eSchool News

JULY 1, 2025

As educators seek innovative ways to boost engagement and collaboration, technology serves as a tool to support diverse learning needs, helping every student thrive,” said Sara Grofcsik, Head of Sales, Samsung Electronics America. Samsung Electronics is exhibiting its latest education displays and solutions at ISTELive 25. “As

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 22, 2025

Today’s modern liberal education typically encompasses a general education curriculum that offers extensive learning across various multiple disciplines and perspectives, paired with focused study in a chosen major. Systems thinking complements interdisciplinary learning.

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Faculty Focus

JULY 17, 2025

At our college, we have learned that it means weaving ideas, theories, and methods from many fields to examine a shared theme or question. O’Sullivan (2025) suggests a “U-shaped learning” model for teaching across fields, focusing on two main skills: blending knowledge and putting it to work. Yang et al. Yang et al.

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 22, 2025

Instead of fearing AI, we should actively explore its potential in the classroom, emphasizing how it can enrich the learning experience. As educators, we should consider it an enrichment tool rather than a replacement for traditional learning. ” This perspective highlights the reciprocal nature of learning.

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Faculty Focus

JULY 17, 2025

At our college, we have learned that it means weaving ideas, theories, and methods from many fields to examine a shared theme or question. O’Sullivan (2025) suggests a “U-shaped learning” model for teaching across fields, focusing on two main skills: blending knowledge and putting it to work. Yang et al. Yang et al.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 16, 2025

She works with students with autism and students with specific learning and cognitive needs and loves organizing desks into smiley faces, basic shapes, and even letters for creative classroom seating arrangements. She believes this approach can increase student focus, comfort, collaboration, and excitement for learning.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 15, 2025

Use the eco-friendly engineering project in a unit on sustainable energy, after students have learned about solar panels, wind energy, and other ways to power a home. Have them finish their home within the week or stretch the project throughout the semester for students to tinker with their designs as they learn more about climate change.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

When we built a new 3-story high school building on our former baseball field, we knew that we wanted to incorporate spaces where students could learn and teachers could teach in a very collaborative manner. Those are our collaborative spaces, and they’re where we got to be creative in terms of planning and design.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 6, 2015

at no charge, the 36-page guide includes “7 Tips to Your Collaborative Classroom Makeover,” which discusses how teachers can arrange their classroom to promote more collaborative learning. Equally important is the development of social and interpersonal skills that blossom with cooperative learning.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Editor’s note : This story on collaborative learning originally appeared on CoSN’s blog and is reposted here with permission. And those benefits are even greater when educators and students learn together, especially as we navigate new tech enablers like AI apps and tools.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

While not calling for a return to those rigid structures, in their edWebinar “ Flexible Grouping and Collaborative Learning: Making It Work ,” Dina Brulles, Ph.D., both education consultants, advocated for using groups to assist student learning. This helps students avoid labels and learn to work with all of their peers.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

Inaugural PD, collaborative learning event to be held on December 4, 2015. Lightspeed Technologies , a provider of classroom audio solutions, is launching the Lightspeed Learning Academy, which will kick off with a one-day professional development event, and a new leadership webinar series.

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Catlin Tucker

MARCH 28, 2021

In their new book, Teaching for Deeper Learning: Tools to Engage Students in Meaning Making , my friend, Jay McTighe , and his co-author, Harvey Silver , write about an active reading strategy that encourages students to engage with texts before, during, and after reading. Finally, students should reflect on what they learned.

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EdTech Magazine

JULY 25, 2022

The future of learning is collaborative, and the modern classroom is starting to reflect this. Educators are looking for ways to create a more collaborative learning environment, and interactive displays are one tool helping to bring about greater student engagement.

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Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Collaborative learning is an educational environment where students work together in smaller groups to achieve a common goal. Collaborative learning is analogous to the traditional learning model, in which teachers impact knowledge on students.

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Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Collaborative learning is an educational environment where students work together in smaller groups to achieve a common goal. Collaborative learning is analogous to the traditional learning model, in which teachers impact knowledge on students.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 29, 2019

There is a fair amount of research into the impact of classroom design on student learning. Spaces flooded with natural light that allow for a variety of learning methods and activities, and spaces that let students feel a sense of ownership over the classroom, demonstrably affect how well students learn.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Key points: Modernize existing spaces to support diverse learning needs for all students 4 ways we designed collaborative learning spaces How to create engaging active learning environments For more news on learning spaces, see eSN’s Educational Leadership hub We always knew that it would be great to have a dedicated space for students who needed (..)

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eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2022

It’s one thing to attend a professional learning or instructional coaching session—but taking what you’ve learned and putting it into action is another. Most often, it’s the experiences built upon collaboration, reflection, and active change that make the biggest difference. 1 Embrace the experience.

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eSchool News

APRIL 2, 2018

Access to unlimited new information has created seemingly contradictory qualities in today’s students—more self-reliant and independent, but with a preference toward collaborative learning environments and comfortable learning with other students. The case for blending and online learning.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2023

Boston – While many schools and families worry about the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on student learning, students who enroll in high-quality, teacher-led online classes with VHS Learning continue to show consistent progress. Students who took VHS Learning summer school courses for credit recovery achieved success as well.

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eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2024

Key points: Digital learning is a permanent classroom fixture–here’s how to integrate it Defining digital curriculum in a new era of learning 5 digital tools to enhance your social studies instruction For more news on digital trends, visit eSN’s Digital Learning hub Digital learning isn’t going anywhere–nor should it.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Joy: Cultivating a love for learning Imagine a school where students eagerly anticipate each day, where learning is synonymous with excitement and discovery. This joy in learning lays the groundwork for lifelong educational enthusiasm and resilience. This vision underscores the first promise of Joy.

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eSchool News

MAY 3, 2023

Unfamiliar with the challenges of integrating edtech into instruction within a remote environment, elementary science teachers struggled to apply best practices—such as three-dimensional instruction, collaborative learning, and hands-on experimentation—into instruction. More edtech is not the answer.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Educators are rethinking the layout of classrooms and other learning spaces in terms of optimizing use of those spaces for student wellbeing and study. The DIY backless chair is designed for active learning environments that encourage students to strengthen their core in a ready-to-learn position. The Do it Yourself (DIY) Chair.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2021

Districts and schools are increasingly adopting active learning practices in order to address businesses’ demand for employees capable of creative and collaborative work. However, research shows that the physical space that supports active learning is quite different from one designed for lecture-focused teaching.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2024

Key points: Digital tools are powering a new era of K-12 learning Still, challenges remain–among them, equity and access Stay up to date on the latest trends about learning in the digital age In today’s digital age, learning has gone through a profound transformation, reshaping traditional educational models.

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eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2024

Do students learn better online or in a classroom: statistics help shed light. What is the success rate of online learning? While some research suggests comparable outcomes between online and classroom learning, others indicate differences depending on specific contexts and methodologies.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2023

“Our focus is on creating spaces where students feel engaged to learn but also comfortable taking risks, making mistakes, and exploring their academic passions,” said MiEN Company President and CEO Remco Bergsma. “We About MiEN Company. For more information go to [link].

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Edsurge

AUGUST 24, 2020

Whether teaching remotely or in the classroom, consider making time—and providing the right types of hands-on tools—for collaboration, learning and growing. We're all striving to get back to at least some version of in-person learning. In recent months, I've focused on bridging the gap between in-person and distance learning.

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GovTech

APRIL 10, 2025

A customized lab at Woodhaven Upper Elementary School in Michigan gives students access to computers, 3D printers, laser engravers, drones, robotic kits, programming software and digital design tools.

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eSchool News

JULY 17, 2023

Charlotte, NC ) — To keep students engaged in learning while on summer break, Discovery Education and select partners have created free dynamic digital resources for students and caregivers to use at home. Discovery Education is the worldwide edtech leader whose state-of-the-art digital platform supports learning wherever it takes place.

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Catlin Tucker

APRIL 1, 2020

As teachers embrace their new roles as designers, instructors, and facilitators of online learning, many are grappling the details associated with teaching remotely. Below are five lessons I learned as an online professor that helped me to adapt to and navigate the challenge of teaching online. #1

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Future of School (FoS) and the Digital Learning Collaborative (DLC), two national organizations leading the way toward effective district transformation, today announced the Resilient Schools Project (RSP). Maintaining a focus on meeting the needs of those who matter the most in schools—students.

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eSchool News

JULY 25, 2022

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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eSchool News

JANUARY 4, 2017

[ Editor’s note: This story is Part 3 of our 3-part series on Lessons Learned in 2016. Educators made much of their learning opportunities in 2016, whether through professional development sessions, webinars, product demos, or even conferences. I strive to have my learners engaged and take ownership for their own learning.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

In this episode of Innovations in Education , hosted by Kevin Hogan: 4 ways to design collaborative learning spaces Free internet could erase the digital divide STEM lessons straight from the classroom. Related : Big thoughts in edtech Sharing best practices.

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