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Today’s Classrooms Should Be About Flexible Teaching—Not Furniture

Edsurge

At the end of June a group of passionate, dedicated educators gathered for one of New Jersey’s last EdCamps of the 2017 school year. And how many elementary and middle schoolers do you see hanging out at Starbucks?) Whole-class novels morphed into book clubs. The conversation was underway when I walked in.

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Understanding The Deep Fake: A Troubling Trend

The CoolCatTeacher

In 2013-2015 he taught 4th and 5th grade STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) at Independence Elementary in Yukon Public Schools in Oklahoma. He is the author of several books on effectively using digital technologies to communicate and assess learning. Wesley completed his Ph.D.

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"Edcamp Style" PD- Personalizing teacher learning on a required PD day!

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Several of the elementary teachers at our school attended and many plan on attending again. On one day in August before the students came, and again in January of this year we set up Edcamp style PD days. On one day in August before the students came, and again in January of this year we set up Edcamp style PD days.

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Many Frustrated Teachers Say It’s Not Burnout — It’s Demoralization

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They were just coming in and sitting down, reluctantly opening up their books. Experts like Bowdoin College education chair Doris Santoro, author of the book “ Demoralized ,” define the concept in moral terms. She says she loved working in elementary school but the switch to middle school was tough. But I felt the same way.”

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Flipsnack: A fun way to make interactive online magazines #edtech

The CoolCatTeacher

So, if you can imagine reading a book on Kindle, the finished product you can actually flip through like a book. Only the … the difference between just a regular book and Flipsnack is that you can actually make the book interactive. It is an interactive flipbook creator. The students or the teachers or whatever.

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Math Teacher: 5 Principles of the Modern Mathematics Classroom

The CoolCatTeacher

Vicki: Well, Gerald, we do want to tell our listeners that you have a lot more detail in your book, right? Sounds like people are going to get the book, Five Principles of the Modern Mathematics Classroom. Gerald is currently a gifted support and makerspace teacher at Cheltenham Elementary School in suburban Philadelphia.

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Your Guide to Running a School Like Disney World

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At Mary Williams Elementary , we strive to create a similarly magical feeling. This was the rationale for starting teacher-centered Edcamps during professional development. We also host lunches, book clubs, and play minecraft and coding games with students, creating a sense of family and fun. Is it easy?

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