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Is the Traditional Classroom Becoming Obsolete?

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Research indicates that active participation leads to higher retention rates, which can be upwards of 60% for students engaged in interactive learning. You’re expected to cultivate skills that prepare students for real-world challenges. Cost-effectiveness is another critical advantage.

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Remote Learning Strategies: Beyond the Pandemic

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How do you extrapolate that to the to the to the Internet? John Watson So first of all I want to just echo the point that you’re making in your question, which is in these online settings relationships and student engagement are absolutely critical and I don’t.

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How to navigate the new device-agnostic classroom

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Increased student engagement? When school districts build interoperable, device-agnostic learning ecosystems, they offer students access to a wider range of digital learning tools and curricula, as well as provide more effective ways for schools to manage their digital programs. The ability to facilitate differentiation?

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This is how we used technology to improve our school’s reading scores

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Two of the four elementary schools in our district have a higher percentage of economically disadvantaged students. Often it is a challenge to provide a balanced, digital curriculum to all four schools in a consistent manner especially when some students do not have reliable Internet access at home.

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4 blended learning strategies for better student engagement

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A 2019 Gallup study that included 128 schools and more than 110,000 students found that student engagement and hope were significantly positively related to student academic achievement progress in math, reading, and all subjects combined. Blended Learning Increases Student Engagement.

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New bill would support innovative internet pilots for students

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Students would receive more opportunity to connect to the internet after school under proposed legislation. Senate would support innovative methods to give students access to the internet and digital tools outside of classrooms. Next page: More actions to expand out-of-school internet access.

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The Internet of Things smart school is coming

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As the Internet of Things impacts education, IT leaders are envisioning uber-connected schools and campuses. It also found an increasing use of robots, augmented reality, facial recognition, parking sensors, attendance tracking, and 3D printers.

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