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Enhance Student Engagement with Virtual Social Learning Spaces

Catlin Tucker

Despite the challenges associated with this moment in education, technology is rapidly evolving to allow students more opportunities to engage in social learning spaces online. Virtual social learning spaces create opportunities for the social and academic aspects of learning to collide. for a unit or text.

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4 ways to create a learning space for difficult topics

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has been rocked by a global pandemic, the impact of systemic racism, and acts of political violence, many educators have wondered how to create a “learning space” to address difficult subjects. In a year where the U.S.

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6 ways to create engaging elementary learning spaces

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Our goal is to shift pedagogy toward a “culture of thinking” that supports more student agency and more effective use of the learning space itself. As part of that mission, we knew we needed innovative furnishings for the learning environments, which would go hand-in-hand with that work. In fact, it was pure gold.

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The future of learning spaces is open ended

eSchool News

What is the future of learning spaces? The spaces we inhabit have a profound effect on how we inhabit them. Space induces a particular way of feeling, of being. We look inside current learning spaces and look at the world; there is a big disconnect. Students don’t need places to sit, listen and write.

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Eduprotocols Field Guide: Elementary Edition

Catlin Tucker

She is an original member of Equity in Action CA , which strives to create learning spaces rooted in diversity as well as implement strategies to design welcoming spaces for belonging and inclusion. I jumped at the chance! In our conversation, Jenn and Ben discuss some of their favorite Eduprotocols for little learners.

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Micro-Writing is Having a Macro Impact on Identity Development

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One student, Johnny, is a talented artist but reads and writes well below grade level. His catchphrase is “Oh, writing isn’t my thing.” Building a classroom community in which all students feel valued and respected, and creating a learning space where everyone feels safe openly sharing their stories will take a lot of work.

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How a Composting Initiative Led to the Growth of an Unexpected Learning Space

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Language teacher Serena Maniscalco never thought a composting initiative she led several years ago would lead to the development of an learning space that would help so many students grow. They had to write out a three-year plan for the garden and, along with some students, present it to some members of the school board.