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Striving for Digital Equity in Education

The Scholarly Teacher

We also recognize the continued impact of this type of inequity on educational opportunities and experiences of under resourced students and communities. Digital Media for Teaching and Learning The importance of digital tools in teaching and learning cannot be overemphasized. Image courtesy of Kyle Lautner, Unsplash.

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20 Winter-Inspired Service-Learning Project Ideas for High School Students

Experiential Learning Depot

Holiday Food Drive Have your students organize a food drive to collect non-perishable items and deliver them to local food banks or shelters to support families in need. Students engage in every step from planning and promoting to collecting and delivering donations in this service-learning project ideas. ​

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Visual Journaling

The Scholarly Teacher

Visual literacy is the capacity to analyze, evaluate, utilize, and create images and visual media. The opportunity to witness Visual Journaling help students develop confidence, agency, and self-efficacy through the creative and reflective process is inspiring and fulfilling. American Library Association. References ACLR.

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16 Fun College Orientation Activities & Icebreakers to Encourage Student Engagement in 2022!

Campus Groups

16 Fun College Orientation Ideas to Encourage Student Engagement in 2022 For many students, college orientation can be their first experience on their own. A scavenger hunt doubles as a fun way to team up with new classmates and to help students get acquainted navigating their new home. The obstacle?

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UncoverEd: Interrogating Edinburgh’s imperial history as a global university

Teaching Matters Student Engagement

Towards the end of the week, and over the course of the semester, we moved on to focusing on our chosen figure, and deepened our research using resources from the Library, National Library of Scotland, biographies, dissertations, social media, interviews, and local academics to name but a few.

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Board Game Jams and Creative Learning

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

The games were created using digitised images from the University of Edinburgh Library. Students reported leaving the session with a greater understanding of the resources available for them and how they could share their own work for others to re-use. These can be viewed on the Open.Ed

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The 6 most in-demand topics for district leaders last year

EAB

Additionally, some studies show that retention can lead to behavioral issues, increased absences, and lower peer acceptance among retained students. K-12 libraries, providing snacks): 16% Schedules: 15% Student acceleration/student retention: 9% Building policies (e.g., cell phone policies, dress code, etc.):

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