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Blended Learning Best Practices During the Pandemic with Thomas Arnett

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Thomas Arnett from the Christensen Institute Shares What the Insitute has learned from administrators and teachers about best practices for teaching during the pandemic. This year, I introduced the free screencasting tool, Screencastify, the first week of school to all of my students so they could record screencasts.

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100th Day of School — It’s about Learning

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The 100th day of school is a special milestone celebrated in many educational institutions around the world. It is particularly popular in elementary schools, often filled with fun and educational activities centered around the number 100. Vocabulary Make a list of 100 new words learned this school year and their meanings.

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eSpark: The FREE Differentiation Tool for Elementary Reading and Math

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eSpark is a free no-prep solution that teachers of math and reading at the elementary level need to try. I recommend that Math and Language Arts teachers of elementary-aged students check out eSpark. eSpark Learning is a fun, free differentiated instruction app for elementary and kindergarten classrooms. What is a Quest?

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Balance the Delivery

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School administrators and teachers are feeling the fatigue, as well as their jobs become increasingly dependent on computer and phone usage. Years ago, I took the lead in writing a Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) policy for my school site, which was later adopted by my district. So what gives in the post-pandemic world? .

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Lessons from My Classroom: What Works, What Doesn’t and What I’m Doing Now

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And for a bit of fun, meet CAT GPT, my very own Content AI Taskhelper – a personal assistant I've created with a blend of my own educational beliefs and research-backed best practices. I have it interview me on the way to school (and sometimes back), and it helps me create content for you.

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Model Teaching–How Today’s Educators Learn

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Thousands of teachers every year take education classes to renew their license, move up to the next salary range at their school (I did that–often), or learn teaching skills they didn’t get in their degree program (like remote teaching or in-depth technology). Elementary Math. Blended Learning.

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Rebound: How Do Schools Bounce Back after the Pandemic?

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Acceleration research can teach us how to accelerate learning. Dr. Douglas Fisher, co-author of the best-selling book Rebound, Grades K-12: A Playbook for Rebuilding Agency, Accelerating Learning Recovery, and Rethinking Schools. Instead of learning loss, Dr. Fisher is advocating how we can accelerate learning.

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