Sentences with phrase «only engage students»

Through this small group of educators and Facing History staff, I have learned about and challenged myself with using digital media and technology to not only engage students and deepen their learning, but more importantly to encourage them to use technology to give voice to the voiceless in our society.

These activities not only engage students in more intellectually challenging work that reflects 21st century skills, they also serve as learning opportunities for teachers, when they are involved in using the assessments and scoring them together.

Both the guide and the toolkit materials are designed to give afterschool instructors the resources they need to build fun, innovative, and academically enriching activities that not only engage students, but extend their knowledge in new ways and increase academic achievement.

He suggests the starting point for any school wanting to do the same is to not only engage students, but also never to forget that they're in the classroom to learn.

These projects not only engage students but empower them to make a positive impact on their community and the world beyond their classroom.

Transforming learning into creating art not only engages students, it allows the content to live through them and provides a purpose to communicating knowledge to the world.

You will discover how students create a bionic fish, focusing on engineering design - based learning that readily incorporates the application of science and math concepts; an innovative method that not only engages students, but also increases competency levels.

This process of students keeping ongoing records of their work not only engages students, it also helps them, beyond a «grade,» to see where they started and the progress they are making toward the learning goal.

Item types such as drag and drop (that include media - rich graphics, animations, and audio) could not only engage the student in ways that paper - and - pencil - tests never could, but such items will ask students to demonstrate more critical thinking analyses and a deeper understanding of their skills and knowledge.

Not exact matches

This opening exercise is designed to enable students to engage in critical reflection on their background not as the only place that needs criticism, but in comparison with another — equally relative — social setting.

How did these students experience the historical - critical method, which talked not about the experience of the resurrection but about the chronology of Acts, and which never engaged the figure of Jesus in the Gospels but only dissected the sources of the Gospels?

Mathematics is a liberal study only when the student actively engages in the construction and deductive elaboration of postulate systems.

But since I could not engage in a disinterested discussion about race as if I were analyzing Karl Barth's christology, I kept my views about racism in theology to myself and only discussed them with the small group of African - American students who had similar views.

If those of us engaged in teaching the privileged are to justify our work, it can not be only by claiming that we enrich the experience of our students.

The faculty artfully integrates State - adopted educational standards into the school's curriculum while creating a vibrant and stimulating environment that not only engages, but improves student attention and develops a life - long passion for learning.

However, as USDA itself noted, the Institute of Medicine excludes sports drinks from both its Tier 1 and Tier 2 lists of beverages and only recognizes their value for «student athletes engaged in prolonged physical activity for «facilitating hydration, providing energy, and replacing electrolytes»....

The new policy sets nutrition standards for all vending machine food and a la carte items sold in cafeterias and excludes energy drinks — with one exception: Gatorade, a PepsiCo product, «can only be used after students have engaged in a school sports activity.»

«With the approval of these assessments, New York State is leading the way in new, innovative pathways that not only preserve our robust graduation requirements but also offer students rigorous alternatives that will keep them engaged in learning and result in more career prospects,» Board of Regents Chancellor Betty A. Rosa said.

Importantly, the study found that only teachers with high knowledge and skills for science — not literacy or math — created quality scientific opportunities for students, such as providing science materials and engaging children in science experiences in the classroom.

Professional societies such as the Canadian Astronomical Society (CASCA) and AAS are concerned about the situation and have been engaged in continuing discussions in recent years about how to improve current postgraduate training programs in order to prepare students not only for research careers, but to give them a broad skill set that would enable them to pursue more diverse career paths.

This program is designed to engage the school's most influential students, only some of whom fit the typical profile of a student leader or a popular student, to spread anti-conflict messages.

First, graduate students represent only a fraction of those engaged in the research enterprise.

These results led me to think more about the traditional school structure, and why most students are destination focused, looking only towards graduation, but aren't fully engaged in the journey.

I caught some of the titles: Nugu - ui ttal - do anin Haewon (Nobody's Daughter Haewon) is a delightful film from the South Korean auteur Hong Sang - soo, the story of a female student's «sentimental education» as it were, as she traverses through reality, fantasy, and dreams, we viewers never quite sure what we are watching; Jim Jarmusch's Only Lovers Left Alive (TIFF's Opening Night film) is an engaging and drily humorous alternative vampire film, Tilda Swinton melding perfectly into the languid yet tense atmosphere of the whole piece; Night Moves is from a director (Kelly Reichardt) I've heard good things about but not seen, so I was curious to see it, but whilst the film is engaging with its ethical probing, I found the style quite laborious and lifeless; The Kampala Story (Kasper Bisgaard & Donald Mugisha) is a good little film (60 minutes long) about a teenage girl in Uganda trying to help her family out, directed in a simple, direct manner, utilising documentary elements within its fiction.

Now Paige's only recollections are of the way things were five years ago, when she was a law student and engaged to another man.

Partnering with local non-profits is an excellent way to not only impact the community, but to engage students in fostering positive change.

Through practices that incorporate tolerance, empathy, and perspective, you can engage your English - only students in appreciating and sharing with their ELL classmates.

Game - themed works of literature are not only culturally relevant but, more importantly, they can also engage students by centering on subject matter that speaks to them.

«My students were really the reason I applied to HGSE, to become a better teacher, to not only rely solely on the way I had been taught, but to find ways to connect with them and make music engaging,» Cueva says.

Peltz is passionate about teaching with technology and opening Web access because he believes it's (a) a powerful way to engage students, and (b) the only way to teach kids how to safely and productively use technologies that they will use — and misuse — whether the school restricts them or not.

This engaging classroom model will encourage your students to not only say the rosary, but experience the journey of each prayer.

«Two of our science teachers, Robert Clingan and Paul DeChant, have created a project that not only keeps the students engaged but has them offering to return and help after they have been gone a year or two,» says Tim Onsager, assistant principal of West Bend (Wisconsin) West High School.

Discussion of hip - hop sampling not only allows for conversations about digital literacy but also serves as a springboard to engage students in creative writing and producing digital media.

We have left his lesson live on Education World because the information on the pages is for the teacher's use only; it is still valuable information that can be used to create an engaging lesson for students.

The following suggestions don't only address this; they align with industry standards for engaging students in the online classroom.

Students will be engaged as they not only take the role of many scientists, but indirectly practice the As you transverse the knowledge and experience of these revolutionary scientists, students will travel to (4) different stations using this highly engaging aStudents will be engaged as they not only take the role of many scientists, but indirectly practice the As you transverse the knowledge and experience of these revolutionary scientists, students will travel to (4) different stations using this highly engaging astudents will travel to (4) different stations using this highly engaging activity.

Only a select few incorporate technology into curriculum design in such a way that allows students to take control of the learning space, engaging social media to facilitate creation and curation of educational content, honoring and harnessing the power of peer evaluation, and most importantly of all, allowing students to collectively decide on accuracy of educational information.

Not only does 3D scanning show your students the world, it lets them engage with it as well.

These programs motivate students to engage in learning, not only because the programs are fun but also because they cultivate and celebrate the broad array of talents beyond core academic skills that students possess.

Although only a quarter (23 %) of teachers have used VR in the classroom thus far, 97 % of these found that it made for more engaged students.

A classroom display should not only create an engaging learning and working environment for the students, but should also reflect your personality and style of teaching.

Most importantly, it takes seriously what it means to understand the relationship between how we learn and how we act as individual and social agents; that is, it is concerned with teaching students how not only to think but to come to grips with a sense of individual and social responsibility, and what it means to be responsible for one's actions as part of a broader attempt to be an engaged citizen who can expand and deepen the possibilities of democratic public life.

Kronholz focused on middle schoolers (which is also a shift — it used to be only high school students who engaged in competitive tournaments), but elementary school — age children also now participate in a variety of highly competitive and organized afterschool activities.

When someone walks into a classroom in the 21st century, it should be unclear exactly what subject the students are engaged in — the lines between subjects should be blurry, or removed, and the only thing that should be clear is that students are engaged and learning.

Schools and colleges have a duty to involve parents in their children's study, recognising that a closer relationship with this group can only help to further engage, motivate and inspire students.

A five - year study by the University of Wisconsin's Center on Organization and Restructuring of Schools found that structural school reform only works when (1) students are engaged in activities that build on prior knowledge and allow them to apply that knowledge to new situations, (2) students use disciplined inquiry, and (3) school activities have value beyond school.

To quote from Fr, Heft's concluding chapter, «A Catholic high school that offers the education that it should will provide not only spiritual development, it will also provide a superior education, precisely because it will integrate knowledge; attend to both the heads and hearts of their students; engage parents more intimately in the education of their children; deepen their understanding and strengthen the practice of their faith; and prepare their graduates to enter thoughtfully a culture that offers opportunities and has needs, not just for technical skills, but even more for wisdom and generosity.»

Through these experiences in agriculture, she is not only teaching her students science in a dynamic and engaging way, but also giving her students valuable skills in business and farming.

Mabry Middle School, in Marietta, Georgia, demonstrates how this approach can be a springboard to engage not only students but also the wider community.

I give up time in the morning, but I gain important connections with my students that allow me to not only help them with their problems, but also engage them in the classroom.