eSchool News

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Schools will continue to provide struggling students with tutoring services, while advanced students will find new learning opportunities through online courses or internships outside the classroom. We expect this to motivate schools to create more flexible, active learning spaces that can be modified to fit a wide variety of learning needs.

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k12 Digest

MAY 28, 2025

That vision became AEF Schools , a place designed for students who needed something differenta structured, supportive environment where learning goes beyond textbooks and tests. Multi-sensory learning techniques, such as hands-on activities, visual aids, and interactive discussions, further enhance understanding and retention.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 27, 2023

Opening the Learning Journey We believe in an intentional focus on literacy, numeracy, and assistive technology. This model engages classroom teachers as well as reading teachers, math teachers, behavior intervention specialists, and assistive technology specialists, to name a few.

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Special Education Education Assistive Technology History 326

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

A couple of weeks ago during a coaching session, a middle school teacher I work with described a fun math activity. She asked her students who were learning remotely to build blanket forts. Seen through this lens, it isn’t that surprising that they ordinarily are not active participants in their learning these days.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 24, 2018

5 Best Practices for STEM Education Spaces. Thomas School near Seattle has concentrated on beefing up the school’s science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education for the past several years and plans to strengthen it even more in the future. Thomas School Dedicates Space to Bolster STEM Learning. CDW Segment.

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Edsurge

MAY 20, 2020

Earlier in the week, his classmate Jennifer confided that she was not feeling comfortable with the recent math assignments, so we spent her 25 minutes reviewing math problems. During a small group math activity, I overheard Ned telling his group what great ideas they had and praising them for how well they were supporting each other.

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Communication Math Assignments Testing 203

eSchool News

MARCH 2, 2016

Vista Unified School District intends to make CS a core graduation requirement by either satisfying the existing math or science requirement or a new CS requirement, by the year 2018. The focus of the activities will involve building computer science skills and project-based learning.

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From the Pond

MAY 22, 2025

Bring a splash of the deep sea into your learning space with this simple and striking Blue Wolf Fish paper craft! Inspired by one of the oceans most unique creatures, this activity is perfect for little hands and curious mindsand it all starts with just one square of blue paper. Happy crafting!

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 2, 2018

Thomas School near Seattle hopes to encourage students to develop a passion for science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) by starting them young and engaging them with cool, new learning spaces featuring robots and 3D virtual reality computers. This setup encourages collaboration and project-based learning.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

Learning math by building bridges or designing aircraft wings is inspiring. Active, energetic, enthusiastic, maybe messy, and probably noisy collaboration is inspiring. Using technology to learn with and from students in other parts of the world is inspiring. Finding areas of interest and passion is inspiring.

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Interdisciplinary Essay Textbooks Learning Spaces 108

Edsurge

MAY 2, 2024

It will actually create more opportunities and free our teachers and counselors from bureaucracy and allow them to do the social, interactive activity that builds on the promise of public education.” “Ed is not a replacement for anything,” Carvalho said at a mainstage presentation this month at the ASU+GSV Summit in San Diego. “It

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Edsurge

JANUARY 24, 2018

Instead, the deep conversations around professional learning for teachers left me wondering how I could redefine my role to better support teachers in making learning personal for students. If the goal is for students to work with their peers and learn from one another, then the teacher needs to step away from the whiteboard.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 27, 2023

Opening the Learning Journey We believe in an intentional focus on literacy, numeracy, and assistive technology. This model engages classroom teachers as well as reading teachers, math teachers, behavior intervention specialists, and assistive technology specialists, to name a few.

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Special Education Education Assistive Technology History 164

eSchool News

OCTOBER 20, 2022

The district formed a partnership with HMH—purchasing HMH Into Math, HMH Into Reading, HMH Into Literature, and Waggle programs, along with professional services, which are all accessed via Ed, HMH’s learning platform. Tiffany has taught various math courses ranging from 6th grade math through AP Calculus.

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Education Exams Motivation Elementary School 271

Edsurge

JULY 13, 2017

Bryant, who teaches fourth and fifth grade Math at Ketcham Elementary Schoolin Washington, D.C., These ground-level efforts to iterate on models shed an important light on the growing personalized learning space, which often gets muddled amid contrasting definitions, approaches, or philosophies. His efforts are paying off.

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Blended Learning Teachers Ethics Learning Spaces 146

Organized Classroom

MAY 1, 2025

Where to Position Your Centers in the Classroom Knowing where to place your literacy and math centers in the classroom needs to be addressed instead of just tossing your centers wherever. Then, I subtract 1 from that number because I always have a teacher-led small group activity going on as well.

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Math Learning Spaces Writing Activities 97

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

Building a classroom community in which all students feel valued and respected, and creating a learning space where everyone feels safe openly sharing their stories will take a lot of work. When I begin a micro-writing activity, I intentionally send signals to students that it’s not about quantity.

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Writing Assignments English Essay 168

Edsurge

JULY 11, 2016

These classrooms were built for traditional, “chalk-n-talk” modalities and passive learning—they are not prepared for today’s more active learning approaches. These spaces will have: Lots of flexible seating options so that the space can be easily reconfigured for different purposes. Those numbers are no joke.

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Learning Testing Learning Spaces Learning Outcomes 113

Edsurge

AUGUST 28, 2018

Students learned more concretely that they are not alone in the learning space, that they have agency and voice, that conversation and thinking matters. And they learned that the use of VR as a tool for learning works. What kind of impact does this approach have on student learning? In snippets of messaging.

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English Learning Students Science 128

Faculty Focus

MARCH 23, 2023

2023) suggested that classroom activities that rely on different student learning styles benefit workforce alignment. Finally, it was found that it is best to accommodate students within their learning style preferences and capabilities (Hawk & Shah, 2007). Academy of Management Learning & Education, 4 (2), 193-212.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

We as teachers know that math and science can easily be taught using real-life experiences in lieu of a textbook. The problem in the past has been convincing our learning partners of that truth. Personalized learning must start with flexible learning spaces. How do you make this happen?

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Learning Learning Styles Knowledge Grades 111

Faculty Focus

MARCH 23, 2023

2023) suggested that classroom activities that rely on different student learning styles benefit workforce alignment. Finally, it was found that it is best to accommodate students within their learning style preferences and capabilities (Hawk & Shah, 2007). Academy of Management Learning & Education, 4 (2), 193-212.

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Learning Styles Instructors Education Learning 93

k12

MARCH 26, 2025

Turn it into a lesson on sorting, patterns, or basic math by counting pairs of socks. These simple, hands-on activities bring lessons to life, showing kids how learning connects to the real world. This keeps their minds active and encourages critical thinking. How do I create a dedicated learning space in a small home?

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Learning Motivation Discussions Learning Spaces 52

k12 Online Schools

APRIL 23, 2025

Design a Dedicated Learning Space Where students study impacts how well they study. Start with small daily goals like finishing a video lecture or solving five math problems. For example, block 99:50 AM for watching a science video and taking notes, followed by 10-10:45 AM for math practice.

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k12 Online Schools

APRIL 26, 2025

There are several reasons driving this trend : Flexibility: Online schools allow families to adapt learning schedules around personal needs, travel, or extracurricular activities. Personalized Learning: Students can move at their own pace, spending more time on challenging subjects and accelerating through areas where they excel.

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Motivation Schools Assignments Art 52

k12 Online Schools

MAY 3, 2025

On the surface, they educate students in math, science, and literature. In that sense, online learning has the potential to be a global cultural exchange. Instead of imposing a single cultural framework, digital classrooms can encourage students to bring their own backgrounds into the learning space. This isnt a loss.

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Culture Schools Language Languages 52

EdTech Magazine

JULY 2, 2018

When Neosho Junior High School teachers and students moved into a sleek, new campus last August, they said goodbye to traditional classrooms and hello to modern learning spaces that encourage mobility, collaboration and new ways of learning. features spacious, glass-walled classrooms that open into common learning areas.

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Learning Elementary School Elementary School Learning Spaces 120

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Maybe you would have a worksheet or two to complete, a video to watch, a study hall, or a substitute teacher who would try to corral the class through an activity. At best, your experience with the substitute teacher was a series of loosely connected activities intended to bide the time. percent of a standard deviation.”.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

JUNE 20, 2015

Higher level thinkers don’t just magically emerge from lower level learning spaces. If we want student learning to change, we have to change teaching and schooling. we utilized hands-on, engaging STEM activities more often in core math and science courses, not just in electives or extracurricular programs?

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Multidisciplinary Education Textbooks Blended Learning 102

From the Pond

APRIL 1, 2025

So Many Ways to Play: Hen Roll and Color Looking for a quick, low-prep math activity that builds number sense and brings a smile to your classroom or home learning space? This one-page wonder is perfect for centers, early finishers, number warm-ups, or even a calm-down activity with math magic baked in.

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Math Learning Spaces Activities Skills 52

Edsurge

JUNE 12, 2018

The public sabbatical, the one that I proposed to my university and to Steelcase, centers around being on-site at Steelcase headquarters in Grand Rapids, conducting research on active learning and active learning classrooms and communicating that research to Steelcase audiences and customers.

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Learning Culture Research Methods Learning Spaces 120