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The Key to Better Student Engagement Is Letting Them Show You How They Learn

Edsurge

She asked her students who were learning remotely to build blanket forts. As you might expect, the students calculated the area, perimeter and volumes of their forts. What was surprising was that for days after this lesson these students logged into class from inside their blanket sanctuaries.

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3 Reasons Teachers Should Use the Playlist Model

Catlin Tucker

A playlist is a sequence of learning activities designed to move students toward a desired result. Most playlists culminate in a performance task or artifact intended to demonstrate students’ ability to transfer or apply what they learned working through the playlist.

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4 SEL Strategies for the Transition Back to In-Person Learning

Graphite Blog

As we make the transition from distance learning back into the classroom, teachers are facing a whole new set of challenges related to students' social and emotional well-being and mental health. And we know that students' social and emotional well-being can have a direct impact on their academic success.

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How Can the Metaverse Transform Learning?

Edsurge

It can facilitate immersive learning environments , allowing educators to craft virtual classrooms or historical settings so that students engage in interactive and captivating lessons. Experiential learning is enhanced , offering a safe platform for hands-on activities like science experiments. So, that’s what I did.

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Finding ‘Personalized Learning’ and Other Edtech Buzzwords on the Gartner Hype Cycle

Edsurge

As Clayton Christensen recently said to me, just as people have taken the phrase “disruptive innovation” to justify whatever they already wanted to do, people are using the phrase personalized learning—and a whole host of other terms—in a similar manner. Peak of Inflated Expectations: Personalized Learning.

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Characteristics of The 21st Century Classroom

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

These reflections are not just an academic exercise but a practical one, aimed at understanding and adapting to the evolving dynamics of education. The changes are not just incremental; they are foundational, reshaping the very nature of how we teach and learn. The concept of a 21st-century classroom has evolved significantly.

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Personalized Learning: Exploring the What, Why and How

Reading By Example

In a typical teacher’s day, taking the time to learn about digital tools can be a low priority. The challenge is teaching students how to take these disparate pieces of information and skills, analyze data to make complex decisions, and innovate when a solution is not apparent for a problem.