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3 Ways to Shake Up The Station Rotation Model

Catlin Tucker

Stations can be composed of a variety of activities (including, but not limited to): Teacher-led small group instruction. Collaborative small group work. I design a variety of creative stations that incorporate music, art, photography, creative writing, etc. Makerspace station. Computer time with adaptive software.

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7 reasons to ditch recipe-style science labs

eSchool News

It includes everything we need for a project: the group work activities, the labs, supplies for teachers and students, and the reinforcement labs. The program is designed to be flexible and allows me “pick and pull” as much as I want to use. There was very little that I had to get outside of the platform’s curriculum.

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How to Get Your Classes to Create Better Student Projects

Teach Hub

Promote Collaboration Through Group Work When it comes to helping students create stronger projects, sometimes more really is better. It could be another teacher on your team, a specialist like an art or music teacher, or even a class in a different grade. Students thrive when they feel supported but not steered.

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The IT solutions you need to succeed this year

eSchool News

McKinsey found that in 2022, “technologies that enable connectivity and community building, such as social media–inspired discussion platforms and virtual study groups, saw [a 49 percent] uptick in use, followed by group work tools, which grew by 29 percent.”

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How Extended Reality Tools Can Bring New Life to Higher Education

Edsurge

While we have been able to use these tools in that way, most educators would readily point to what is missing from the current video platforms that could improve online teaching: tools to better facilitate student interactions, including enhanced polling and quizzing features, group work tools, and more.

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Moving From an 'Hour of Code' to Districtwide 'Computer Science for All'

Edsurge

Let them create stories, music videos, animations, art and games. Computer science can be added to any core curriculum—math, science, language arts, social studies, history, or even art. Collaboration and group work is fundamental. But as students work on more advanced projects, the tasks can quickly get difficult.

Science 168
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5 Best Practices for STEM Education Spaces

EdTech Magazine

Thomas School has built two dedicated spaces to bolster STEM education, and plans to build a two-floor, state-of-the-art learning space called the Center for Leadership Innovation by 2020. Research from School Library Journal indicates that maker activities at elementary and middle schools increased by 4 percent from 2014 to 2017.

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