The Cornerstone for Teachers

JANUARY 14, 2024

It’s 8:28 am and you’re trying to make sure that the four chair bouncy bands around chairs are still with the correct four desks for those students who need to bounce their feet. Sandra comes into the classroom before you can step outside to greet her, and she immediately starts telling you all about her weekend as she hangs up her backpack.

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MIND Research Institute

DECEMBER 1, 2020

The education system is undergoing a huge shift in daily structures and processes as a result of the pandemic. Students and educators have been affected by the huge changes to daily life, including distancing from friends and wider support groups, and family members losing jobs or income. What is Social Emotional Learning?

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Shake Up Learning

AUGUST 17, 2021

The post Back to School with the 4 C’s [Aligned Activities]- SULS0123 appeared first on Shake Up Learning. The 4 C’s are foundational skills that students need to thrive in the 21st Century. How are you ensuring your students are tapping into the 4 C’s this school year? Listen to this article. .

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Buncee

JUNE 23, 2021

There are a lot of buzzwords in education right now, and some represent passing fads of the latest and greatest, but others are research-backed, proven, and here to stay. As stated on the Network for Educator Effectiveness (NEE) website, “NEE focuses on teaching practices that research shows have a large effect size.

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Graphite Blog

MARCH 12, 2021

This article was co-authored by Daniel Vargas-Campos. As we make the transition from distance learning back into the classroom, teachers are facing a whole new set of challenges related to students' social and emotional well-being and mental health. Consider how students' digital lives are changing.

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edWeb.net

APRIL 26, 2021

It’s been a rough year, especially for students. When schools begin to operate at fuller capacity post-COVID, they will need to nurture students more than ever. The Urgency and Value of SEL. SEL is much needed, emphasized by Pam Allyn, author, educator, and literacy advocate who founded LitWorld. “We’ve

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Students with learning differences (LD) often struggle in school. Peggy Stern, Founder and CEO of the research-based company, SuperDville, said in a recent edWebinar , sponsored by Learning Ally , that LD students can make academic strides with a strong sense of self. That doesn’t usually make a student feel good, and it causes stress!

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 22, 2017

This is part ten of my annual look at the year’s “ top ed-tech stories ” Perhaps it’s no surprise that there was so much talk this year about education, technology, and emotional health. I mean, 2017 really sucked, and we’re all feeling it. And “people” here certainly includes students.

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Shake Up Learning

AUGUST 3, 2021

The first piece of advice when starting to use choice boards is to know that not all choice boards are equal. Listen to this article. . The greatest advantages to this teaching method are the way in which it adds not just choice, but variety, differentiation, and especially student voice. Click To Tweet.

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Graphite Blog

JUNE 24, 2022

Subjects: Digital Citizenship, SEL, Media Literacy, Social Studies. Others see it as an unfair judgment of someone's character, or even the practice of censoring people whose opinions we don't agree with. In this lesson, you can help students consider where they stand. Grades: 8-12. What is cancel culture? 25 minutes).

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Edsurge

MARCH 21, 2017

This story is part of a series from EdSurge Research on how schools are redefining student success using MyWays , a framework created by Next Generation Learning Challenges (NGLC). EdSurge takes full responsibility for all editorial content. serves over 700 students across three campuses from Pre-K through eighth grade.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

JULY 11, 2021

This article is written by Truth for Teachers writer Francesca Rolley. . Since our switch from in-person to virtual and from copies to Chromebooks last year, these 7 digital tools have enabled me to facilitate accommodations , empower student engagement , and streamline assessment. Class Dojo.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

In my travels and conversations with educators from coast to coast, there is a resounding panic from teachers feeling unprepared and ill-equipped to support disengaged students. Scenario Two : Students have a hard time staying in class. This is part of the process of re-engaging students. Sleepers never prosper.

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Graphite Blog

AUGUST 24, 2021

Watching videos and interacting with visual media are engaging ways to help students learn. And of course, how can I help my students learn as much as possible from movies and videos? The tips and suggestions in this article are here to help you. Use movies and videos to enhance students' learning.

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edWeb.net

JANUARY 2, 2020

Now that online games have become so popular among K-12 students, school and district administrators can use gamification techniques to create a positive school climate and encourage positive behavior by individual students who have differing needs. Gamifying PBIS.

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Graphite Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

It's more important than ever to have these tough conversations with our students. But the thought of you and your students discussing race is much scarier to white supremacists. But the thought of you and your students discussing race is much scarier to white supremacists. Here are eight ways to make a difference.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

And tomorrow is the last day to purchase the all-access Summit "library" pass at $99, allowing you to be able to watch any of the 300 talks and interviews on your own time and forever. Purchase the all-access pass and you can give one copy of the all-access Summit library pass to someone else as a gift.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

This is an important moment for education , and the Summit has been (and will continue to be) an incredible opportunity to think together about how to move forward in a time when students, parents, teachers, administrators, librarians, and others have found their normal school lives disrupted. See all of the 190 speakers here.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

For the past ten years, I have written a lengthy year-end series, documenting some of the dominant narratives and trends in education technology. Oh yes, I’m sure you can come up with some rousing successes and some triumphant moments that made you thrilled about the 2010s and that give you hope for “the future of education.”

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Graphite Blog

DECEMBER 21, 2016

In 2016 the Common Sense Education editorial staff evaluated close to 170 apps, games, and websites for learning potential and classroom implementation. This year (as in years past) there are some very innovative tools on this list. Arts and SEL: Gone Home. Price: Free; Platform: Web; Grades: 1–6. ELA: CommonLit.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

APRIL 18, 2021

And most importantly, how can you be sure you’re showing up as the person your students need you to be? Pandemic teaching is changing our self-identity and teaching practices. The sudden and rapid changes of the past year have illuminated the unsustainable practices of how we do school. Recap and Big Ideas.

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NeverEndingSearch

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

It’s a search tool. Then, we were all about changing the world. In terms of politics we are polarized. And sometimes we do not bother talking to each other. Ironically, while we have access to more information than ever before, we may see fewer perspectives in our search results.

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