EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

When Harbor Beach High School in Michigan decided to redesign its library , administrators there held meetings with faculty, staff and members of the student council to decide how the new space should look based on how each group envisioned its use. 3 Learning Space Trends Inside K–12 Media Centers.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Twenty-year-old Asmaa is an example of how constant change and upheaval were hallmarks of the previous school year. in just over 10 months, she became a wife, mother and a high school graduate. A student of mine in an accelerated program for new arrivals to the U.S., Access to computers and Wi-Fi at home was woefully inadequate.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

As a math educator at the high school and middle school levels, I lived for the moments when students’ furrowed brows ever-so-slightly began to unfold and smiles emerged. When we cultivate learning spaces designed to inspire and spark curiosity, students begin to forge their own mathematical identities.

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EdTech Magazine

MARCH 13, 2019

Increasingly, schools have turned away from that model as they strive to create active-learning classroom spaces that are more conducive to modern learning methods and thought. . A new study underway at Virginia Tech seeks to understand the effects of physical space on course engagement and learning.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 25, 2019

Eleven years later, as I walk through the halls in a middle school/high school setting, I see students sitting on a tile floor crowded around a device trying to type, communicate, take videos, and record their voices with background noise and distractions often interrupting their progress. 10 steps to support change.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Young people often do have more advanced cultural fluency in an online environment, says Mizuko Ito, a cultural anthropologist who studies young people and media technology at the University of California at Irvine. And students’ ability to pick up digital skills affects their academic success.

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eSchool News

MARCH 2, 2016

The district’s hypothesis is exposing all students to high-quality, culturally-relevant CS instruction in the lower grades will lead to more students from all backgrounds choosing to pursue related coursework in high school and beyond. Make computer science a graduation requirement.

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Edsurge

MAY 31, 2017

Our new book, Learning Transformed , published by ASCD, outlines eight keys to intentionally designing tomorrow’s schools to prepare today’s learners for success far beyond earning a high school diploma. Key #2: The learning experience must be redesigned and made personal.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 2, 2018

Thomas School near Seattle hopes to encourage students to develop a passion for science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) by starting them young and engaging them with cool, new learning spaces featuring robots and 3D virtual reality computers. The independent private school in Medina, Wash.,

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

If it sounds like a typical chemistry lesson at any school in the country, in some ways it is. Olivia is currently enrolled part-time in one of the most unique high school models in the country. Inside the Futures suite, offices serve as classrooms and conference rooms host group study sessions around a glossy wood table.

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k12 Online Schools

APRIL 23, 2025

Introduction: Learning in the Digital Age The digital revolution hasnt just transformed how we communicate or shop, it has reshaped how we learn. K12 online education, once considered a niche alternative, is now a powerful and mainstream model of learning. In this blog, well explore 17 study tips for online learning.

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Edsurge

JULY 21, 2025

Ray It’s a 20-minute drive from their school to Delaware County Community College, where I’ve been teaching for over a decade, and many of our students come from underperforming high schools. I studied the terminology, immersed myself in the ethics and mechanics of generative tools and leaned on the IT minds in my family.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

We also just finished renovating our high school with new interactive displays and collaborative furniture. The teachers in the renovated space all agreed to give up their traditional desks in exchange for mobile standing desks.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Holzweiss , a high school educational technology enrichment specialist librarian, shared her tips to help school librarians engage with students, support teachers , and make their school libraries dynamic and welcoming learning spaces. During an ISTELive session , Kristina A.

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Edsurge

APRIL 11, 2017

Kurani is a licensed architect who focuses his work on learning spaces, and currently teaches a “Learning Environments for Tomorrow” course at the Harvard Graduate School of Education every year. Surprisingly, most of the quantitative, longitudinal studies really just focus on what I call “basic needs.”

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 20, 2022

The pandemic tasked her to meet an influx of students who faced new sets of challenges, while maintaining high standards and helping students cope with new learning environments. She started as a part-time teacher while she was still at a brick-and-mortar school, where she drove 38 miles each way to teach.

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Edsurge

APRIL 9, 2019

I teach a course called Architecture & Design in the new upper school for boys at Annie Wright Schools in Tacoma, Wash. Traditionally, Annie Wright’s high school had been all girls. After we opened a parallel all-boys high school, we launched the class to help galvanize our new learning community.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Morrison points to a Carnegie Mellon study that found that too many things on walls can result in lower test scores. After freeing up more space, they were able to turn file cabinets into benches and learning spaces. Most technology leaders at schools don’t control finances, but a few have arrived at creative solutions.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 8, 2019

Mathletics is a captivating online learning space that provides students with all the tools needed to be successful math learners both in the classroom and beyond. There are about 118 games, sorted by age group (grades 3-5, 6-8, and high school) and subject, including: Algebra Four. BarGraph Sorter. Caesar Cipher.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 28, 2018

Students learned more concretely that they are not alone in the learning space, that they have agency and voice, that conversation and thinking matters. And they learned that the use of VR as a tool for learning works. What kind of impact does this approach have on student learning? In snippets of messaging.

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k12 Online Schools

MAY 3, 2025

In that sense, online learning has the potential to be a global cultural exchange. Instead of imposing a single cultural framework, digital classrooms can encourage students to bring their own backgrounds into the learning space. Some online schools are beginning to take advantage of this.

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Cult of Pedagogy

APRIL 2, 2023

Ask most adults if they remember anything they learned in high school, and what you’re likely to hear is a lot of different versions of no. Ask most high school kids if they remember what they learned last year , and you’ll probably get the same answer. What is Deeper Learning?

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k12 Online Schools

APRIL 27, 2025

There is no teacher physically standing over them to remind them to turn in their homework or study for tests. They are often called Learning Coaches a term that captures the idea that their job is not to teach but to support and cheerlead. Is an online high school diploma accepted by colleges?

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Edsurge

JUNE 25, 2020

Students and parents grieve for lost promotion ceremonies, prom and high school graduations. Yet, in the midst of this widespread longing for school-as-we knew-it, educators are equally relishing the opportunity to reimagine education post pandemic. Around the world, people are mourning. For loved ones, principally.

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EdTech Magazine

JULY 2, 2018

How Modern Learning Environments Support Numerous Pedagogies. When Neosho Junior High School teachers and students moved into a sleek, new campus last August, they said goodbye to traditional classrooms and hello to modern learning spaces that encourage mobility, collaboration and new ways of learning.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

As Assistant Superintendent for Human Resources at Lexington Public Schools in Massachusetts, I’ve been studying the labor market for substitute teachers for the past ten years. The current substitute shortage is a huge opportunity for schools to innovate and transform an outdated substitute teacher model.

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