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5 Great Web Tools to Create A Website for Your Class

Educators Technology

The purpose of this post is to share with you some handy platforms where you can set up a website or blog for your class. These are websites that simple and easy to use. No coding knowledge is required either. You can simply register your account, registration is free, select a template from the gallery, edit the look and feel of your website/blog and add your personal touch, and click on publish to make it live. 1- Google Sites Google Sites is Google's platform for creating websites.

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Fresh Ideas for A New School Year

Defined Learning

Getting back into the routine of a daily schedule can be tough at the start of every new new school year. After a summer break, making a shift in routines, the added responsibilities, and time commitments in our days can be tough at first. Educators and students have a lot on their minds like class schedules, assessments, and school events. Although there is a lot to consider, there are methods and tools that can help with the transition back to the school schedule.

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Behind the screens: the crystals that flow like rain down a windowpane

Futurum

Behind the screens: the crystals that flow like rain down a windowpane. Published: Liquid crystals are found all around us – in your phone, laptop and TV screens. Dr Akhshay Bhadwal , an experimental physicist at Nottingham Trent University , UK, and Dr Joseph Cousins , a mathematician at the Universities of Glasgow and Strathclyde , UK, have teamed up to understand how these unusual materials behave.

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6 Keys to a Successful Gamified Learning Experience

Magic EdTech

Educators hardly need evidence that games are immensely attractive for school-age children. Classrooms are filled with endless discussions about the latest video games. The challenge here is to channel the excitement and engagement of games towards academic goals. Like a midday espresso shot for adults, gamification facilitates increased learning and content retention in K-12 students.

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Can Brain Science Actually Help Make Your Training & Teaching Stick?

Speaker: Andrew Cohen, Founder & CEO of Brainscape

The instructor’s PPT slides are brilliant. You’ve splurged on the expensive interactive courseware. Student engagement is stellar. So… why are half of your students still forgetting everything they learned in just a matter of weeks? It's likely a matter of cognitive science! With so much material to "teach" these days, we often forget to incorporate key proven principles into our curricula — namely active recall, metacognition, spaced repetition, and interleaving practice.

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Fibonacci Sequence - Definition and Formula

Basic-Mathematics

What is the Fibonacci sequence? Here is a crystal clear and thorough explanation of what the Fibonacci sequence is.

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Teaching the Steps of Crime Scene Investigation in Forensics

The Trendy Science Teacher

One of my favorite teaching strategies is the JIGSAW strategy. It can be used in any grade level and for any subject area. For my forensic science students, I use the JIGSAW strategy for Teaching the Steps of Crime Scene Investigation in Forensics. What is the JIGSAW strategy? A JIGSAW activity is a student-directed, cooperative-learning technique that gives students the opportunity to specialize in one aspect of a topic, master the topic, and teach the material to their classmates.

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A Fresh Way to Engage Students in Research

Middle Web

The Multigenre Research Project approach lets students truly show their learning and mastery on any topic they choose to explore. Melinda Putz provides teachers across subject areas everything they need to help students go deeper than PBL, says MGRP user Erin Corrigan-Smith. The post A Fresh Way to Engage Students in Research first appeared on MiddleWeb.

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Getting (and Keeping) Kids Motivated

Starfish Education

The post Getting (and Keeping) Kids Motivated appeared first on Starfish Education.

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Keys to Helping 2e Kids Develop Lifelong Skills

Middle Web

Mental health counselor Emily Kircher-Morris provides parents of twice-exceptional children with keys to help their neurodivergent gifted kids develop lifelong skills with a focus on affirmation and self-acceptance. Amy Estersohn finds the book clear and easy to browse. The post Keys to Helping 2e Kids Develop Lifelong Skills first appeared on MiddleWeb.

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Harnessing The Power Of Math Manipulatives

Mathematics, a subject steeped in abstract concepts, often poses challenges to students, especially those in grades 5-10. But imagine a bridge that transformed this intricate maze into an interactive adventure.

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Multiplying Integers Game

Basic-Mathematics

A very interactive multiplying integers game that will really help you to test and sharpen your basic mathematics skills.

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Aug 18, Polynomial Word Problems with Perimeter and Area

Online Math for All

Polynomial Word Problems with Perimeter and Area

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Measures of Dispersion - Definition and Examples

Basic-Mathematics

What are measures of dispersion? Explanations and easy to understand real life example.

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Aug 18, Area and Perimeter of a Triangle Worksheet

Online Math for All

Area and Perimeter of a Triangle Worksheet

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Downloadable Design Briefs for an Integrative STEM Curriculum

These easy-to-use design briefs outline student objectives, challenges, and materials needed to complete each 30-minute to 4-hour lesson. ITEEA’s Integrative STEM curriculum, Engineering byDesign, includes many more standards driven hands-on activities just like these!

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Essential Tech Tools for the History Class

Ask a Tech Teacher

Ask a Tech Teacher contributor, Christian Miraglia, former teacher and now education consultant, has suggestions for apps to help the history class: Essential Tech Tools for the History Class. The school year begins in a couple of weeks, and you are excited about using the trending application that your colleagues have suggested will work with your students.

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