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Keyboarding Basics Part 1

Ask a Tech Teacher

An overview of research says elementary and middle schoolage students are cognitively, emotionally, and physically capable of learning and excelling at keyboarding skills. Is elementary school too early—or too late? This conclusion was reinforced by Feutz (2001). 3 How important is teacher knowledge of teaching keyboarding?

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The First Days of the School Year: It’s About the Learners Not the Content

User Generated Education

Creating a School Community ) I’ve written several blog posts about team building activities I’ve used with my elementary students and often use again with them as (1) they really like the activities, and (2) there is almost always more to learn even in repeat activities. 2009). ( Community Building in the Classroom ).

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Merge Cube Mania in Middle School

The CoolCatTeacher

Karen Bosch on episode 288 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Karen Bosch explains why Merge Cubes are so hot, how they are being used in classrooms, and how she’s using them to build critical thinking and creativity in her school. We can do that.”.

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8 Ways to Help New Teachers Thrive (and Veteran Teachers Too!)

The CoolCatTeacher

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Immediately, we can start to help new teachers and help each other in the process. The research gives us some insight into how each of us can help other teachers thrive. How will you help new teachers? How will you help other teaches?

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The ultimate guide to Bloom’s Taxonomy

Linways Technologies

In 2001 the Bloom’s taxonomy was revised by putting together a series of more dynamic concepts for the classification system by a team of. We will go over the six levels of cognition once and will get on to more details over each one of them in our upcoming blogs. elementary modules to draw connections between ideas and utilize.

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Isn’t it time to stop Wikipedia shaming?

NeverEndingSearch

What we noticed across the grades levels, from grades 4 through graduate school, was a progression of thinking, some hidden behaviors, and a bit of resentment about how parents, teachers and librarians address Wikipedia as a resource. Elementary think alouds. Wikipedia think aloud observations. Note the binary approach.

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Improving Social-Emotional and Reading Skills

edWeb.net

SEL also decreases behavioral issues, dropout rates, drug use, and teen pregnancy, so the advantages of including it in elementary and secondary classes are clear. Since 2001, we have partnered with schools and districts to accelerate literacy growth for all students with our flagship PRO platform for differentiated literacy instruction.