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Improving Teacher and Student Engagement Through Creativity

ED Surge

Recently, I met with two education leaders to discuss how to improve teacher and student engagement through creativity. Being future-ready is more than just being ready for college or securing a job; it’s thinking creatively about the problems we face as a society. Why does creativity matter?

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12 Innovative Digital Tools to Engage High School Students

Ask a Tech Teacher

High School students will soon move into college and career where digital tools are de rigeur. 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.

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Elevating Math Education Through Problem-Based Learning

ED Surge

Imagine IM’s Inspire Math video Climbing Mount Everest links the drama of mountaineering to middle school work on percentages. Instead of traditional direct instruction, PBL in math encourages students to explore, discuss and understand mathematical concepts by solving problems collaboratively.

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How to Increase Student Engagement During Project-Based Learning

STEM Sport

Project-based learning is a teaching method that utilizes hands-on learning experiences to help students further develop their skills in various subjects. Regardless of grade level, it can be difficult to keep students engaged throughout project-based lessons.

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This Is Your Brain on Math: The Science Behind Culturally Responsive Instruction

ED Surge

As a math educator at the high school and middle school levels, I lived for the moments when students’ furrowed brows ever-so-slightly began to unfold and smiles emerged. I refer to those epiphanies, when the metaphorical light bulb above a student’s head switches on, as “luminations.”

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

ED Surge

One of my rituals at the start of each school year is to clean student desks and chairs. Year after year, before students arrive for their first day of school, I scrub and shine these desks. Profanity from past students lives on in the rubber sidings of these desks. But this year, it actually happened!

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Can gamification improve students’ motivation and problem-solving skills?

Scientix

Our schools are data sources that few systematically use to improve teaching practice. Disciplinary difficulties in working with students or poorer results in tests are some of the many challenges we face in our work every day. Figure 2 Students are solving an escape room game (picture provided by the author, attribution CC-By).