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Enhancing classroom learning with interactive mapsĀ 

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Teachers can integrate maps into lessons related to history, cultural studies, and geopolitics. MapMaker also offers interactive learning activities that encourage student participation. These tools are a wonderful way to make history come alive for students who may struggle with traditional textbooks or lectures.

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Our History Is Not Lost: Resources for Learning and Teaching the Fullness of Black History

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Resources for learning and teaching the fullness of Black history all year round. Humanizing pre-colonial history catapulted a spiritual reckoning and unlocked a familiar wholeness for me. From studying African and Black American history, I developed what Joyce E. My desire to know exploded.

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Explicit instruction: Students need more of it

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As an assistant principal in a public school in Manhattan, I have begun to use explicit instruction more in my own teaching and have focused on explicit instruction in my professional development with the history and physical education teachers I supervise. Explicit instruction, done well, is not a return to traditional teacher lectures.

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What are the Three Active Strategies?

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Here are three effective strategies: Think-Pair-Share : This strategy encourages active participation and collaboration among students. Interactive Lectures : Incorporating interactive activities like polls, quizzes, or discussions into lectures keeps students engaged and reinforces key concepts.

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Schell Games’ Virtual Reality Educational Tool HistoryMaker VR Now Available For Free

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With a majority of schools participating in distance learning this year, Schell Games announced its virtual reality education tool HistoryMaker VR is now available for free on Steam for all to use. HistoryMaker VR is an immersive content creation tool that helps students learn history in an entertaining and engaging way.

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4 ways we can use edtech for engaging, high-quality learning experiences

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history in a textbook or online classroom, but it’s entirely another to visit the Statue of Liberty or the Lincoln Memorial and walk in the footsteps of those who changed history. ā€œParents and educators should take time to learn more about TikTok to understand the platform and how to reach kids where they are.

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Online Teaching Is Improving In-Person Instruction on Campus

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A recent Titan Partners survey found that students are eager to participate in on-campus courses with digitally embedded exercises. Each week, I’d assign several lectures I’d recorded earlier on video. None of our class time was given to me delivering lectures.

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