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5 Strategies to Engage Learners Around Flipped Instruction

Catlin Tucker

Even though the flipped classroom encouraged teachers to record lectures and mini-lessons to send home with students for homework, video can be woven into the class period to shift control from teacher to learner. Engagement Strategy #3 Pair the Video with Sketch Notes or Sketch Art. “What if students do not watch the video?

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BenQ Announces New Education Smart Board Models That Come Standard With State-of-the-Art Features

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Comprising the Premium RP Series, Mainstream RM Series, and Entry-Level RE Series, the interactive displays feature state-of-the-art yet intuitive tools to enhance learning comprehension, engagement, and collaboration for in-person, virtual, and hybrid classrooms. Because it matters. More information is available at www.BenQ.com.

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Is Teaching an Art or a Science? New Book Takes a Fresh Look at ‘How Humans Learn.’

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EdSurge: Is teaching an art or a science? We actually wrote a post for our Teaching Center’s blog with that title, “Is teaching an art or a science?” But if we focus too much on the science, we lose the human element of teaching—what I think of as the art of teaching. I think there’s a real art to that. Do I need this?

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?Can Online Teaching Work at Liberal-Arts Colleges? Study Explores the Pros and Cons

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The report lists one of the study’s goals as determining if “smaller, independent liberal arts institutions can make more effective use of their instructional resources and/or reduce costs through online humanities instructions.” And of course, he won’t have to re-record all of those lectures. A “modified yes,” he says.

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How open resources help infuse Common Core into lessons

eSchool News

In 2010, my state, Mississippi, joined the growing list of states adopting the Common Core State Standards for English language arts and math. Open resources can help design attractive, engaging lessons with a Common Core twist. This academic year has been especially pivotal, as we are now in full implementation.

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Latest AI Announcements Mean Another Big Adjustment for Educators

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was free, and people had to pay at least $20 a month to get access to the state-of-the-art model. It’s a game-changing shift,” says Marc Watkins, a lecturer of writing and rhetoric at the University of Mississippi and director of the university’s AI Summer Institute for Teachers of Writing. “I

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Lifelong learning: Developing skills across all ages

eSchool News

This is tantamount to a lecture series on anything from space exploration, artificial intelligence, or even telephone scams. These are examples of the art of education and how creativity on the part of educators can be wonderful. Because the world is always changing, there are infinite examples of how to use this to your advantage.

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