eSchool News

NOVEMBER 15, 2015

Actively Learn. Actively Learn is an interactive e-reading platform where students can highlight and annotate text as they read. The site contains thousands of free ELA, science, and history texts, from “The Picture of Dorian Gray” to George Washington’s Farewell Address. What’s It Like?

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eSchool News

JANUARY 31, 2022

Before that, Roe led the school marketing team at Learning Ally, a nonprofit that offers solutions for students with dyslexia, and Catapult Learning, a leading provider of instructional services. Fairlamb has a 24-year history of leading sales and marketing functions for SaaS business in the K-12 educational technology market.

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eSchool News

MAY 3, 2023

BenQ has a long history of supporting teachers and the esports industry with state-of-the-art visualization solutions built around an arsenal of tools and features that define a positive learning and gaming experience,” said Bob Wudeck, senior director of business development at BenQ Education.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Making Learning Active Students, in particular, seem sold on the upsides of techniques they encountered during online learning. When professors teaching face-to-face adopt online pedagogy, the classroom is transformed into a “blended” experience, moving from conventional to active learning.

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eSchool News

JULY 25, 2023

Utilizing historical artifacts that reflect influential moments in history, educators guide students through structured learning experiences and activities that provide opportunities for text analysis and collaboration. Literacy supports are woven throughout lessons and enhance teachers’ literacy instruction. ·

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

It’s about creating immersive experiences to make history come alive, or using a pop song as a hook to make a 400-year-old Shakespeare play more relevant to students. Leading the industry with personalized learning solutions that promote student engagement, Savvas offers many interactivities within its high-quality instructional content.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 27, 2017

Community-based learning encourages students to find and solve local issues. And the related place-based learning sees students explore the history and culture of their own region. The concepts inherent to active learning are not new. We think the teacher has an active role in facilitating learning.”

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 9, 2017

Once an active center for the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Dixon Agency is now scarred by dilapidated homes fed by a toxic water system. When cultures come together to learn both with and from each other, there is often an unintended dissonance. What was the purpose of reading through history in chronological order?

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Edsurge

MARCH 15, 2021

Of particular interest to us was students’ citizenship, or their level of agreement (strongly agree, somewhat agree, and so on) with these four statements at the beginning and end of their college careers: I am actively working to foster justice in the world. I am currently taking steps to improve the lives of people around the world.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

UWorld currently offers materials in seven AP subjects: Calculus AB, Calculus BC, English Language, English Literature, Statistics, US History, and World History. Plus, reporting tools provide meaningful insight into student AP performance at the classroom, school and district level.

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 15, 2023

As learners and teaching technology continue to evolve, faculty are recognizing the importance of teaching for active learning. During a two-hour lecture, the average student spends 37 minutes doing non-class related activities on their devices (Ravizza et.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 2, 2019

Including student voices as active and important features of course design is a key component of a classroom based on dialogue, and this is what it truly means to be an inclusive instructor. The idea that the social environment we create (or don’t create) impacts the learning experience is sadly too new a concept in college teaching.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 15, 2021

But they’re learning through songs, poems and dance” related to Black history and Black life. It’s an adaptive app for children ages 2 through 8 that covers early literacy, math, social-emotional learning, creativity and physical activity. In one reading class, the lesson is built around 10 Stevie Wonder songs.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Encourage them to explore, engage their critical thinking and active learning skills. Introduce the History toolbar (right side) as an undo feature (like Ctrl+Z in Word). If you’re not sure about the ‘fix’, go over to the right side to the ‘history’ tab.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Encourage them to explore, engage their critical thinking and active learning skills. Introduce the History toolbar (right side) as an undo feature (like Ctrl+Z in Word). Then have them select the ‘Help’ files. This takes them to the Adobe CS website and exposes a vast database of questions and answers.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 27, 2019

With that in mind, I recently did some sleuthing of my own and tracked down a half dozen history and geography teachers around my age who remember time spent hunched over TVs and early PCs, discovering for the first time that the world was much bigger and more exciting than our backyards. Physical geography is important,” Keller says.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

For a history teacher, explain how a VR helmet can teach students about past civilizations through a virtual exploration of ancient Rome. . . Instead of explaining the hypothetical uses of a virtual reality helmet, show teachers how using mixed reality gear can be a helpful tool specific to their class material.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 27, 2024

Incorporate mindfulness into lessons: Introduce brief mindfulness or meditation activities during online classes to help students manage stress and improve concentration. Promote physical activity : Encourage students to stay physically active, even when learning from home.

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 15, 2023

As learners and teaching technology continue to evolve, faculty are recognizing the importance of teaching for active learning. During a two-hour lecture, the average student spends 37 minutes doing non-class related activities on their devices (Ravizza et.

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Edsurge

JUNE 25, 2020

In the mathematics department, we're very committed to active learning. We basically start with active learning and work our way backward from there. And there's a massive amount of pedagogical data that suggests that active learning is in many ways better than lecture for most situations, if not all, situations.

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Edsurge

JULY 30, 2021

They also provide tutoring classes for children to be ‘college-ready,’ and now they are moving from passive to active learning with their ‘ FutureSchool ’ concept.” In the past most consumers have been less concerned than professional educators about the “research” behind the learning products they buy.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 2, 2025

Read more here: the history of National Library Week American Library Association. Here are my favorite online libraries with you ( click here for updates to the list): For Children Aesop for Children collection of fables Actively Learn add PDFs of your choice to a library that can be annotated, read, and shared.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 14, 2023

The effectiveness of online learning heavily depends on the level of interaction between instructors and students within virtual classrooms. When students are actively engaged, they have a tendency to perform better and retain information more efficiently.

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eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2024

Classroom learning is the fundamental mode of education where students gather in a physical space under the guidance of a teacher or instructor to engage in structured learning activities. At its core, classroom learning provides a structured environment conducive to focused study and exploration.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

For instance, Furr High School in Texas, which happened to be the first listed on the XQ site, promises: Furr High School will activate learning through a project- and place-based model grounded in the rigors of environmental and nutritional sciences.

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Edsurge

JULY 27, 2023

That has sparked a burst of activity by teachers at schools and colleges to change their assignments to make them harder to game with this new tech — and hopefully more human in the process. One of his major recommendations: Try a flipped classroom , where students watch lectures via video and spend class time on active learning exercises.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 14, 2023

The effectiveness of online learning heavily depends on the level of interaction between instructors and students within virtual classrooms. When students are actively engaged, they have a tendency to perform better and retain information more efficiently.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 30, 2017

After reading about the results of learning studios on other campuses, JCCC partnered with classroom furniture company. Herman Miller to create their first learning studio. Tables and chairs can be easily assembled for a group activity, or separated for a lecture-style class.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 23, 2016

Howard made the case that teaching creativity is not a linear activity, and referenced IDEO U’s “creative confidence pedagogy” that represents their approach to teaching, which includes see, try, share and reflect. To scale this capability, IDEO formed IDEO U and developed the capability to teach these skills online.

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 10, 2025

The basic components of integrated course design include: analyzing situational factors, formulating learning goals, designing feedback and assessment, and selecting learning activities. Active learning thus includes the act of students doing things which requires experiential opportunities and reflective dialogue.

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Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2017

China boasts the longest continuous history of standardized testing, dating back to the imperial examinations starting in its second dynasty, in 206 BC. That history is not lost on investors. (Tutoring often also operates hand-in-hand with overseas college admissions consulting businesses.).

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Edsurge

JUNE 29, 2018

I think that no matter what day you visit, you would see a bunch of different community activities going on. But as part of the history that we read about universities, I realized what the role of the university was. So, technology enables you to do fully active learning better than you could without technology.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

VR tools, such as Oculus, allow students to explore virtual worlds, while AR tools like Google Expeditions overlay digital information onto the real world, offering new ways to learn about history, science, and geography. This dynamic format keeps learners engaged and motivates them to participate actively in the lesson.

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 10, 2025

The basic components of integrated course design include: analyzing situational factors, formulating learning goals, designing feedback and assessment, and selecting learning activities. Active learning thus includes the act of students doing things which requires experiential opportunities and reflective dialogue.

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EAB

AUGUST 9, 2023

A solution: Build support communities among faculty that model inclusive, consensus-building learning environments and model teaching and learning using trauma-informed evidence-based practices. Being included and a valuable member of a team is an essential element for any healthy relationship.

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Apple for the Teach

OCTOBER 14, 2023

Plus, you can sprinkle in some math and science through Halloween-themed activities. These printables make learning feel like a treat! Coloring pages , crafts, and design activities are all about nurturing creativity and fine-tuning those motor skills. Haunted House Educational Activities : Learning meets haunted houses!

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Faculty Focus

MARCH 30, 2025

For community college faculty, this history contextualizes AI’s rapid ascent, highlighting its capacity to augment teachingyet it also underscores the need for critical oversight, a theme explored next. Ethical Considerations: Equity and Agency Ethical dilemmas loom large.

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