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active learning

Digital Learning Tools

Closing the digital use divide with active and engaging learning

December 2, 2024 by Laura Ascione
Students offered insight into how to use active learning, with digital resources and edtech tools, to boost their engagement.
When it comes to classroom edtech use, digital tools have a drastically different impact when they are used actively instead of passively--a critical difference examined in the 2023-2024…
Live @ ISTE 2024

ISTELive news: Capstone’s PebbleGo gets an active learning upgrade

June 25, 2024 by Laura Ascione
Capstone debuted its newly expanded PebbleGo suite, featuring tools for active learning, content curation features, and other enhancements designed specifically ... Read more
Classroom Learning

What are the Three Active Strategies?

April 5, 2024 by ESchool News
What are the Three Active Strategies? Active learning in K-12 engages students through dynamic participation, fostering collaboration.
What are the three active strategies?Let's explore how these strategies promote engagement, critical thinking, and deeper understanding among students, enhancing academic success.
Classroom Learning

What are Active Learning Teaching Strategies?

April 5, 2024 by ESchool News
What are Active Learning Teaching Strategies? They engage students, fostering critical thinking and application of knowledge.
Active learning teaching strategies in K-12 education encompass dynamic approaches that engage students in the classroom learning process, fostering deeper understanding and retention.
Classroom Learning

What are Active Study Strategies?

April 5, 2024 by ESchool News
What are Active Study Strategies? Active study strategies engage students in learning, promoting deeper understanding and retention.
Active study strategies are dynamic approaches that engage students in the classroom learning process, fostering deeper understanding and retention of material.
Classroom Learning

What are the 6 Learning Strategies for Students?

April 5, 2024 by ESchool News
What are the 6 Learning Strategies for Students?
Learning strategies for students encompass diverse approaches and techniques aimed at optimizing the classroom learning process, enhancing comprehension, and promoting academic success.
Classroom Learning

Active Learning Strategies for Students

April 5, 2024 by ESchool News
Active Learning Strategies for Students engage students through participation, collaboration, and critical thinking.
Active learning strategies engage students in the learning process, fostering deeper understanding and retention.
Classroom Learning

What are the 5 methods of teaching?

April 5, 2024 by ESchool News
What are the 5 methods of teaching? Teaching methods encompass varied strategies to engage students and foster effective learning.
Methods of K-12 teaching encompass diverse strategies and techniques utilized by educators to engage students across different subjects and grade levels.
STEM & STEAM Trends

4 ideas to consider when designing a STEM lab

May 25, 2023 by Catherine Ellis, Educational Specialist, Avantis Education
A STEM lab is a learning environment where students, irrespective of grade, can come together and actively participate in hands-on or practical STEM learning
Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education is focused on developing students’ skills and connecting these subject areas, preparing them for future careers and the real world. It’s…
Digital Learning Tools

Are you choosing the right classroom visual displays?

May 22, 2023 by Bob Wudeck, Senior Director of Business Development, BenQ Education
When it comes to classroom displays like projectors and interactive whiteboards, here’s how to make the best purchasing decision for learning.
The transfer of knowledge is an educator’s principal concern--one that has led them, along with researchers, to ask: “What’s the best way to help transfer that knowledge and…
Newsline

ClassIn Launches its World-Class Teaching and Learning Platform in the United States

May 18, 2023 by ESchool News Staff
SAN DIEGO (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — ClassIn, a world leader in hybrid, blended, and remote learning solutions, today announced the launch ... Read more
Digital Learning Tools

Harnessing edtech for deeper science engagement

April 4, 2023 by Cynthia Long, K-12 Coordinator of Science, Florida
Combining interactive edtech resources with student choice will encourage engagement, ownership, and ultimately academic success
Throughout my career as a science educator in Colorado, Washington, and now in Florida, I've collaborated with many tremendous educators to solve the challenge of engaging students in…
Digital Innovation

Top Techniques for District Management

January 31, 2023 by Kevin Hogan
Engaged students are students who are excited to learn--and increased engagement can lead to better literacy learning
On this week's episode of Innovations in Education, hosted by Kevin Hogan: 8 predictions about literacy learning in 2023; 6 tips for tech-enabled instruction in the early literacy…
Teaching Trends

How to engage your students in order to build literacy

January 25, 2023January 24, 2023 by Kevin Hogan
Engaged students are students who are excited to learn--and increased engagement can lead to better literacy learning
On this week's episode of Innovations in Education, hosted by Kevin Hogan: 8 predictions about literacy learning in 2023; 6 tips for tech-enabled instruction in the early literacy…
Newsline

Pivot Interactives Named Best of STEM by Science Educators

July 26, 2022 by ESchool News Staff
MINNEAPOLIS, July 26, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Minneapolis, Minnesota Pivot Interactives, a phenomena-based, active learning tool for science teaching, has ... Read more
District Management

Why video creation encourages classroom innovation

March 10, 2022 by Laura Ascione
Students and teachers can use video for deeper understanding and innovative learning practices
Some of the best educational content develops with creative thinking and a willingness to try new things--and if teachers and students have the right tools, they're on the…
District Management

Why active learning environments are key to student engagement

March 3, 2022 by Laura Ascione
Active learning takes student engagement to another level--here's how to turn your classrooms into a new world for students
Technology's pivotal role in education can't be denied, and it will remain a constant in classrooms. Many schools are turning to active learning environments to effectively use technology…
AR & VR in the Classroom

10 cool AR and VR tools for the classroom

December 7, 2022March 2, 2022 by Laura Ascione
AR and VR tools add something special to learning, and the impact they have on student engagement is unparalleled
We all know that augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) are super fun, but AR and VR tools can also be incredibly powerful when integrated into classroom…
District Management

How to create engaging active learning environments

December 30, 2021 by Laura Ascione
Active learning is a key part of an engaging and impactful classroom--learn how to ensure your students are getting the most from their classrooms
Technology plays a pivotal role in classrooms, and as it becomes more sophisticated, educators realize that creating active learning environments can help them effectively and efficiently use technology…
Newsline

MiEN Company Releases New Guide on Creating Active Learning Spaces

June 24, 2021 by ESchool News Staff
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – June 23, 2021 – During the pandemic, schools rapidly adopted technology and flexible learning models so ... Read more
Blended Learning

5 essentials for an active learning classroom

June 3, 2021 by Dr. Christina Counts, VP of Education, MiEN Company
Here are the five must-haves that all districts should consider when creating active learning spaces for the modern educational environment.
The traditional classroom model has been turned on end, with the arrangement of desks and front-of-the-classroom focus becoming obsolete and unnecessary. In its place are dynamic, flexible, and…

Using E-rate funds to enhance school networks

February 4, 2025June 1, 2021 by Jeff Festa
K-12 stakeholders saw the value of digital learning firsthand when schools shut down amid the coronavirus pandemic. Suddenly, teachers who’d ... Read more
Newsline

MiEN Company Releases White Paper on How Flexible Furniture Creates Active Learning Environments

January 5, 2021 by ESchool News Staff
Districts and schools are increasingly adopting active learning practices in order to address businesses’ demand for employees capable of creative ... Read more
Newsline

MiEN Company Introduces New Furniture Product Offerings to Solve Learning Space Challenges

November 4, 2020 by ESchool News Staff
Educators are rethinking the layout of classrooms and other learning spaces in terms of optimizing use of those spaces for ... Read more
SEL & Well-Being

7 discoveries from an active learning classroom

January 30, 2019 by Julie Marshall, Ed.D.
Students seated around an open table in an active learning classroom
There is a fair amount of research into the impact of classroom design on student learning. Spaces flooded with natural light that allow for a variety of learning…
Classroom Innovations

4 considerations for your first makerspace

January 28, 2020September 20, 2017 by Paul Ramos
makerspace design challenges
This past June, the exhibitor floor at the 2017 ISTE Conference provided an inspiring snapshot for the rise of skills-based learning options and environments across the American educational…
District Management

If you give a kindergartner a Chromebook…

October 16, 2017February 10, 2017 by Laura Ascione
chromebook chromebooks
Although even the youngest children are considered tech-savvy today, there exists a difference between a child who knows how to use a tablet to watch videos and a…
Teaching Trends

In the marketplace: Funding for active learning, a helping hand for innovative programs, and an interactive book program

January 25, 2023December 7, 2016 by Laura Ascione
marketplace technology
Tech-savvy educators know they must stay on top of the myriad changes and trends in education to learn how teaching and learning can best benefit from technology's near-constant…
District Management

‘Technology-enabled active learning’ spurs achievement

November 6, 2013August 29, 2013 by By Pat La Morte
Using a technology-rich environment to promote collaboration and independent learning, we’ve seen student engagement—and achievement—rise.

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