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Students Know What They’re Looking for Online. Are Colleges Delivering What They Want?

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Most of us know what to expect in a face-to-face classroom: Students sitting in rows, facing instructors and listening to lectures, watching videos displayed on screens up front, or, in smaller classes, participating in lively discussion. Others find it enriching to participate in online chat and polling.

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Promethean Planet joins forces with ClassFlow

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“By uniting the Promethean Planet and ClassFlow teacher communities, we can empower educators globally with thousands of high-quality interactive teaching resources that can ensure the active engagement and participation of every student in the classroom.”. This simplicity and efficiency really make a difference and save time.”.

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Picking Your Future ‘Classroom’ Will Shape How Students Learn

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We want to interact, not just listen to lectures. We need to participate, verbally and through projects, to show what and how we’re learning. And because the Zoom platform uses a generous slice of computer memory, mobile devices or locations with patchy bandwidth struggle. More staff means adding more licenses.)

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5 Ways Teachers Can Encourage Deeper Learning With Personal Devices

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If used intentionally, mobile devices can be an express pass to exploring beyond the walls of our schools. To ensure educators maintain a professional demeanor while communicating with students, it's possible to use apps such as Google docs or Evernote rather than basic email/texting on mobile devices.

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How peer video coaching is completely changing how our teachers teach

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For many districts, the days of after-school PowerPoint-driven lectures not differentiated by content, expertise, grade-level or delivery, not to mention daylong workshops on an obsolete topic, have recently given way to face-to-face coaching programs and professional learning communities. A picture IS worth 1,000 words. It’s powerful.

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BenQ Introduces First Wireless Presentation System Purpose-Built for Classrooms

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The teacher and students can smoothly share ideas or stream 4K video and 16-bit stereo audio wirelessly to an HDMI-equipped display device without limitations. It supports small and large classrooms, with up to 32 participants or input sources at a time — the highest of any network-free WPS. Because it matters.

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iPads Did Not Revolutionize Campus Teaching (But a Few Colleges Give Every Student One)

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I think this platform has allowed our faculty to experiment and do less lecturing and more digitizing of their content,” says Lynn’s CIO, Chris Boniforti. “As As a result, students can spend more time participating in classroom activities and discussion.” Trainin’s research looks at the impact of mobile devices on learning.