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Hāpara product update for the 2025 back-to-school season
The Hāpara product update for the back-to-school season is here! Explore our OneRoster integration and new screen monitoring features to streamline classroom management.
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How to improve K-12 student retention with effective classroom management
Learn how to improve student retention in K-12 schools using effective classroom management strategies, and see how Hāpara helps engage every learner.
March 2026 Hāpara product updates: Simplifying teacher workflows, enhancing student learning
Save teachers’ time and boost learning with Hāpara’s latest product updates, including student browsing history, screen sharing and a digital hall pass.
Maximize every minute: AI in the classroom with Hāpara
Discover how to integrate AI in the classroom with Hāpara to streamline lesson planning, differentiate instruction and boost student engagement.
How cloud-based school management software is changing hall passes
Discover how school management software modernizes hall passes for better visibility, efficiency and school safety.
Importance of technology in the classroom for educational growth
Discover the importance of technology in the classroom for learning growth and how to navigate challenges like AI, screen time and funding gaps.
Implementing Georgia HB 340: Tips for school administrators
Explore how Georgia HB 340 helps K-8 schools reduce distractions and boost focus by managing personal devices. Discover strategies for smooth implementation.
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Hāpara stands for student voice
If you visited Hapara.com on Saturday, March 24, 2018, you may have noticed things looked a little different. We decided to blackout our website to show our support for student voice.
Teaching with tech: Second language immersion
We're back with the second video in our Teaching with Technology series! This week, Hapara Champion Trainer and OCSB educator Julian Daher lets us in on how he incorporates tech tools into his French as a second language immersion classes.
Creating a climate for student collaboration and feedback
My vision for my classroom is to foster an environment where students are comfortable making mistakes and sharing work with peers. The question then becomes, how do I do this? How do I shift from researching and implementing effective feedback strategies to using them to transform my classroom?
New video series: Teaching with Technology with Julian Daher
We are excited to announce a new video series with Hapara Champion Trainer Julian Daher from the Ottawa Catholic School Board on teaching with technology. Julian will be sharing short videos with us every week to show what teaching with technology looks like in his classroom, and how he uses both online and offline tools and methods to support learners.
Deeper Learning in the Digital Age
Join Hapara’s Chief Executive Officer, Wayne Poncia, as he takes a close look at deep learning – explaining what it is, what it looks like in the classroom and how you can help students take their learning further with the help of digital tools.
The Evolution of Monitoring
The evolution of monitoring. Watch the webinar to learn how to implement a student-centered digital learning philosophy.
Offering student choice 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 with Flipgrid, HyperDocs, and 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 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
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.