{"id":2192,"date":"2023-11-16T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-16T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/education\/blog\/2023\/11\/16\/4-new-teams-updates-to-enhance-classroom-engagement\/"},"modified":"2024-05-29T17:57:40","modified_gmt":"2024-05-30T00:57:40","slug":"4-new-teams-updates-to-enhance-classroom-engagement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/education\/blog\/2023\/11\/4-new-teams-updates-to-enhance-classroom-engagement\/","title":{"rendered":"4 new Teams updates to enhance classroom engagement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Students are engaged by dynamic learning environments\u2014the type of environments that offer experiences and tools that help students relate to content, understand why their learning matters, and show their thinking in various ways. Dynamic learning environments also help educators to swiftly and effectively evaluate and adjust learning experiences to suit students\u2019 specific needs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
To help support these types of learning experiences, we\u2019re excited to highlight new updates in Microsoft Teams for Education<\/a>. Explore how these new updates to Teams can enhance student engagement and help provide a clearer picture of student activity across your classroom. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Microsoft Reflect<\/a> is a Learning Accelerator<\/a>\u202f that helps students build important social, emotional, and academic skills. Reflect offers a space to create impactful check-ins to gain wellbeing insights and includes a unique gallery of ready-to-use activities<\/a>, like brain breaks and breathing exercises. The latest brain break\u2014mindful coloring<\/a>\u2014can be an effective way to foster student wellbeing and engagement. Featuring the Feelings Monster, a friendly character that shows different moods, the digital coloring pages in Reflect can help students to explore their emotions through art, offering a creative and therapeutic outlet. Try the mindful coloring<\/a> activities in Reflect and see how it can make a difference in your classroom! <\/p>\n\n\n\n1. Mindful coloring book in Reflect <\/h2>\n\n\n\n