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21 Top Professional Development Topics For Teachers Now

The CoolCatTeacher

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. 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. Advancement Courses Advancement Courses sponsored this blog post. Social-Emotional Learning.

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How Humor and Storytelling Help Foster STEM Engagement

edWeb.net

Why do I need to learn this? Students can become guarded when learning a challenging topic such as robotics. According to the presenters, humor is a great way to get around those defenses. While these types of projects can be fun in their own right, adding a story and humor to the lesson increases overall student engagement.

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PBL… Blended and eLearning – Part 1: Important Questions for the New School Year

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

It is back to school time 2020 for many of us in the United States and beyond. Regardless of your districts approach, now is a time to facilitate the student centered learning that Project Based Learning makes possible. PBL… Blended and eLearning – Part 1: Important Questions for the New School Year. Thanks so much.

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Deciding what matters: Authentic teaching through setting boundaries

The Cornerstone for Teachers

I’m talking with Gerardo Munoz, a teacher of middle and high school social studies in Denver. The sudden and rapid changes of the past year have illuminated the unsustainable practices of how we do school. The sudden and rapid changes of the past year have illuminated the unsustainable practices of how we do school.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

I thought for a good long while about how best to summarize this decade, and inspired by the folks at The Verge , who published a list of “ The 84 biggest flops, fails, and dead dreams of the decade in tech ,” I decided to do something similar: chronicle for you a decade of ed-tech failures and f**k-ups and flawed ideas. Good for you.

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