When K-12 students aren’t engaged in the lesson, they aren’t learning. But beyond visual cues—such as staring off into space or the glaze-eyed look of the lost—assessing whether students are engaged can be difficult for educators. In one study, 16% of teachers cited...
Shady Hanna with the Ottawa Catholic School Board is always looking for ways to keep his seventh and eighth grade students engaged in their lessons. It’s not always easy. He knows that lessons built around collaboration, creativity, communication, and critical...
Engaging students in the time of COVID-19 and beyond During a recent Lenovo webinar, 92% of attendees said that keeping students engaged during remote learning is their number-one challenge. One study reports that about 70% of teachers said their students are less...
In a recent Lenovo webinar featuring staff from the Ottawa Catholic School Board in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, most attendees said they used three or four apps in their classroom, but some used half a dozen or more. That makes sense: In classrooms worldwide, educators...
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, United Independent School District in Laredo, Texas, was more prepared to shift to a remote learning model than many other districts. That’s because the district had already been using the digital-curriculum platform Exploros in some...