ResourceHub Category: Student Engagement

Trauma-informed teaching strategies using interactive media
You’re reviewing some material you covered last week and call on a student who usually sits near the back. You know they know the answer because they aced the quiz […]
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How Google Classroom and Promethean work together
The students are just not getting it. You’ve covered this material for the last three class periods, and they have checked out. So what’s the solution? Interactive games? More real-world […]
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Maximizing culturally responsive teaching with technology in the classroom
One of the challenges educators face in the classroom is planning lessons that reach students from different backgrounds. Every class a teacher has will be filled with diverse learning styles, […]
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Georgia district uses interactive technology to unlock student potential and inspires teacher enthusiasm
Located in north central Georgia, Newton County Schools (NCS) may be more than 200 miles from the Atlantic coastline, but that hasn’t kept Kristin Carter’s first grade class from getting […]
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South Carolina students explore the world from the comfort of their classrooms
In the summer of 2022, Darlington County School District (DCSD) experienced an edtech overhaul. With 21 schools, approximately 10,000 students, and 950 rooms, outfitting the large South Carolina district with […]
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Southern Arizona district shows commitment to students and teachers with edtech transformation
When it comes to education technology, Tucson Unified School District (TUSD) has taken a future-forward approach, recently initiating a massive overhaul centered on upgrading classrooms with new ActivPanel displays. In […]
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Teacher-centric approach to edtech transforms Virginia schools
Tucked among the serene, rolling Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia are four schools that make up Nelson County Public Schools (NCPS). This rural division is small enough that its 1,400 […]
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When we make teaching inclusive for all, it benefits everyone
By Liz Landers As a teacher, you do everything you can to make every student feel valued and included in your classroom. When I was a teacher, it was heartbreaking […]
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Enhance Early Childhood Education with Interactive Technology from Promethean
Early childhood education is critical for children’s development and future academic success. It’s a time when they acquire important social, emotional, and cognitive skills, as well as an opportunity to […]
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How To Create a Multimedia Presentation
Whether in education or the wider business world, you’ll know what it’s like to sit through yet another boring slideshow in a meeting. Endless paragraphs and tables of figures on […]
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Digital literacy in the classroom: How important is it?
The digital world offers tremendous benefits to us all. It provides platforms that allow us to connect and collaborate. It opens up opportunities to learn about new and important issues, […]
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North Carolina school district streamlines education technology to help attract new teacher talent
Situated in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains along the shores of the Catawba River in North Carolina, Hickory City Schools (HCS) is a small, award-winning district with approximately […]
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Project panel: An all-in-one solution for better edtech in Washoe County, Nevada
In 2023, Washoe County School District (WCSD) in Reno, Nevada, set out to provide all 64,000 students access to the best possible educational tools. First on the to-do list was […]
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How can technology be used for instant assessment?
With so much disruption to education over the last several years, accurate information about a student’s current level of understanding is especially crucial to ensuring all students achieve their full […]
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Types of summative assessment and formative assessment
“When the cook tastes the soup, that’s formative. When the guests taste the soup, that’s summative.” Robert E. Stake, Professor Emeritus of Education at the University of Illinois Formative assessment […]
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Refreshing pedagogy with the ActivPanel
Education helps define modern civilizations. Its profound influence has shaped society. While the structure of formal schooling began in the 18th century, its journey has continued to evolve over the […]
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How does hybrid learning drive student engagement?
When schools were forced to fully or partially close because of the global pandemic, educators had to simultaneously manage remote and in-person teaching. In other words, apply a hybrid learning […]
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Brain breaks for middle school and high school students
In today’s fast-paced digital world, we must recognize the significance of providing students with moments of rest to recharge and refocus. As educators, you know how important it is to […]
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Competency-based education: Creative testing methods for K-12 students
In today’s modern educational landscape, teachers are expected to deliver increasingly comprehensive instruction. Students are expected to acquire a deeper understanding of the subject matter despite their limited prior knowledge. […]
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Tennessee district boosts engagement with edtech
Several times a month, Promethean Education Consultant Kate Haddad posts a “Teacher Highlight” to her Twitter feed. These bite-sized stories showcase the innovative ways teachers in Knox County Schools (KCS) […]
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Helping students adjust to a new grade level
Do you remember your first day of first grade? It probably wasn’t too far off from your first day of sixth grade or ninth grade – you were probably a […]
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Differentiation in the classroom is an important skill for teachers to give students the best chance at learning, regardless of their abilities, strengths, and weaknesses. These conditions can be applied […]
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Classroom differentiation: Seven types of learners
The Training and Development Agency for Schools (TDA) introduced differentiation in the classroom to identify students with different strengths and weaknesses to help increase their best chance of learning. Differentiation […]
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Collaborative vs. cooperative learning
When it comes to students working together, the terms collaborative learning and cooperative learning are often used interchangeably. There are still some key differences; with collaborative learning, students make individual […]
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