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MARCH 15, 2024

So, the hours students spent writing and the time I spent grading would have no impact outside the four walls of my classroom. I was finally satisfied with the plan I had for my 10th graders, when it hit me: none of this actually matters. It was a maddening moment of clarity for me. But there are forces that get in the way.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2023

I learned about this revolutionary classroom practice in Alexis Wiggins’ 2017 book, “The Best Class You Never Taught.” I learned about this revolutionary classroom practice in Alexis Wiggins’ 2017 book, “The Best Class You Never Taught.” “What will you remember about our class?” My students sat quietly considering the question. “I

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APRIL 9, 2024

Imagine classrooms where educators can efficiently guide students through dense material while ensuring they grasp crucial details. I’m excited about this post from the Ask a Tech Teacher crew–AI Tools for reading comprehension. There are so many directions this could go! For learners, this translates to power.

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AUGUST 29, 2023

How would you react if you learned that one of your students felt that you don’t treat them like a full person, with a life and responsibilities beyond the classroom? They began to view assignments and learning holistically, and started taking into account the students' lives and external challenges.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

As Rodin’s famous sculpture of the thinking man propping his chin on his hand, we imagine the mind as all in our heads. And that sparked her interest in digging into learning science research that she’s gathered into a recent book, “ The Extended Mind: The Power of Thinking Outside the Brain.” It's sort of sealed inside the skull.

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APRIL 5, 2022

Many classroom environments favor a certain kind of thinker, usually the students who are quick to recall a fact when the instructor asks a question. But that’s not the only type of mind, and it’s not even always the best kind of mind for learning. Or read a partial transcript below, lightly edited for clarity.

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AUGUST 24, 2023

Teaching Critical Thinking Through Essay Examples: Unlocking Minds We’re exploring a fun classroom adventure where teachers teach us to think carefully and write good essays using examples. The beauty lies in applying analytical prowess beyond the classroom walls. Why Essays? Critical thinking isn’t a skill.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

They already knew how to login and navigate programs from their prior experiences in the classroom, and many of them had developed technology fluency they could transfer to new tools. Working in early childhood classrooms often felt like a game of Whac-A-Mole. “I don't have time to use technology with my littles.” It makes sense.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

This is where mindfulness becomes important. Let’s back up a moment: What is mindfulness? Buddha once said: “Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.” ” If that’s the plan, mindfulness is the path. reflect on an activity as a group.

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ED Surge

MAY 19, 2023

Makerspaces in schools are a place where the normal rules of classroom learning are tossed aside in favor of just a couple — have fun, and don’t be afraid to make mistakes. They can be stationary in a library or classroom, or they can be mobilized with carts that can be wheeled from room to room.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

In these 169 tech-centric situations, you get an overview of pedagogy—the tech topics most important to your teaching—as well as practical strategies to address most classroom tech situations, how to scaffold these to learning, and where they provide the subtext to daily tech-infused education. Set up Your Digital Classroom.

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MAY 31, 2016

Let’s Talk About Habits of Mind. 5 Ways to Cure Technophobia in the Classroom. . #81: 5 Ways to Cure Technophobia in the Classroom. Here are the top ten problem-solving tips according to Ask a Tech Teacher readers: Tech Tip #108: Got a Tech Problem? What to do when your Computers Don’t Work. I Can Solve That Problem….

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DECEMBER 14, 2023

“You can use the materials in this pack to create a dedicated apprenticeships display in your classroom, common room or careers space, and start opening minds and broadening horizons.” ” There’s a brilliant Apprenticeships Q&A included with QR codes… Source

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Cool Cat Teacher

JANUARY 10, 2024

While I have released a full podcast on how I'm using AI in my classroom , let's start simple with free resources that can be taught anywhere by just about anyone. And there we are, on the topic that is front of mind and front of conversation. And there we are, on the topic that is front of mind and front of conversation.

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APRIL 30, 2023

Here’s a quick overview of how to get teens interested in Shakespeare: A Short Guide to Getting Teens Interested in Shakespeare If you’re a high school teacher, you can probably hear the groans now as they wave through the classroom. But they call him the “immortal bard” for a reason. are as relevant in 2023 as they were in 1600.

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MARCH 13, 2023

9 Creative Ways to Engage Teen Students With ChatGPT: The More We Use It, the More Possibilities We Discover We are discovering many engaging ways to use ChatGPT to engage teenage students in the classroom. My guests agree that once you begin to experiment with the platform, the more your mind begins to find additional possibilities.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

District Administration recently published an interesting article on how mindfulness creates kinder classrooms and reduces problematic behaviors by 18%. If you’d like background on Mindfulness, check our article published earlier on. How to Incorporate Mindfulness into Your Class. reflect on an activity as a group.

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JUNE 3, 2022

Encourage Creativity in the Classroom. How to Clean Up Google Classroom for the Summer. Here’s a preview of what’s coming up in June: Mindfulness in the Classroom. Here are the most-read posts for the month of May. Tech Teacher Appreciation Week. CUE22 and Trending Edtech. 5 Ways to Involve Parents.

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AUGUST 25, 2022

My son and I started The Middle School Mind podcast last fall as a way to give him a platform to express his, sometimes random, 6th grade thoughts. Meet The Middle School Mind. We started The Middle School Mind because we also love listening to podcasts. How to incorporate podcasting into your curriculum this school year.

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JANUARY 5, 2022

million views from visitors, about 10,000 followers who have read some or all of our 2,731 articles on integrating technology into the classroom. 4 Great Alternatives to Google Classroom. Oh–would you mind adding me to your social media links? Edtech Reviews. Lesson plans. Talk about humility. K-12 Digital Tools.

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ED Surge

APRIL 19, 2023

Don’t get me wrong, I love teaching and I do not believe teachers should have to leave the classroom to feel whole. Don’t get me wrong, I love teaching and I do not believe teachers should have to leave the classroom to feel whole. It’s about more than tests and grades. Teaching has consumed me. Teaching wasn’t my only dream.

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MAY 2, 2022

Bearing that in mind, unless you've spent years in classrooms full of students, working against the demands of curriculum mandates, IEP or 504 modifications and state testing requirements, I implore you—each of my colleagues in edtech proffering your solutions to schools—to begin conversations by asking teachers what they need.

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MARCH 15, 2023

As I clean, I imagine what my classroom would look like – what it might become – with an interior makeover. It is not often that we see an overhaul of the furniture in our public school classrooms, let alone in the middle of the school year. One of my rituals at the start of each school year is to clean student desks and chairs.

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Accelerate Learning

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Imagine a classroom where students laugh in a circle, passing a beanbag and counting in multiples of three, or stretch to the stars while reciting scientific terms. From energetic elementary schoolers to high school students dealing with complex equations, brain breaks offer a necessary reset to keep minds sharp and engaged.

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ED Surge

APRIL 19, 2024

Now the STEM curriculum is poised to enter high school classrooms in the rural South. The threat of climate change has exposed more homes to flooding and wildfires, and it has intensified heat waves that prompt farmers to lose crop yields and a way to sustain a living. Department of Education and will last five years.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

The 21st-century classroom is a dynamic, ever-evolving space where cutting-edge technologies, like artificial intelligence (AI), are pushing us all to rethink what students need to learn and how that learning can best be structured to prepare them for the future. Understand the value of creativity.

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MARCH 8, 2024

During my first years of teaching, I decided that no matter how difficult life got, both in and out of the classroom, I would never leave my class in the middle of the year. This past December, six years into my teaching career, I was the one packing up my classroom. Truth be told, I thought I was made of steel.

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Accelerate Learning

MARCH 22, 2024

Learn about the DIVE-IN method as a great way to include engineering in elementary classrooms. As we look into how engineering can shape young minds, we invite educators and school leaders to think about their part in growing the next generation of engineers and problem solvers.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

My passion for DEI did not change once I transitioned from the classroom to school leadership. As I drove down the lengthy driveway of Mercy Montessori Center, I called my great aunt from Athens, Georgia, whom we lovingly call Aunt Puddien. Aunt Puddien is like another mother to me and I trusted her wisdom. How did it go?” Well…” I began. “I

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JUNE 8, 2023

Are they spending classroom time wisely or just doing what’s always been done? Consider a pedagogy that transcends rote memorization and the stock drills often found in today’s classrooms, expects critical thinking that teaches how to learn anything — not just school subjects. They can throw a football well or not.

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JANUARY 10, 2023

You became a teacher not to pontificate to trusting minds, but to teach children how to succeed as adults. Until a colleague mentioned the inquiry-based classroom, where teaching’s goal was not the solution to a problem but the path followed. You graduated sure you’d never teach to the test or lecture for 90% of a class.

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

My first foray into using video in my teaching involved a TV cart wheeled into my classroom, replete with a connected VHS player—and no remote. Fast-forward to 2022, and it’s important to ask: Are teachers still pushing today’s version of that TV cart into our online and physical classrooms?

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JANUARY 24, 2024

The nervousness can mean, for students like Colon, that their mind is so busy worrying about whether they can perform the math that their brain’s working memory is eaten up, interfering with their ability to actually do the math, says Susan Levine, a professor in the department of psychology at the University of Chicago. It feels pointless.

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DECEMBER 21, 2023

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter “In today's episode, we're thrilled to have Jay Schroder, author of “ Teach From Your Best Self, A Guide to Thriving in the Classroom. ” With this in mind, we dive into a critical yet often-neglected aspect of teaching—teacher well-being.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Election season tends to bring big, divisive issues into school buildings and classrooms. But external pressures have permeated classrooms like never before, from book bans to critical race theory debates to mask mandates. We believe it begins in classrooms. The purpose is to understand, not to change someone’s mind.

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OCTOBER 1, 2021

19 Ed Websites to Fill Spare Classroom Time. Does Mindfulness Make Your Class Better? SEL in Your Classroom. Here are the most-read posts for the month of September. Lesson Plan: Online Art Sites. Creative Options for Remote Learning. 9/11… We Remember. 16 Websites and 5 Posters to Teach Mouse Skills. Do you need a career coach?

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AUGUST 23, 2023

What can you do to make things work better in the classroom with simple fixes? How The Classroom Environment Shapes Understanding of Cause and Effect Relationships Mastering cause-and-effect relationships in research is crucial for a student’s academic future and career. How do teaching methods influence understanding?

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