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Infusing PBL with edtech to enhance collaboration, critical thinking

eSchool News

Edtech tools also enable students to learn beyond the four walls of the classroom, providing them with so many more opportunities to enhance their critical thinking skills and understand real-world situations. These are all important skills to have when moving beyond the classroom and into the real world.

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AEF Schools: Empowering Students with Individualized Learning, Social Growth, and Real-World Skills

k12 Digest

With small class sizes, individualized instruction, and a focus on executive functioning, social-emotional growth, and life skills, AEF offers a unique educational experience tailored to each students needs. At the heart of AEFs teaching methods is the belief that learning should be engaging and accessible.

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Look to the Science: Understanding how Mind, Brain and Education Science can Inform Educational Practices

k12 Digest

Brain-based learning is an educational framework that informs teaching methods by leveraging scientific knowledge about how the brain learns and develops. Therefore, it seems logical that applying strategies aligned to those principles would be beneficial to both teachers and students. Lets examine a few examples from the research.

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3D printing, STEAM are on the rise in classrooms

eSchool News

As teaching methods progress from more traditional learning environments to more dynamic and active, educators are seeking new ways to help students build important 21st-century skills such a critical thinking and problem solving, according to a new survey from 3D printer manufacturer MakerBot.

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How much AI is too much?

eSchool News

We also know there are three essential instructional skills that support effective learning. Those are the ability to personalize teaching, foster critical thinking, and inspire a passion for learning. Not helpful : While AI can adjust content, it cannot fully tailor its teaching methods in the same way a human tutor can.

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3D Printing Highly Effective for Building Creative Skills in K–12 [#Infographic]

EdTech Magazine

3D Printing Highly Effective for Building Creative Skills in K–12 [#Infographic]. New research from Macquarie University’s Department of Educational Studies and education technology company Makers Empire finds 3D printing integration can boost creativity, critical thinking and design skills among primary school students.

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Look to the Science: Understanding how Mind, Brain and Education Science can Inform Educational Practices

k12 Digest

Brain-based learning is an educational framework that informs teaching methods by leveraging scientific knowledge about how the brain learns and develops. Therefore, it seems logical that applying strategies aligned to those principles would be beneficial to both teachers and students. Lets examine a few examples from the research.

Science 130