November 7, 2024

Combining Movement and Technology Enhances Learning

Author: Colene Hardy
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When students move around in a classroom, it opens up new levels of learning. Pairing that movement with technology amplifies the impact and improves student outcomes. As an educational technologist, I see how combining movement and technology is a powerful strategy for schools and districts looking for more ways to ditch “sit and get” models — where teachers lecture at the front of a room and hope seated students “get” something out of the lesson.
Now is the time to integrate more movement into the classroom. Most students take fewer than half the steps health experts recommend in a day.…

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