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What is a Growth Mindset?

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Kids are born with the characteristics that will mold their future. They are good at math or they aren’t. The cerebral and physical traits they were born with are just the starting point. Let me back up a moment and define “Growth Mindset” more clearly. They can throw a football well or not.

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Designing a Kinesthetic Station: Get Kids Moving in Math Class

Catlin Tucker

Can the Station Rotation Model work in a math class? I’ve coached math teachers who struggle to imagine designing their lessons using this model because the curriculum is so linear. to write a series of blogs about how she is using the Station Rotation Model in her math class. I get this question a lot.

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SEL in Your Classroom

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I was born and raised in the rural mountains of North Carolina and was greatly influenced by a teacher who led with compassion. This educator forever changed my life because she saw “the whole child” — she recognized me as more than my abilities in reading and math.

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Zapzapmath adds multiplayer option and more to their popular app

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Zapzapmath is a free gamified ecosystem that teaches math skills aligned with many national and international standards. The over 180 games spanning 900 difficulty levels are fast-paced and interactive and cover over 180 math topics. Pre-school Math. Pre-school Math. Coordinates. Measurements. Multiplication. –

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Martians in Your Classroom, STEM, and Making Makerspaces Accessible

The CoolCatTeacher

Rachael Mann on Episode 492 The first person to walk on Mars has already been born and is in our classrooms today, so the experts tell us. Whether you want to follow education technology, special education, math, or just teaching best practices , SmartBrief has an email newsletter for you. He or she could be in your classroom or mine.

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Epic Ways to Celebrate Pi Day

The CoolCatTeacher

Episode #32 with Scottish Maths Teacher Chris Smith From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Chris Smith @aap03102 is a Maths teacher from Scotland where his irrational passion for Pi earns him geeky renown. The Math-sterpiece his class is creating this year.

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3 Reasons to get your Students Vlogging or Blogging This Year

EdTechTeam

These students, born at the onset of the smartphone in 1997, have never lived in a day where the answer to almost every question can be found in the blink of an eye. Through blogging and vlogging, we can encourage our students to communicate in engaging and authentic ways that mirror their personal lives.