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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.
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Your top four Hāpara product updates of 2024
Explore our top 2024 Hāpara product updates that helped technical administrators and educators drive more learning engagement.
How to enable SafeSearch for students
Explore how to enable SafeSearch in the classroom and additional tools that protect K-12 learners.
Five back-to-school tips for classrooms in the Southern Hemisphere
Check out our 2025 back-to-school tips for educators in Australia, New Zealand and the Southern Hemisphere.
January 2025 Hāpara updates to get excited about
This month’s updates make digital classroom management and school safety more effective.
Hāpara’s guide to organization tools for students
Learn how to boost classroom efficiency and student achievement with our organization tools for students.
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.
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Five ways that project based learning empowers educators and elevates equity
Project based learning, or PBL, is a teaching methodology that engages students using a sustained inquiry-based approach. Let’s take a look at how this teaching methodology can empower educators and elevate equity.
Using open educational resources to empower differentiated instruction
Discover how open educational resources can help teachers with differentiated instruction for students to improve learning outcomes and engagement.
Now presenting, the Hāpara Teaching Theater lineup
Explore our awesome line-up of educators and authors at presenting in the Hāpara Teaching Theater at ISTE.
10 ways to make the most out of ISTELive 22 in New Orleans
Explore 10 ways that you can make the most out of ISTELive 22 in New Orleans.
How students can safely search the internet
The internet is one of the most valuable learning tools, but it comes with risks for K-12 students. Explore how your students can safely search the internet.
Step up your learner comprehension with annotations in Google Drawings and Docs
Explore these fun ideas on how you can use annotation in Google Drawings and Google Docs to enhance your own lessons and a guide to the steps involved in the process.
10 ways to foster deeper learning in the classroom with technology
In order to prepare students to become successful future global citizens, they need to engage in deeper learning. Explore tips for using technology in the classroom to promote deeper learning.
Three simple steps for creating lesson plans
Here are some helpful tips for creating effective lesson plans to improve student learning and your classroom dynamic.
How to vet edtech tools to promote success at school for all learners
There are many K-12 edtech tools, but they don't all align with universal design. Discover how to vet edtech tools to ensure every learner succeeds.
How to use digital textbooks in the K-12 classroom
Want to use digital textbooks in the K-12 classroom right away? Getting started is easy with these digital textbooks spanning all grade levels and subjects.
How to block websites in K-12 schools
Closing tabs is crucial when learners encounter harmful or inappropriate content online, but oftentimes educators can get stuck in a constant game of whack-a-mole with learners because their monitoring software doesn’t facilitate ways to develop digital citizenship skills in their students.
Student well-being and pedagogy by making learning contextual: Tapping into students’ life experience for learning
Join Hāpara’s Senior Director of Innovation, Rich Dixon and Shayla Adams-Stafford as they discuss how providing students with a sense of belonging, keeping them feeling safe and including culturally relevant material is critical for their success as learners.
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