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Introducing Hāpara Highlights Chat
We're excited to introduce Hāpara Highlights Chat! Explore our two-way messaging feature that helps you manage the digital classroom and communicate with learners.
How an integrated curriculum can benefit your learners
Get the facts about an integrated curriculum and find out how you can help your students succeed through this teaching strategy.
November 2024 Hāpara product updates to get excited about
Because of your feedback, we recently released Hāpara Highlights updates. These streamlined features will save educators time and make it easier to manage the digital classroom.
Why Joliet District 86 uses Hāpara for digital classroom management
Digital classroom management is a necessity for every school district. Learn how Hāpara helps Joliet Public School District 86 manage their classes.
A teacher’s toolkit for how to engage quiet learners in the classroom
Not sure how to engage quiet learners in the classroom? Here are practical strategies to draw out participation from every learner.
Hāpara appoints Brennan Petar as President to lead growth and innovation
Brennan brings a wealth of experience to the job having held prior roles at GoGuardian and IBM.
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Offering student choice and voice with playlist based instruction
In essence, playlists give students choice over when, how and what they do to reach an academic objective. In a traditional lesson, students have two choices: follow the teacher’s directions verbatim, or choose to misbehave. That’s not much of a choice at all.
Promote student choice using Flipgrid, HyperDocs and Hapara Workspace
So what is it about Flipgrid and HyperDocs that educators find so appealing? I think the draw is that they can be used to empower students by providing them with voice and choice in the classroom which, in turn, leads to increased engagement.
How technology helps with learner feedback
One of the many benefits of technology is that it helps us with all of these aspects of learner feedback. Providing feedback becomes even easier when Hāpara is added to the mix!
What student feedback is and isn’t
Why does feedback seem to be incredibly impactful sometimes in guiding student learning, but make no significant difference other times?
Tips and tricks for providing formative feedback in your digital classroom
Providing quick and meaningful formative feedback is one of the most important strategies teachers can leverage to propel student learning.
Helping elementary learners build digital skills with G Suite and Hāpara
We’re in a changing world. Kids are privy to technology as soon as their fine motor skills are well enough developed to “tap” an app on a tablet or iPad. As educators, it is our duty to leverage digital skills in a manner that supports student success and confidence.
The Evolution of Monitoring Infographic
As more and more schools make the transition to digital learning, it can be easy to get caught up in the promises of exciting new tools when results are difficult to measure. Once you invest in a new technology, you need to figure out how it will live up to its promises for your learners. So how do you measure the impact of new technology on learning?
The Evolution of Monitoring E-Book
As more and more schools make the transition to digital learning, it can be easy to get caught up in the promises of exciting new tools when results are difficult to measure. Once you invest in a new technology, you need to figure out how it will live up to its promises for your learners. So how do you measure the impact of new technology on learning?
Resources for National Day on Writing
Every year on October 20th, the National Council of Teachers of English celebrates the National Day on Writing by bringing people across the country together to share #WhyIWrite.
Teaching digital citizenship week year round
Digital Citizenship Week is quickly approaching and we’ve been thinking a lot about what exactly digital citizenship is, and the many pieces of our lives it encompasses.
Stop policing: how to positively engage with learners working online
When learners work online it can be scary for educators. Even with firewalls and filters in place, we all know that within a few minutes of opening their devices, students can find themselves on websites where they shouldn’t be – either because it’s dangerous, or just off task.
Pat Snedden, Chair of Manaiakalani Education Trust, honoured for work in digital education
Pat Snedden, the Executive Chair and founder of the Manaiakalani Education Trust – and one of Hāpara’s earliest supporters – was recently made a Member of the NZ Order of Merit for services to Education and Māori. We are so happy to send our congratulations for this well-deserved honour.
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