When students are actively engaged in their learning, they are more likely to participate, collaborate, retain information, and achieve academic success. Research consistently demonstrates that student-centered classrooms foster stronger motivation, deeper understanding, and improved learning outcomes. Effective engagement goes beyond keeping students busy. It creates meaningful opportunities for students to think, contribute, problem-solve, and take ownership of their learning.
This pathway provides practical, classroom-ready strategies that help educators increase participation, strengthen student connections, and create learning experiences that inspire curiosity and sustained engagement.
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Have you ever found yourself in a classroom full of students, wondering if anyone is engaged or invested in what they are learning? Join Matt Bergman as he shares 10 innovative ways to use Google apps, extensions, and add-ons to increase student engagement. You will also learn how to use these free, simple tools to harness the power of students’ higher-level thinking and creativity.
Providing actionable feedback to students is vitally important to the learning process. Good feedback can improve students' confidence and increase their enthusiasm for learning. However, with long workdays, overloaded schedules, and the general rigor of the life of a teacher... getting feedback to students in a timely manner can be a struggle! Join expert teacher trainer Lauren Boucher, as she share tips, tricks, and ideas on how to streamline the feedback process. In this 30 minute webinar, Ms. Boucher will share several creative tools and strategies for sharing feedback with your students in a way that is efficient and effective for all involved.
How can one teacher effectively meet the needs of many learners with varying abilities, interests, and learning styles? What strategies make it possible to personalize instruction while still managing time, expectations, and curriculum demands? Students learn at different paces, process information in different ways, and demonstrate understanding through a variety of methods. Research consistently shows that individualized learning approaches increase engagement, independence, and academic growth—especially in diverse classrooms. Individualized learning plans offer a practical framework for supporting student choice while maintaining instructional focus and alignment. Join Dr. Michelle Cheasty as she shares practical strategies for designing and implementing individualized learning plans that support diverse learners. This session explores how to structure lessons that encourage both independent and collaborative learning while keeping students motivated and on track. You'll leave with adaptable lesson ideas and planning tools you can immediately apply in your classroom.
Research shows that children's brains are being rewired by constant interaction with technology, prompting educators to change their methods of instruction to reach young digital natives, known as our Generation Alpha and Gen Now students. Join Naomi Harm as she shares strategies to address changes in students' attention systems, memory networks, cognitive processes, and social skills. You will also walk away with a variety of tools and resources to incorporate into your lessons that will keep students motivated to learn.
Gaining and maintaining students' attention can be a challenge during remote and hybrid learning. Join Lauren Boucher as she shares engagement strategies to promote participation in virtual learning. You will also learn creative ways to reinvigorate your online activities, including done-for-you templates that you can use to connect with your students the very next day!
EduProtocols are a series of instructional lesson frames that are designed to engage students in learning through critical thinking, collaboration, communication, and creativity. Join Naomi Harm as she shares a variety of EduProtocols that will inspire and motivate your students. You will also learn how to customize EduProtocols for any subject area and grade level to create personalized learning opportunities for every student.
Student agency represents the ability for students to play a critical role in what they want to learn, how they are learning, and self-reflection about their learning process. However, getting students to "buy in" to their learning seems to become more difficult as each year passes. So how can we transfer the ownership of learning to where it belongs...with the students? Join Lauren Boucher for this collaborative, hands-on workshop as she discusses the concept of learner agency and shares strategies that will empower students to OWN their learning. Participants will also have an opportunity to make-and-take a variety of content-specific activities that will increase student agency.
Here's your chance to get all of your Gmail questions answered by a SimpleK12 expert presenter! If you've watched some of SimpleK12's Gmail webinars On-Demand, but were left with questions... bring them to this open forum. During this webinar event, the content is driven by YOU! And other Community Members who have questions about Gmail. Be sure to watch Matt's related Gmail webinar On-Demand first *listed below* then join us for this Q&A where you can get all of your questions answered. Related Webinar by Matt Bergman: An Intro to Gmail - Getting Started OR Jerry Swiatek's Intro to Gmail: Using It Efficiently in Your Classroom
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When students are engaged, they become active participants in their own success. This pathway provides educators with the strategies, tools, and confidence needed to create classrooms where students are motivated, connected, and inspired to learn.
