Multimedia Presentation with Explain Everything

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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Students using ActivPanel in the classroom.

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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all in one edtech solution for Washoe County

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 to Keep Students Engaged: Interactive Teaching Activities to Maintain Student Engagement

How to Keep Students Engaged: Interactive Teaching Activities to Maintain Student Engagement

As an educator, you know all too well that keeping students engaged is something that you have to think about constantly. In today’s digital world, there are a myriad of […]

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Summative and formative assesments

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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how to increase engagement for students

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 and high school students

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 and creative testing methods for k-12 studemys

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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Knox County School District

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

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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Engage different learning profiles in the classroom

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

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 learning

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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Promethean ActivPanel LX

Swap your projector for the low-cost ActivPanel LX

When outfitting your classroom for the upcoming school year, there are several key decisions to be made. The room’s style, furniture arrangement, and the type of video display you’ll be […]

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Anguilla students love the ActivPanel for learning

For Anguilla students, learning is all about fun with new technology

Students at Oreilia Kelley Primary School (OKPS) on the island of Anguilla are excited to talk about school and quick to share their favorite subjects and activities. Math tops the […]

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teachers

Hungry for tech: The student experience

The more technology advances, the more devices we incorporate into our daily lives—sometimes without even knowing. Children in the U.S. are being exposed to the screen younger and younger, with […]

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Anguilla customer story

Anguilla public schools overcome challenges with resilience, passion, and innovation

Surrounded by turquoise water, the spectacular eastern Caribbean island of Anguilla is 16 miles long, three and a half miles wide, and home to 33 white sand beaches. A British […]

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Summer learning activities

Summer learning activities to promote creative play

As students go on summer break, they’re leaving behind not only their classroom but much of their academic capability as well. “Summer learning loss” (SLL) refers to the phenomenon of […]

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Washoe County

Talking tech: Keeping students and teachers engaged with upgraded edtech in Washoe County

“Yes!” was the collective agreement when one of Lincoln Park Elementary School’s fifth-grade teachers, Kaitlynn Snyder, asked her students if they were ready to tackle the day. A new interactive […]

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Download The State of Technology in Education report from Promethean

The future of education: Finding purpose

The last few years created uncertainty around the world. Every industry changed in some way after the effects of COVID-19 and its destruction. Education is a constantly evolving craft, and […]

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ActivInspire 3.0

ActivInspire 3.0 launches with a fresh look and enhanced features

Highlights of ActivInspire 3.0 include enhanced performance, updated visuals, and an improved user interface. Replacing the dashboard, a new homepage welcomes teachers to the program as it launches. Changes to […]

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Social Emotional Learning

How has edtech supported social-emotional learning this year?

Is your school district struggling to find time to implement social-emotional learning (SEL)? If yes, you’re not alone. A study conducted in 2020 shows 59% of teachers don’t feel like […]

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what is student engagement

What is student engagement?

Student engagement is a commonly discussed concept which all educators agree is of vital importance. It’s a large part of the reason tools such as interactive whiteboards (also known as […]

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The classroom guide to interactive whiteboards: what they are and how to use them

An interactive whiteboard is this generation’s take on traditional whiteboards. Also known as digital whiteboards or smart whiteboards, these interactive displays are used in various classroom and educational settings to […]

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