5 strategies to get your students talking

Key points:

• Students should engage in meaningful discussions to engage in learning
• 4 edtech tools that can transform student teamwork
• How multimedia and interactive tech transform engagement
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Communication is one of today’s most in-demand skills, and building strong communication skills in person and online is critical. Those skills start in the classroom.

During an ISTELive 25 session, Janeen Pizzo, a teacher educator at SUNY Brockport, and Dr. Natalie Svrcek, an associate professor at SUNY Brockport, offered strategies to help students collaborate and engage in discussions.

Digital tools are instrumental in supporting instructional practice and promoting discussions, Pizzo and Svrcek noted: