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5 digital tools to enhance your social studies instruction

eSchool News

As a fourth-grade English/language arts and social studies teacher in an elementary collaborative learning magnet program–which is also a NASA Explorer School–I get the challenge of unlocking the minds of 9- and 10-year-olds who are more at home in the STEM subjects than in exploring literature or our country’s history.

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An Active Reading Strategy for Any Learning Landscape

Catlin Tucker

It doesn’t matter whether a student reads a story for English, a chapter in a textbook for science or math, or an online article for history; they need to be actively thinking about what they are reading. This strategy activates thinking throughout a reading task. Whole Group Rotation Model.

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Navigating cultural diversity in American education

eSchool News

In many ways, the history of multicultural education runs parallel with the history of the United States, because we have been an ostensibly multicultural nation from the very beginning. Culturally responsive instructional practices play a pivotal role in creating equitable classroom climates.

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Chromebook takeover signals major shift in education…but not in the way you may think

eSchool News

In essence, the use of Google in the classroom is true Googlification, or modeling learning off of Google’s own employee skillset, in that the use of Google and Chromebooks in the classroom aims to turn today’s students into creative and collaborative problem-solvers that know how to intuitively harness online and in-hand technologies.

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Live @FETC2024 Preview—eSchool News Exclusive Coverage

eSchool News

Attendees will be equipped with tools to build a culture of creative disruption and bold exploration in the world of education, “so we’re set up to shape the future as leaders instead of remaining stuck in models of thinking that are bound for the history books.”

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Live @FETC2024 Preview—eSchool News Exclusive Coverage

eSchool News

Attendees will be equipped with tools to build a culture of creative disruption and bold exploration in the world of education, “so we’re set up to shape the future as leaders instead of remaining stuck in models of thinking that are bound for the history books.”

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BenQ Sponsors the Undisputed Texas High School Esports State Championship

eSchool News

BenQ has a long history of supporting teachers and the esports industry with state-of-the-art visualization solutions built around an arsenal of tools and features that define a positive learning and gaming experience,” said Bob Wudeck, senior director of business development at BenQ Education.