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The 3 Best Strategies For Teachers To Keep Students Engaged

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The 3 Best Strategies For Teachers To Keep Students Engaged Engaging students in the classroom is a key factor in successful teaching and learning. However, keeping students interested and involved in their education can be a big challenge. Having the right strategy is essential.

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Playful Pedagogy: Gamer Types and Board Games for Inclusive Learning

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Educators often find themselves exploring innovative approaches to enhance student learning, and one particularly creative pathway is integrating games and playfulness into the learning environment. The Achiever aims to earn badges and showcase accomplishments. Gamer types can also be used for grouping students.

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Why Mission — Not Money — Will Lead Colleges to Truly Innovative Online Learning

ED Surge

We also need innovation and creativity. The content and design of online courses to date has often focused on achieving parity with the in-person experience. In a purely asynchronous format, even that basic goal has not been easily achieved. Interpersonal interaction is one of the most vital elements of teaching and learning.

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How Desk Chairs Became a Lesson About What We Deserve in Public Schools

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For context, these mobile desk chairs were all the hype in the mid-2010s, popping up in every private school or innovation academy that screamed flexible seating. The “ culture of power ” to keep students obedient - silent and still - is firmly fixed into our students’ perceptions of classroom protocol, yet we know this to be false.

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Leveling Up Education: The Crucial Role of Real-World Application in Game-Based Learning 

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Game-based learning and gamified curricula have captured the imaginations of educators and students alike. However, as we develop blending digital games and learning, the true potential of these innovative approaches lies not just in the realm of pixels and fantasy but in the tangible impact they can have on the real world.

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The Rise of eSports in Education: Breaking New Ground

Cool Cat Teacher

Our guest, Danielle Johnson, Executive Director of the Texas Scholastic Esports Federation, shares how esports is not just about gaming but about boosting student engagement, improving academic performance, and building a more inclusive school community. E-sports competitors have to be physically fit.

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21 Top Professional Development Topics For Teachers Now

Cool Cat Teacher

Research note: As Wall (2021) indicates, there is a definite connection between trauma and student behavior as well as student learning. In her qualitative study, she found that when schools meet this challenge head-on, student achievement increased and behavioral challenges decreased. Look at this course.