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12 Innovative Digital Tools to Engage High School Students

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Thankfully, technological advancements have led to the development of digital tools designed specifically to captivate high school student’s attention and enhance their learning experiences. By enabling teachers to craft or curate videos tailored to their curriculum, these tools make complex subjects more digestible and engaging for students.

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Simulations as a Teaching Strategy

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Simulations and games have grown from rote drills using a computer to challenging learning experiences for students that hone problem-solving and critical thinking skills. This is certainly prominent in the workplace, where some 90% of employees say that gamification makes them better at their job and more productive at work.

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The Top 5 AI Quiz Builder Tools That Can Transform Your Classroom and Their Benefits

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Tools like Siri, Alexa, ChatGPT, and a plethora of apps seem perfect for handling the repetitive and time-consuming aspects of education that take teachers away from the core of most lessons that require critical thinking, creativity, and problem-solving. link] Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.

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8 Great Websites and Apps to Help Kids With Fractions

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With the advent of modern technology, learning this critical skill doesn’t have to feel like a chore anymore. Young learners can participate in a variety of math-based activities and challenges that improve their problem-solving skills while making the process enjoyable.

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What’s Changed in Lesson Planning

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Technology and the connected world put a fork in the old model of teaching–instructor in front of the class, sage on the stage, students madly taking notes, textbooks opened, homework as worksheets, and tests regurgitating facts. Students are digital natives, in the habit of learning via technology. Did I miss anything?

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Subscribers: Your February Special is Available

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Gamification of education. Grading Technology. Problem solving. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-8 technology for 15 years. Differentiation—How to teach the hard-to-teach class. Digital citizenship I. Digital citizenship II. Digital note-taking. Google Search and research. Inquiry in the Classroom.

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STEM-in-Action: How Video Games Can Bring STEM Concepts to Life

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With PCS Edventures, you’ll discover the secrets that turn your curriculum into an immersive adventure. Complete with live virtual instructors and a standards-aligned curriculum, the experience is full of technology, engineering design, art, math and robotics and coding. Video games are the ultimate game-changer in education!

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