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To Get Serious About Games, Teachers Experiment With Play in the Classroom

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Every week at the Nysmith School in Herndon, Virginia, Philip Baselice breaks out a game to teach his class about key world events. Baselice teaches history to middle schoolers, and game-based simulations have been part of his teaching arsenal for the last nine years, ever since he first tried it. “I

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How To Boost Student Engagement: Modern Tools for Math Teachers

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Wondering how to get your students upbeat about learning math? Modern educational tools make it possible to add a practical edge to math lessons, as students can observe math structures at play in the real world and see how people apply these formulas to solve common challenges. But where to start?

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SEL Games: Learning Life Skills Through Games

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Games can help us! SEL games can help you teach social-emotional learning skills and life skills. Today’s expert, Dr. Matthew Farber , gives us an interesting twist on games by integrating them with SEL. Matthew Farber , gives us an interesting twist on games by integrating them with SEL. We must reengage students!

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AI Tools Like ChatGPT May Reshape Teaching Materials — And Possibly Substitute Teach

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But even as some educators raise concerns, others see potential for new AI technology to reduce teacher workloads or help bring teaching materials to life in new ways. This summer, a coding class offered by a private school in Austin, Texas, was led by an unusual teacher.

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21 Top Professional Development Topics For Teachers Now

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This summer, educators need to get some rest so that we can be our best. However, our professional accreditation requirements are still on track and need to be renewed, as we have to learn and up our abilities for the fall. Many of the topics below were part of that conversation, including Social Emotional Learning (SEL).

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Harnessing The Future of AI without Losing Our Way

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From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Artificial Intelligence in schools should present educators, parents, and policymakers with many concerns but there are also opportunities. Pat Yongpradit, in his role with Code.org is also working with the TeachAI initiative.

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5 Ingredients For Student Well Being: Help Students Be Healthy

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From empowering educators with well-being skills to fostering safe and positive learning environments, enhancing positive relationships, providing direct instruction on well-being competencies, and implementing assessment for continuous improvement, Dr. Smith's formula is both comprehensive and compelling. Stream by clicking here.

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