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Creating a fun robotics lesson that addresses 4 ISTE standards

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Teachers must align instructional content with state and national standards, prepare and organize materials, and thoughtfully structure collaborative learning experiences to ensure effective learning outcomes. Teams document their final code with a photograph before progressing to the next part of the activity.

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Integrating Systems Thinking to Enhance Liberal Arts Curriculum through Learner-Centered Teaching 

Faculty Focus

Additionally, it cultivates intellectual and practical skills, including inquiry and analysis, critical and creative thinking, written and oral communication, quantitative literacy, information literacy, teamwork, and problem-solving. The “Thinking” in Systems Thinking: Seven Essential Skills (Pegasus Communications, Waltham, MA).

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Integrating Systems Thinking to Enhance Liberal Arts Curriculum through Learner-Centered Teaching 

Faculty Focus

Additionally, it cultivates intellectual and practical skills, including inquiry and analysis, critical and creative thinking, written and oral communication, quantitative literacy, information literacy, teamwork, and problem-solving. The “Thinking” in Systems Thinking: Seven Essential Skills (Pegasus Communications, Waltham, MA).

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8 Creative Classroom Seating Arrangements to Increase Engagement

Teachers Pay Teachers

It encourages whole-group communication, which promotes the idea that every voice matters. With books, rules posters, cards, activities, a contract, and an editable parent letter, you can feel confident with your seating options.

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7 discoveries from an active learning classroom

eSchool News

Spaces flooded with natural light that allow for a variety of learning methods and activities, and spaces that let students feel a sense of ownership over the classroom, demonstrably affect how well students learn. Four years ago, I became an inaugural recipient of a Steelcase Education Active Learning Center Grant.

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5 Tips for Teaching Online

Catlin Tucker

In an online course, each of those things becomes a separate learning activity. If teachers consider the time required to complete these activities in a classroom versus the time needed to engage in these activities online, it’s clear that these activities will necessitate significantly more time to complete online.

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

eSchool News

Districts and schools are increasingly adopting active learning practices in order to address businesses’ demand for employees capable of creative and collaborative work. However, research shows that the physical space that supports active learning is quite different from one designed for lecture-focused teaching.