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4 Tips for Facilitating Powerful Student Collaboration

Digital Promise

Below, Melissa shares advice for how teachers can facilitate these kinds of powerful collaborative learning experiences with their students. Students have opportunities to work on smaller projects to familiarize themselves with collaborative learning and integrated projects. Preparation sets up students for success.

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What is Active Learning? And Why it Matters

ViewSonic Education

universities have implemented active learning classrooms. Many, like Stanford and the University of Minnesota , have initiatives to train instructors in active learning practices. Primary and secondary schools are swiftly responding to the evidence in support of active learning. Game-based learning.

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SCALE-UP Classroom Technology: Supporting The Learning Environment

ViewSonic Education

As more schools begin adopting SCALE-UP and other more collaborative teaching models, IT professionals in secondary and higher education must be ready to support them, providing the technology needed to help students perform their best in these new environments. The SCALE-UP classroom places heavy emphasis on student collaboration.

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Dallas ISD Selects Carnegie Learning Math Curriculum for all Secondary Schools

eSchool News

According to Executive Director of STEM at Dallas ISD Michael Ruiz, Carnegie Learning’s Texas Math Solution provided a new approach to teaching math. For me, it was really clear how the curriculum was going to benefit secondary students. We are excited to be on this journey together.”

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5 ways to update aging media centers

eSchool News

Not only were the furniture and fixtures old, but most of the seating was made of cloth and nearly impossible to sanitize or disinfect.

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6 Ways to create meaningful teamwork experiences through an LMS

Neo LMS

That is why the flipped classroom, blended learning, PBL, and many more teaching styles require a high degree of social learning. For example, in a survey investigating the impact of collaboration in the learning of secondary school Statistics, one school found out that students had a 11.8% Use team assignments.

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How digital tools and AI can enhance social studies

eSchool News

This article explores the significance of digital tools in social studies instruction, delving into their benefits, implications, and the emerging capabilities of artificial intelligence (AI) in both elementary and secondary settings.

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