Teach Hub

AUGUST 30, 2024

Here we’ll take a closer look at the benefits of a well-designed classroom, how it can affect your students, as well as give you a few practical tips for designing a classroom that will boost learning. What is Classroom Design? Here are a few popular designs to consider.

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

By Meghan Bogardus Cortez Apprenticeship programs and certifications give students the skills they need to thrive in the workplace.

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eSchool News

JUNE 18, 2024

Foster social-emotional learning By ensuring students frequently engage in group activities and cooperative learning, educators can encourage positive peer interactions and provide opportunities for students to build friendships and develop their social skills.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

During “ The Empowered Superintendent: Leading Digital Transformation ,” the first in a new edWebinar series, Dr. David Schuler, Superintendent of (IL) Township High School District 214, and Dr. Imperative 2: Raise the bar with rigorous, transformative, and innovative learning and skills.

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eSchool News

JULY 1, 2024

By sharing a bit about themselves, teachers can foster greater rapport with students in their classrooms. Research supports incorporating group work in the classroom, pointing to improved social skills, a greater sense of belonging, a chance to reflect on and define personal identity, and the chance to support peers.

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eSchool News

MAY 13, 2019

From the day we cut the construction tape, they truly owned the space and we’ve watched as their mindset and skill sets have expanded. This is what classrooms have looked like for decades. Classroom design has not advanced in ways that support the type of teaching and learning schools need to provide for current and future students.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

I don’t flip my classroom often, but on those two days I made videos for them to watch and then we talked about them after (virtually, of course). Building Skills for Life. Next page: Selling parents on the device classroom; designing a paperless classroom).

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 23, 2019

New educational guidelines from ISTE stress the importance of contextualizing science, technology, engineering and math skills through everyday classroom activities. . STEM courses are a central component to K–12 learning , but incorporating STEM into the classroom can be difficult. eli.zimmerman_9856. Wed, 01/23/2019 - 16:34.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 19, 2024

At its heart, student engagement is about tapping into students’ innate curiosity, creativity, and critical thinking skills. Every teacher hopes to ignite, empower, and engage the students who walk through their classroom door. Student engagement is critical in ensuring–and boosting–student achievement.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

When it’s time to engage deeply with a text and learn new concepts and skills — the teacher-led learning time — the devices tend to go away. In doing so, we can teach our students essential lessons about inquiry and agency—skills that will propel them throughout their careers. Apps aren’t designed for the whole classroom.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

I saw fifth graders in large group rehearsals and small group sectionals and as they gained foundational skills, we began preparing for our first concert. A music teacher’s job is to corral the disparate goals of each student based on their instrument, experience, skill level and dedication to practice—and drive them incrementally forward.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 21, 2022

As an education design director working with a multidisciplinary design team that regularly partners with early childhood programs to upgrade their existing spaces or create new ones, I've seen the power of leveraging design elements for learning. They’re learning through play and discovery.

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Edsurge

MARCH 28, 2017

This transition affected everyone at the school, impacting everything from classroom design to the skills students needed to be successful—but that was a struggle for some. Currently, the school is piloting a mentor block to help students build skills around work habits like self-direction and responsibility.

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EdTech Magazine

JULY 27, 2018

Pairing these education tools with the latest artificial intelligence tutoring can help students develop the critical thinking skills they will need as they further their academic career. Foster a Success Culture Using Classroom Collaboration. public sector director of education, in the report.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 23, 2023

The new suite of offerings – which includes a range of AI tools, interactive lessons, and curriculum-supporting content – takes Canva from a classroom design tool to an end-to-end education platform capable of producing and teaching complete lessons with ease.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Rupa Gupta, a former educator who now heads Sown to Grow, explored one reason why the idea isn’t working in schools yet: shifting mindsets requires that students build new skills —not just hear encouraging words. grabbed the top contributor spots, speaking to brain-based classroom design, computational thinking, and school culture.

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eSchool News

MARCH 18, 2022

The Cha-Ching Money Smart Kids Challenge is part of a wider educational partnership with Discovery Education – Cha-Ching Money Smart Kids – that provides no-cost digital resources for use in the anywhere classroom. www.discoveryeducation.com and stay connected with Discovery Education on social media through? Twitter and? LinkedIn.?.

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Edsurge

MARCH 27, 2018

While models precisely outline classroom design they do not inform alignment with learning outcomes or the means of personalized assessment beyond adaptive tools. Thus, the same model can produce a student-centered classroom focused on personalized pathways agency, and strong teacher-student mentorship.or

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 27, 2018

The Future of Education Depends on Social Emotional Learning: Here’s Why by Giancarlo Brotto Research indicates that students who receive instruction in social-emotional skills—such as agreeableness, conscientiousness and emotional stability—not only perform better in school, but are more successful in careers and life in general.

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Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 18, 2022

Unfortunately, nationwide scores in math and reading are on the decline—these students often lack the skills to succeed in higher education. Instructors often turn to flipped classrooms as a method to engage learners but run into unexpected barriers. Mentoring mindset, skills and tools (4th edition). References.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 5, 2019

But some institutions are gaining traction using a novel approach: leveraging the expertise of facilities and information technology staff to support the redesign of classroom learning experiences. Connecting course and classroom design has another perk: access to a new pool of funds previously earmarked for other projects.

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Edsurge

MAY 8, 2018

They create classrooms designed to maximize student learning, and do everything from fine-tuning lesson plans and homework assignments to organizing the physical layout of their learning spaces. Not incidentally, these are many of the same skills valued in the founders of startups creating the tools used in edtech.

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

Simply adding technology to a classroom doesn’t make it an innovative space. It’s imperative that classroom design is driven by the desire to create personal and authentic learning experiences for students,” says Tom Murray, director of innovation for Future Ready Schools , a project of the Alliance for Excellent Education.

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Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 18, 2022

Unfortunately, nationwide scores in math and reading are on the decline—these students often lack the skills to succeed in higher education. Instructors often turn to flipped classrooms as a method to engage learners but run into unexpected barriers. Mentoring mindset, skills and tools (4th edition). References.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MARCH 5, 2019

We mostly participate in certification mills, institutions founded on notions of control and discipline, lifeless and joyless places where people serve time and master a few basic skills on their way to a plain piece of paper that justifies and sanctions the whole affair. via Paul Thomas at [link]. Filling up versus drawing out.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

In general students learn through interacting with objects placed strategically around the classroom, designed to slowly build skills and scale in complexity. Otherwise, days are largely untethered from traditional structure. Kids are also largely well behaved.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 30, 2017

Jenny Billings, Chair of Curriculum English, Developmental Reading, and English and Study skills at Rowan Cabarrus Community College (RCCC) in Salisbury, NC, jumped at the chance to spearhead an e-textbook initiative when the college’s Vice Principal approached her with the idea in 2012. Herman Miller to create their first learning studio.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

MakerBot , a provider of 3D printing and subsidiary of Stratasys, announced the launch of the MakerBotSKETCH Classroom, designed to be a reliable 3D printing setup for the classroom, giving students more access to 3D printing and setting up teachers for success.

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Edsurge

APRIL 2, 2020

But in some sense, tying my shoelaces and brushing my teeth are perhaps two of the most important skills that I've learned. One methodology of research is called participation design research, in which you take all these stakeholders and bring them to the table, and they're building tools together. So, a lot of learning is social.

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eSchool News

MARCH 27, 2025

Foster social-emotional learning By ensuring students frequently engage in group activities and cooperative learning, educators can encourage positive peer interactions and provide opportunities for students to build friendships and develop their social skills.

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