student engagement can take many forms. Are students doing the task presented to them?

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How Edtech for Teachers Helps Collaboration and Professional Learning

Edthena

The author of Ed Tech Essentials and founder of Class Tech Tips encourages educators to use tech tools for their own professional learning. In this PLtogether Lounge Talk, Monica Burns talked with Edthena founder and CEO Adam Geller about the advantages of integrating educational technology into adult learning.

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Defining Student Engagement

A Principal's Reflections

In my District I am part of a Professional Learning Community (PLC) with other administrators. The focus of our PLC is the Classroom Walkthrough practice as a tool to improve student achievement. Defining what constitutes student engagement can be extremely tricky and quite arbitrary at best.

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Discovery Education and Social Impact Partners Offer All Educators New, No-Cost Professional Learning Resources

eSchool News

Silver Spring, MD (Thursday, December 16, 2021) — As school systems nationwide begin to look towards Winter Break, Discovery Education and select social impact partners present curated professional learning resources at no cost to support educators’ continued professional learning.

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Overcoming Engagement Hurdles with Remote Learners

A Principal's Reflections

It is nearly impossible to create a culture of learning if there are elements of boredom, inactivity, and lack of relevance. This is a lesson I learned most recently as a presenter and workshop facilitator. Early on, I used more traditional strategies since this was a new arena for me.

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The Vital Role of Digital Leadership in Transforming Education

A Principal's Reflections

Through all this adversity, educators have risen to the occasion and have begun the tedious process of redefining education and what real learning really should be. That is how we must look at the present situation. Student engagement, learning, and outcomes : How will learning change in ways that better meet the needs of all learners?

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