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3 Ways to Shake Up The Station Rotation Model

Catlin Tucker

If teachers have ample access to technology, they can design multiple stations that incorporate technology. Online research. Design and create (presentations, infographics, storybooks, etc.) This model does exactly what its name suggests. Collaborative small group work. Makerspace station. Project-based learning time.

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Twig Education Announces Launch of Twig Create Multimedia Makerspace

eSchool News

The Twig Create makerspace encourages students’ creative agency in a number of ways: Film allows students who struggle with paper/pen-based reading and writing to access information more readily and communicate ideas in a sequenced manner. Educators can access their invitation to trial Twig Create here.

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Twig Science Nevada Approved for Statewide Use

eSchool News

We’re honored to be able to help teachers all over Nevada ignite students’ natural instinct for inquiry to access that body of knowledge and develop the skills to extend it.”. Twig Education is an award-winning STEM publishing company providing digital and print resources to more than 60 countries and in 20 different languages.

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Wow! This inquiry-based, technology-rich school has no tech staff

eSchool News

With the support of a teacher or parent as facilitator, students research, design, plan, implement, and reflect on their learning. To give students anytime, anywhere access to literature and text at their level and cycle them through a learning process, we use ThinkCERCA.

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5 ways to create spaces that unlock creativity & encourage collaboration

eSchool News

we’ve designed all our spaces with our mission in mind and with our students at the forefront of every decision. When designing our R+D Center, rather than predicting how our students and teachers would use the space, we asked them. At Beaver Country Day School in Newton, Mass.,

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Why combining assessments and LMS technology is essential

eSchool News

Testing the use of Canvas quizzes in seven online courses and five hybrid courses, the researchers designed quizzes for each student and for each quiz attempt. Educators can require students to access material and then take short comprehension check quizzes on the LMS of choice. Fill-in-the-Blank Questions.

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How Makerspaces in Schools Help Students Learn to Code

EdTech Magazine

Kids were not only learning about construction and building and architecture, they were pulling out books to research designs, working together, discussing and learning from each other,” Michele Kirschenbaum, the librarian at PS 452, who was awarded a makerspace kit from the Department of Education’s Office of Library Services, told UTF.

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