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JUNE 10, 2022

What I do worry about is running out of books so this year, I spent the last few months stalking efriends to find out what they recommend to kickstart the 2020-21 school year. Think about what students don’t like about school. We talk about life-long learners (see my article on life-long learners ). And it paid off.

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DECEMBER 16, 2021

So the folks behind the Common App have been testing a tool that might help more students successfully apply to college, both by giving them accurate information about deadlines and resources and by encouraging them to keep at it when it feels overwhelming. Or: “Hey friend. Oli also checked in with students about how they were coping.

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MAY 25, 2023

Mason Rollins, right, listens to a mindfulness lesson in his fourth grade class about reducing test-taking anxiety. Now, as a 10-year-old fourth grader, Mason has developed ways to talk about his emotions, which help him to better cope with anger. “I But now, she’s my best friend.” I really got to know Ms. “I

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FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Literacy Read Rosemary Well’s acclaimed book, Emily’s First 100 Days of School about the daily achievements of grade schoolers for their first 100 days. Another fun activity is to ask students to write about how they spent the last 100 hours using only 100 words. It’s 54 pages and perfect for ages Pre-K-2.

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APRIL 11, 2024

In this monthly column, I share the most popular post from previous months: I’ve been blogging for about sixteen years, some professionally (for my tech ed career) and others on topics of interest to me (writing, USNA, and science). I learned a lot about writing by doing it and could transfer those lessons to others.

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JANUARY 12, 2023

So when Parks learned during a conference for student-government leaders about a program that teaches young adults to offer mental health support to their peers, she thought it would work well at Marshall—and even beyond, at colleges throughout West Virginia. The Bandana Project started at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Alyssa Parks.

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MAY 30, 2023

You might want to express gratitude, reminisce about the past, or catch up. You can search for your teacher’s name in Facebook’s search bar, identify them through their profile picture, and send them a friend request. Talk to old classmates, school employees, nearby neighbors, family members, or friends.

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APRIL 5, 2024

I thought about this when I read an article by a technical subject teacher (math, I think) pulled away from his class for a conference. Life often interferes with work. Vacations, conferences, PD–all these take us away from our primary functions and the environment where we are most comfortable delivering our best work.

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APRIL 29, 2024

To this end, we: Completed a review of academic and professional literature about edtech usability and user experience design. How can decision-makers know if a product meets learning standards and drives student achievement without a shared definition of what makes a product usable, valuable and effective?

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MARCH 6, 2024

Several friends and efriends use it and are thrilled with it. Liesbet over at Roaming About , a self-proclaimed nomad, happily roaming about South America, switched to Starlink and loves it. Starlink probably won’t fix my email problems, but it might put a dent in my internet issues.

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DECEMBER 6, 2022

That means educators are spending time following other teachers on Instagram or TikTok, or listening to podcasts where colleagues share teaching tips, joke about their classroom experiences or vent their frustrations. That’s the case for Patrick Harris II, who arrived early to the trend of teachers making podcasts about life in the classroom.

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MARCH 12, 2024

Today's episode features my friend Alefiya Master, the CEO of MAD-Learn, and the sponsor of today's show. ISTE (International Society for Technology in Education) : A global community of educators passionate about using technology to solve tough problems in education. It was talking about an app she had made.

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MAY 22, 2023

This summer, show students how learning is fun, worthy, and part of their world whether they’re at a friend’s house or the water park. Once kids have collected several, upload them to a drawing or photo program where they can record audio notes over the picture and share with friends. You might even have siblings compete.

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JULY 14, 2022

For me, today was about getting settled, meeting with old friend (and making some new ones), and the exhibit hall. Apparently there are about 1700 attendees registered. Looks like about half the attendees are first timers as well. Travel seems to be all about the apps these days. has the exhibit hall grown.

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AUGUST 16, 2022

She even hosted a travel show back in 2006 where she jetset around the world meeting friends she had made on MySpace, a precursor to Facebook. And she was a pioneering YouTuber, going viral with a comedic video supporting Hillary Clinton’s first presidential campaign.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

The staging is full of pomp and symbolism, with participants wearing traditional academic gowns and walking across a stage in front of thousands of spectators, including friends and family. It’s how many other people who I’ve never met sitting in an event center with their friends,” she quipped. “I But she had no intention of going.

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MARCH 18, 2024

While the vast majority of the conversations about AI in education have centered on K-12 and higher education, few have considered the potential of this innovation in early care and education settings. It is not about putting a robot in front of your child and losing control over everything.

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DECEMBER 19, 2023

They get to talk about their upcoming vacations and hear what their friends are doing. Three holiday projects to prepare kids to celebrate: A Holiday Calendar Kids love making this calendar. It’s simple enough for third grade with advanced tools that satisfy a fifth graders growing intellect.

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OCTOBER 4, 2023

When Mayra Valtierrez talks about the students in New Mexico public schools who are learning English, one thing becomes clear: It’s an incredibly diverse population. Parsing education data into snack-sized servings.

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OCTOBER 25, 2023

They want to know about firewalls, filters, kidsafe desktops, nannycams, cyberbullying, internet privacy, and everything in between. Block everything you worry about– chicks, Minecraft, girls, Facebook, xxx, murder. How to keep children safe online is the most popular question parents ask at my school. Tell them again and again.

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MARCH 9, 2022

Teaching students about current events used to be as easy as picking a trusted newspaper and reading their headlines. So how to you talk about what’s in the news? Marcee Harris over at Teaching Channel has a lesson plan to help you: How to Talk About What’s in the News: A Lesson Plan.

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AUGUST 8, 2022

Increasingly I’m seeing researchers writing about the fact that there are reasons to believe that people who are experiencing poor mental health would also go to social media and use it more.” Social media use can encompass many different behaviors from messaging friends to watching videos to mindless scrolling. Weinstein asks. “I

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JUNE 6, 2022

EdSurge caught up with a number of 2022 graduates to hear about how they’re thinking about their time in high school as it draws to a close. We hear about all these nonprofits in my area who are struggling for donations or need help,” Holtman describes. “It But to me, I like slowing down and stopping my day to help others out.”

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AUGUST 24, 2022

Check out this list to learn more about the best platforms to use to create classroom websites and blogs. Formative Assessment tools Formative assessment is teachers' friend. Indeed, there are several web tools and apps that you can use to communicate with parents, two of my favourite ones are ClassDojo and Seesaw.

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APRIL 12, 2024

My norm with these sorts of solicitations (I get about a dozen a week) is give the website ten seconds to grab me or lose me. Here’s a ten-minute video overview to get you started: More I like about this app: The website is intuitive and user-friendly , making it easy to search, browse, and download.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

About two-thirds of teens say they have used TikTok with 16 percent of those saying they use it almost constantly, according to a recent Pew study of 13- to 17-year-olds. Whoever shows up on your For You page seems like your friend,” she says, referring to TikTok’s recommended content for each user. “I

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NOVEMBER 1, 2022

What if you gathered a group of high school students, gave them fancy microphones and some training, and challenged them to make an investigative podcast about the issues they cared about the most? But getting the idea off the ground has been a lot of work, both for the educators in charge and for the student reporters.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Literacy Read Rosemary Well’s acclaimed book, Emily’s First 100 Days of School about the daily achievements of grade schoolers for their first 100 days. If you prefer, read The Night Before the 100th Day of School about one boy’s struggle to find 100 of anything to bring to class for the 100th Day project.

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AUGUST 12, 2021

Also, make some ground rules about what they should watch and what they shouldn’t. Even when you talk about responsible online behavior and screen-time limits with your child, you will find it hard to manage. Educate Your Child about Privacy and Protection. Know Your Child’s Online Friends. Learn Parental Control Tools.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2024

A couple of admiring glances from friends or appreciative thanks from parents and they’ll be sold. Be ready and willing to talk with parents about how to complete their child’s projects–not so they can do for them, but so they feel it is within their child’s grasp. It won’t take long to convert them.

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JUNE 6, 2022

The debate about mobile phones in the classroom can get heated. If a student has their phone out, there’s an endless stream of notifications flooding their home screen with reminders to check in—social apps telling them they’ve been tagged in photos or videos, game notifications letting them know they’ve been challenged by a friend.

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MAY 15, 2022

The recent author of the book Critical Thinking , a topic about which he cared deeply, Haber had contributed in significant ways to a variety of important education projects. And it was logistically easy because Jonathan was a friend and neighbor of mine here in Lexington, Mass. Jonathan was incredibly proud of his two sons.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2024

He lives a two-and-a-half hour drive from the tribe’s reservation, which makes it hard for him to help his two young kids learn about their Native heritage. EdSurge: How did this project come about? So I connected with personal friends. And what should we teach about? What should the topics be about for these?

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JULY 12, 2022

The paper’s premise is that we should all take a closer look at how the systems we live in make us feel about ourselves and about our connections with our fellow citizens. I came across this paper while researching our Bootstraps podcast series about educational equity. What does he say about that? That’s right.

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JUNE 27, 2022

I’ll cover issues that friends, both real-time and virtual, have shared. Feel free to post a comment about a question you have. In this monthly column, I share a popular post from the past month (or so). . Tech Tips for Writers is an occasional post on overcoming Tech Dread. I’ll cover it in a future tip.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Fun Facts About Groundhogs –video. Read Rosemary Well’s acclaimed book, Emily’s First 100 Days of School about the daily achievements of grade schoolers for their first 100 days. Another fun activity is to ask students to write about how they spent the last 100 hours using only 100 words. Groundhog Day Games.

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DECEMBER 6, 2023

Students have felt empowered by women's studies because it invites them to interrogate and understand systemic injustices and the conflicting perceptions of feminism they’ve been taught by friends, family and social media. Unfortunately, teaching women’s studies is still seen as antithetical to Catholicism in our wider school community.

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