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Maker-Enhanced Writing Workshop: Character Development

User Generated Education

This month I started a maker-enhanced writing workshop with a group of gifted 3rd through 6th grade students. Common Core State Standards – ELA. We provide virtual classroom spaces on our site, as well as student workbooks, Common Core-aligned curricula, and free motivational materials ( [link] ).

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How to boost math skills in the early grades

The Hechinger Report

Small-group math work at Prairie Oak Elementary in Berwyn North School District 98 where, two years ago, just 14 percent of third-graders were able to do grade-level math. Turning this around isn’t something you can do during a couple of workshops,” said Ayala. Photo: Sarah Gonser for The Hechinger Report. BERWYN, Ill. —

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What the research says about the best way to engage parents

The Hechinger Report

Soft instrumental music played in the background as families walked into the gym at Laurene Edmondson Elementary School around 5:30 in the evening. In January, adults could attend two 30-minute workshops on everything from how to set limits to understanding trauma — topics the parents had suggested themselves. “I LOVELAND, Colo.

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iPads in Students' Hands

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This was our first year with iPads in the elementary classrooms, purchased with Title funding. Using the iPad with Common Core & 21st Century thinking There''s an app that I found called Painting with Time , where you look at the same thing over increments of time.

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How to Boost Math Skills in the Early Grades

MindShift

“Turning this around isn’t something you can do during a couple of workshops,” said Ayala. This connected closely to the common core mandate that children learn to discuss their thinking about math problems, and to approach problem-solving in a variety of ways, rather than simply producing the correct answer.

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Part 2: STEM, STEAM, Makers: Over 40 Amazing STEM Resources

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

Are you looking for a practical and affordable professional development workshop for your school or conference? I have delivered hundreds of workshops and presentations. Scratch is a project of the Lifelong Kindergarten Group at the MIT Media Lab. Booking Info – It is time to think about your school or conference needs.

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How a Chinatown school is trying to bring more diversity to theater

The Hechinger Report

Asians were also the group least likely to be cast in roles that did not call for a specific race. Around 2009, Lee learned about the Junior Theater Festival (JTF) in Atlanta, where students from across the country gather for three days to compete, take workshops and nerd out over musical theater. percent of the U.S.

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