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OCTOBER 21, 2024

Vocabulary Development: “Speak like a Geek” allows students to teach and learn domain-specific terms. Collaboration: Students can work in groups while ensuring individual accountability. Efficient Research Skills: Students learn to conduct quick research, enhancing their ability to gather relevant information efficiently.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Artificial intelligence holds significant potential to address key challenges in education, particularly in enhancing student engagement and facilitating personalized learning. Basualto, a teacher with the Toronto District School Board, shares his experience leveraging AI for greater student engagement and more timely feedback.

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JANUARY 13, 2025

Support Services Student Support : Virtual high schools often provide various support services, including academic advising, technical support, and mental health resources. Parental Involvement : Increased parental involvement is often necessary to help students stay motivated and on track.

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JULY 25, 2023

Wondering how to get your students upbeat about learning math? According to the study, learners who only received teacher training and did not engage with the online learning tools had poorer achievement scores. Teachers enjoy a boost in student engagement The use of interactive technology helps make lessons fascinating.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2025

This not only enhances student engagement and accessibility to information but fosters critical thinking, digital literacy , and prepares students for a tech-driven future. As an educator, staying abreast of technological trends ensures that you are providing students with relevant skills they will need beyond the classroom.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

This article is the first of a two-part series covering key principles to consider when integrating a generative AI creativity tool into your academic setting. Understand the value of creativity. Even though 65 percent of students learn more effectively by doing and creating , the opportunities to do so are too rarely available.

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JANUARY 8, 2025

Cool Cat Teacher Talk – YouTube Key Episode Links Resources: Episode: www.coolcatteacher.com/talknews2025 Download my personal annual planning forms at www.coolcatteacher.com/annualplan Be More Successful: New Harvard Research Reveals a Fun Way to Do It by Shawn Achor 4 Essentials for Every Educator: Lesson Design, Classroom Management, Student (..)

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APRIL 22, 2024

Educators can harness content creation as a powerful tool to foster creativity and inclusion in the classroom by implementing a variety of strategies that engage students, cater to diverse learning needs and encourage a culture of collaboration and respect. The best learning happens when lessons engage, excite and elevate.

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APRIL 11, 2025

Teachers should consider these elements as intertwined rather than isolated, optimizing educational outcomes by enhancing student engagement and contextual understanding across subjects. Integration Across Subjects : Murrays call for the integration of the six strands across disciplines underlines educations interconnectedness.

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APRIL 30, 2024

AI technologies can also help students who struggle with specific writing processes maintain a consistent writing quality. AI automates grammar checking and fundamental composition, letting students focus on creativity and analysis. If students overuse AI to write essays, they may not engage in critical thinking and creativity.

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MARCH 2, 2025

Mix in discussions, books, hands-on activities, and creative exercises to keep education well-rounded. Encourage Critical Thinking : Dont let students rely on AI for easy answers. Monitor Student Engagement : AI data can reveal more than just scores. This deepens understanding and builds confidence.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2024

This forced me to find creative solutions to provide quality education with limited resources, especially considering that the standards determined by the state of Ohio are united for all the world languages , although each language has its characteristics.

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Defined Learning

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Maintaining student engagement throughout the school year can be a challenge. Learn how integrating hands-on learning activities such as STEM, project-based learning (PBL), outdoor activities, gamification, and more helps maintain student engagement and develop essential skills like creativity, problem-solving, and collaboration.

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MARCH 19, 2025

Fellow educator Bill Johnson added, AI sparks conversations and ideas that lead to creative, engaging performance tasks, which bring excitement and energy to the classroom. AI sparks conversations and ideas that lead to creative, engaging performance tasks, which bring excitement and energy to the classroom.

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JULY 17, 2024

The Importance of Community in Education A sense of belonging enhances student engagement, improves academic performance, and supports mental health. In virtual settings, where students might otherwise feel disconnected, building community becomes even more critical.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Personalized Learning: AI allows educational content and instruction to be tailored to individual students’ abilities, needs and interests. This promotes better student engagement and accelerated learning. This gives teachers more time to work one-on-one with students. Ongoing algorithm auditing is required.

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JULY 3, 2024

It’s pretty ideal for brainstorming sessions and collaborative projects online featuring: Real-time collaboration Multimedia support Easy to embed and share Flipgrid A video discussion tool, Flipgrid encourages students to express their ideas and engage in discussion through short video exchanges.

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JANUARY 22, 2025

Since the district introduced MimioSTEM solutions, learners have been immersed in innovative technologies that spark curiosity, foster creativity and bring science, technology, engineering, and math to life. As a result, student engagement and hands-on learning have reached new levels.

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JANUARY 15, 2024

“The content presented in this blog is the result of my creative imagination and not intended for use, reproduction, or incorporation into any artificial intelligence training or machine learning systems without prior written consent from the author.” ” Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2023

I refer to those epiphanies, when the metaphorical light bulb above a student’s head switches on, as “luminations.” Many of those luminations surfaced because the lessons my students engaged with were designed to promote student inquiry and prioritize cultural relevance.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2021

It focuses on student growth rather than state or international standards (it does meet them–just don’t look for that in the detail). The purpose of its videos, hands-on projects, and lessons is to spark student creativity–empower them to explore their passion. What is Genius Hour. Tract simplifies that.

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MAY 13, 2024

Here are twelve recommended by the Ask a Tech Teacher team: 12 Innovative Digital Tools to Engage High School Students In the ever-evolving landscape of education, keeping students engaged can be a challenge. Digital Art Platforms Digital art platforms are unlocking creative potential in students like never before.

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DECEMBER 18, 2023

Educator and edtech consultant Rachelle Dené Poth agrees, sharing how she encourages her students to use AI-powered tools in the classroom. You have to show students how [generative AI] is just a tool and let them know that this is not supposed to replace their own critical thinking, creativity and all these skills they need,” says Poth.

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OCTOBER 16, 2023

It can facilitate immersive learning environments , allowing educators to craft virtual classrooms or historical settings so that students engage in interactive and captivating lessons. I tried to be creative, use the resources around me and empower my students. I gave the reins to my students, and they loved it!

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JUNE 10, 2024

Level Up Los Angeles represents an inclusive, districtwide initiative aimed at integrating esports into educational contexts, utilizing platforms that support collaborative and creative learning. Esports offers incredible benefits for student engagement, community and skill building, and pathways to higher education and job opportunities.

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OCTOBER 13, 2021

The platform focuses on student growth and learning rather than state or international standards (it does meet them–just don’t look for that in the detail). The purpose of its videos, hands-on projects, and more is to spark student creativity, empower them to explore their own passions at their own pace.

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DECEMBER 20, 2023

Educators utilize this technology to create engaging tasks and interactive games that bring life and enthusiasm to every classroom. Personalized lessons created with ChatGPT’s capabilities improve student engagement and foster a lively classroom atmosphere that promotes involvement and constructive competition.

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APRIL 23, 2024

When creating a learning space that stimulates students’ motivation through the recognition of their own values, teachers can combine external incentives in a very careful way, which creates a classroom where students are willing to learn new things, explore new ideas and work harder to reach their full potential.

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JUNE 21, 2022

The best of these young coders are learning to use code creatively and developing a tangible skill set that they will use in future careers. CodeCombat AI League trailer (credit: CodeCombat) A Foundation of Game-Based Learning Founded in 2013, CodeCombat was born from a simple idea: Make learning to code engaging and accessible to all.

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Teach Hub

APRIL 23, 2025

Some students struggle to see how numbers fit together, while others find it plain boring. As a teacher, that makes engaging students in math a real challenge. Here are creative strategies tailored for young students, middle schoolers, and high schoolers to make math more engaging and meaningful.

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OCTOBER 25, 2023

Even students, the “digital natives'' whom many of us assumed would be much more facile with technology, eventually got tired of juggling so many different platforms.

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JULY 10, 2024

As part of this program at Morris County Vocational School, in New Jersey, where I teach, students engage in research about key issues at our school and learn how to plan effective professional development to support the staff.

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APRIL 8, 2025

Students are deeply engaged, exploring STEAM concepts in ways that truly click with them. Juggling diverse learning styles, limited resources and student engagement is a challenge. Some parents even said their students were building things and talking about their day and what was done in class.

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JUNE 21, 2023

Many students perceive writing as formulaic, disconnected from their life experiences and lacking opportunities for personal agency and expression. When we hand the reins of learning over to our students, the results are more relevant, creative and authentic than we as adults are capable of on our own.”

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NOVEMBER 7, 2022

"There are so many amazing ways to use games, game-like experiences and the design process to engage students, not just in academic things, but in things that have to do with conflict or processing feelings." In a game-based setting, students analyze, ask questions, think critically and foster creativity.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2024

math teaching predominantly focused on procedural skills, where students spent most of their time acquiring isolated skills through repetition. In contrast, Japanese teaching was measurably more focused on deeper understanding, where students engaged more with solving challenging problems collaboratively. I figured it out!”

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DECEMBER 28, 2024

Innovation is the cornerstone of progress, and creativity fuels the solutions that shape our future. In an ever-changing world, how do we prepare students not just to adapt but to thrive? Design thinking is a dynamic approach that empowers learners to tackle challenges with sharpness and confidence.

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