Tags: Teachers

Designing Active Learning Spaces for Higher Education: 5 Tips to Foster Engagement and Collaboration
19 Sep

Designing Active Learning Spaces for Higher Education: 5 Tips to Foster Engagement and Collaboration

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text="Designing Active Learning Spaces for Higher Education: 5 Tips to Foster Engagement and Collaboration" use_theme_fonts="yes" font_weight=""][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_empty_space height="16px"][vc_column_text]In recent years, greater use of technology and remote learning in higher education has led to a shift in how learners interact within a classroom environment. Traditional lecture-style…

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Big Picture High School’s Innovative Learning Spaces: From Office Space to Classroom
06 Sep

Big Picture High School’s Innovative Learning Spaces: From Office Space to Classroom

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text="Big Picture High School's Innovative Learning Spaces: From Office Space to Classroom" use_theme_fonts="yes" font_weight=""][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_empty_space height="16px"][vc_column_text]Big Picture Learning activates learning opportunities through its community of more than 275 global schools and a suite of initiatives. Through its multiple fellowships; outside-of-school learning opportunities; and healthy living…

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How Burke County Schools Are Modernizing Media Centers for the 21st Century
31 Aug

How Burke County Schools Are Modernizing Media Centers for the 21st Century

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text="How Burke County Schools Are Modernizing Media Centers for the 21st Century" use_theme_fonts="yes" font_weight=""][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_empty_space height="16px"][vc_column_text]Two years ago, Burke County Schools in Morganton, N.C., received Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) funding earmarked for helping the 12,000-student district manage the negative impacts of the…

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Megan Cope Elementary’s Media Center Gets a Modern Facelift
30 Aug

Megan Cope Elementary’s Media Center Gets a Modern Facelift

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text="Megan Cope Elementary’s Media Center Gets a Modern Facelift" use_theme_fonts="yes" font_weight=""][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_empty_space height="16px"][vc_column_text]When Emily Price, Ed.D., came onboard as Megan Cope Elementary School’s new principal in 2021, she quickly learned that the San Jacinto, Calif.-based school’s library was in need of a media center modernization.…

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Vertical Whiteboards Make for a Collaborative, Engaging Discovery Lab
25 Mar

Vertical Whiteboards Make for a Collaborative, Engaging Discovery Lab

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text="Vertical Whiteboards Make for a Collaborative, Engaging Discovery Lab" use_theme_fonts="yes" font_weight=""][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_empty_space height="16px"][vc_column_text]While Mindy Collier was reading Peter Liljedahl’s book, Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics, Grades K-12: 14 Teaching Practices for Enhancing Learning, a lightbulb went on over her head. A third-grade teacher at North…

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Creating a Modern Space Where Teachers and Staff Eat, Relax and Socialize
15 Mar

Creating a Modern Space Where Teachers and Staff Eat, Relax and Socialize

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text="Creating a Modern Space Where Teachers and Staff Eat, Relax and Socialize" use_theme_fonts="yes" font_weight=""][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_empty_space height="16px"][vc_column_text]Since 2007, Atlantic County Institute of Technology (ACIT) in Mays Landing, N.J., has been providing a comprehensive high school education that incorporates all academic courses, advanced placement (AP) courses and…

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