eSchool News

DECEMBER 2, 2015

1 launched the second annual Active Learning Center (ALC) Grant , a program to provide active learning spaces to schools across North America. Up to 15 grant recipients will have the opportunity to install one of four learning environments featuring Steelcase Education’s state-of-the-art furniture and technology.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

When we built a new 3-story high school building on our former baseball field, we knew that we wanted to incorporate spaces where students could learn and teachers could teach in a very collaborative manner. Related : How outdoor learning spaces lead to STEM engagement How to create engaging active learning environments.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 6, 2019

Check out the following six grants, which cover literacy, learning spaces, drug awareness, and more. Steelcase Education is seeking innovative middle and high school educators and educational institutions looking to implement and expand active learning initiatives to apply for its fifth annual Active Learning Center Grant.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 26, 2015

Pasadena high school realizes benefits of active learning with standing desks. As educators turn their attention to how physical learning environments can influence student learning, more companies are responding to the demand for flexible and innovative classroom furniture. Ergotron, Inc.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

A STEM or STEAM lab is an environment where students, irrespective of grade, can come together and actively participate in hands-on STEM and STEAM learning. These educational spaces encourage active learning and problem solving.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

We looked at spaces in two other schools and took pictures of a similar space at the high school level. It was very helpful to see how other schools used their space to help us finalize our plans and move to installation. Having that kind of collaborative partnership and flexibility was very nice.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 25, 2015

note : In partnership with Lesson Planet , we asked their professional development resource arm, PD Learning Network , for the most popular videos on their site. We’ll be featuring a limited number of these, one a week, each Monday. “I’ve been able to kind of differentiate my way through that,” he said.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

These app essentials will help keep high school students engaged while learning language arts, and teach them how to form the arguments and enhance learning comprehension. The idea is the main component in argument forming, and actively learn teaches students how to communicate by asking and answering questions.

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eSchool News

MAY 30, 2024

Here are five ways probeware, such as Vernier sensors, supports the 3D learning framework. Encouraging active learning through investigations Probeware provides a hands-on, interactive way for students to engage with scientific concepts.

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eSchool News

APRIL 16, 2025

Key points: Tech tools can create more engaging and effective learning experiences A critical shift in digital instruction in 2025 How multimedia and interactive tech transform engagement For more news on digital tools, visit eSN’s Digital Learning hub In 2010, I began my teaching career as a high school English teacher.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 10, 2025

When students get a question wrong, they see the correct answer and have the option for Redemption Questions, giving them another chance to learn from their mistakes. Gimkit: Build collaboration while earning rewards Gimkit is another fun platform for learning games.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Since the pandemic, more instructors at schools and colleges appear to have embraced “flipped learning ,” the approach of asking students to watch lecture videos before class so that class time can be used for active learning. They’re part of the group doing flipped learning.” It has been implemented so variably.”

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

The school system has 13,000 students enrolled throughout the city and approximately 2,100 staff members working each day. Pivot Interactives, which joined the Discovery Education family of solutions in 2022, makes teaching science with active learning and scientific phenomena engaging and easy.

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EdTech Magazine

MARCH 13, 2019

Increasingly, schools have turned away from that model as they strive to create active-learning classroom spaces that are more conducive to modern learning methods and thought. . A new study underway at Virginia Tech seeks to understand the effects of physical space on course engagement and learning.

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eSchool News

JULY 21, 2023

In addition, district educators will receive in-depth professional learning opportunities that will help them integrate their new resources into instruction and create engaging lessons that prepare students for success beyond the classroom.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

These active learning experiences are key because we know that with increased engagement comes increased learning, and with increased learning comes greater opportunities for success.”. Data-Informed, Differentiated Instruction Made Easy.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 6, 2022

It’s Here–the High School Technology Curriculum! What is Actively Learn and Why Should I Try it? Education Galaxy–Personalized Learning That’s Fun. Tech Tip #105: Create Shortkeys for Windows Tools. Tech Tip #118–Top 10 iPad Shortkeys. Top 10 Reviews . 13 Ways to Use Canva in Your Classroom.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 3, 2019

For K–12 schools interested in upgrading their classrooms to fit a modern pedagogy, it is important to take an intentional approach that keeps academic success at the forefront of any decision. . Ground your refresh in research on how students learn. How Do We Avoid Design for Design’s Sake?

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eSchool News

AUGUST 27, 2024

However, many high school classrooms still use outdated college and career preparation models, which can leave high school graduates feeling unprepared for their future. This highlights the increasing need for high schools to incorporate career-connected learning. –Diane M. Vrobel, Ed.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

With remote learning in full swing for a little over half of American elementary and high school schools, students are spending even more time in front of a screen: By some accounts, students are getting up to 5 or 6 hours of additional technology use per day.

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Edsurge

APRIL 2, 2019

After a few of the district’s schools participated in a pilot program with the digital reading platform Actively Learn, Stanley got a look at teacher surveys and other program details. “I How do we prepare students to do that more actively? The Actively Learn platform provides opportunity for both approaches.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 26, 2019

When Parkland School District in Philadelphia learned of the Airtame screencasting solution, it ran a pilot in its 200-classroom high school. ISTE 2019: Airtame Screencasting Adds Engagement to K-12 Classrooms. amy.burroughs_26341. amy.burroughs_26341. Wed, 06/26/2019 - 09:15. Tweet text.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 16, 2023

. — Edson Barton, CEO, YouScience Even as we continue to overhaul training and curriculum around the science of reading, students who passed through our classrooms prior to this awakening sit in our buildings right up through high school without the early foundations that enable all the complex literacy processes thereafter.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

Last week, the organizers of "XQ: The Super School Project" announced the ten winners of its competition to reimagine the American high school. The promise of the "super schools" themselves probably depends on how one feels about various educational tropes. I think the idea is appealing.

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 28, 2025

These brief moments set the stage for active learning, focus, trust, and shaping the atmosphere of the entire session. These crucial minutes set the tone, influencing how students perceive the class, their peers, and their role within the learning environment. Consider the First Five Minutes from the students perspective.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 25, 2019

One of the core tenets of an active-learning classroom is offering students and teachers the freedom to move around the classroom and use the space to engage with lessons. During this rollout, Smith said she learned “ slower is faste r” when it comes to classroom redesigns. Screencasting Is Prominent in Classroom Redesign.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 7, 2019

Where we have installed our system—mostly in universities right now, but in a growing number of high schools—we’re getting a 700 percent increase in students interacting with the system. Gamson were some of the first to discuss the benefits of active learning activities in Seven Principles For Good Practice in Undergraduate Education.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

With a sincere focus on college/career/military readiness, access to VR training is allowing students to gain and perfect skill sets prior to their entrance into the post-high school phase of life. Science Teacher, Archbishop Hoban High School and Member, Vernier Trendsetter Community –Diane M. Vrobel, Ed.

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Edsurge

JULY 6, 2023

A New Analysis Dives Into the Research Flipped learning had a big moment during the pandemic, when many professors decided it made a lot of sense to ask students to watch recorded lecture videos on their own, then use class time for active learning. But does this model of instruction actually work?

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Professional development allows teachers to continue to improve their practice, learn new strategies and content, and engage students. Research has found that effective professional development is content-focused, incorporates active learning and supports collaboration.

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Edsurge

JULY 7, 2023

This isn’t surprising, given that many public school students in the U.S. don’t have an opportunity to learn a new language in school until middle or high school. A Late Start Like many students, an opportunity to learn another language did not come to me until I was a teenager.

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eSchool News

MARCH 27, 2024

Industry-recognized, BenQ’s Tap ‘N Teach technology for fast sign-on, EZWrite license-free annotation and whiteboard software, InstaShare wireless screen presentation system, and IT-friendly monitoring and management tools create exciting and intuitive active learning experiences.

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 28, 2025

These brief moments set the stage for active learning, focus, trust, and shaping the atmosphere of the entire session. These crucial minutes set the tone, influencing how students perceive the class, their peers, and their role within the learning environment. Consider the First Five Minutes from the students perspective.

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District Administration

MARCH 4, 2016

The formula for driving active learning comes from the synergy of blending three key elements: product design, instructional design and school design.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 10, 2021

At the Institute for Teaching and Leading , a professional learning organization that I co-founded, many of our partner districts are focused less on deficits and more on active learning, which we call the asset-based mindset. Often summer school programs are designed for credit recovery or filling in learning gaps.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 10, 2019

3D printing also supports inclusion efforts for students of various learning styles and improves collaboration and speaking skills. Jody Britten, a senior associate at the Metiri Group , talked about how 3D technologies and data visualization tools lead to better learning outcomes with EdTech.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Classrooms throughout the district are outfitted equitably with technology and have an adequate infrastructure teachers need for engaging learning environments. A shy student in high school, Neal credits the positive impact his band teacher had on him when he was growing up, which helps guide him today in his role.

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