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What’s a Backchannel and Is it Right For Your Class?

Ask a Tech Teacher

A backchannel refers to a secondary, often informal, communication channel that runs parallel to the main communication channel. It is now available for free, here on Ask a Tech Teacher: What is a backchannel in your classroom? This video is from a series I taught for school districts. What are some options you might use?

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22 Classroom-Focused Resources on AI from Teachers Everywhere

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From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Educators are the best! The Tweet That Started it I get weary of AI hype auto-generated by *gasp* ChatGPT without any real applicability to the classroom. Donnie Piercey sat down with Bob Greenberg of Brainwaves to talk about AI in the Classroom.

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What is classroom culture? How do I create classroom culture?

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From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Classroom culture defines your classroom. You can feel a classroom culture, but what is a classroom culture? How do you build a positive classroom culture? He also talks about creating positive classroom habits.

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Classroom Travels with Twitter: An Evolution

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Twitter as a classroom resource, you ask? I began using Twitter in my classroom soon after its introduction in 2006. The discussion was based on the research of primary and secondary documents and was quite creative. Classroom Use. The social media platform became a resource when I was running on empty. T4Edtech #edtech.

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3 Ways to Stress Less in Today’s Classroom

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From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. 5 practical lessons for elementary classroom inclusion. The post 3 Ways to Stress Less in Today’s Classroom appeared first on Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis @coolcatteacher helping educators be excellent every day.

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Inquiry Hub Secondary School – Confluence and Influence

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Confluence and Influence – Inquiry Hub Secondary School. Background: The 2018-2019 school year is Inquiry Hub Secondary’s 7th year since it was founded. Transforming Our Classrooms – Ignite Presentation. Teachers combine the three elements in ways they see fit to personalize learning in their classrooms.

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Getting the Brain Ready to Learn Math

The CoolCatTeacher

Liesl McConchie talks about how the brain learns math From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. In today’s show, Liesl McConchie shares how to help students get their brains ready to learn from the moment they walk into the classroom. Is their brain in a ready state?

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