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

User Generated Education

autobiography- Download Link to the Google Doc – [link] Using a Hyperdoc such as this has the additional benefits: It leverages the use of technology which consistently is of high interest, high engagement for my learners. It is a Choice Board. 2010; Cowan, 2012; Lohr & Haley, 2018; Sadera et al.,

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How to Bring Back the Arts and Boost Academic Achievement Through STEAM Curriculum

Waterford

Did you know that music lessons can help students excel in STEM ? Over four million elementary school children receive no visual arts lessons in the classroom.[6] As an elementary teacher, it may seem tough to find time for art lessons when your school schedule is already filled with core subjects.

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VHS Learning Celebrates Twenty-Year Partnerships with Schools and Educational Consortiums

eSchool News

Department of Education Technology Innovation Challenge Grant. Catholic Independent Schools, Everett, Massachusetts, joined the VHS Learning network of partners in 2001. VHS Learning offers more than 250 unique online courses including 24 AP® offerings, innovative STEM and humanities programs, and a wide variety of unique electives.

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How one district went all-in on a tutoring program to catch kids up

The Hechinger Report

We compared tutoring to summer school, after school, extended day, technology and other things. A 2020 review of nearly 100 tutoring programs found that intensive tutoring was particularly helpful in reading during the early elementary years, and most effective in math for slightly older children. It’s just gotten worse.”.

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Merge Cube Mania in Middle School

The CoolCatTeacher

Engaging Kindergarteners with Technology: Augmented Reality, iPads, QR Codes and More. Technology is expensive. And so they basically were learning to use the technology themselves, which is what they’re going to have to do for the rest of their lives. Other Resources: Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality in the Classroom.

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Isn’t it time to stop Wikipedia shaming?

NeverEndingSearch

Since its launch in 2001, Wikipedia’s crowd-sourced authorship–its wikiness–has provoked debate relating to authority, despite the fact that many Wikipedia authors are topic experts and that a growing number of librarians and academics contribute by adding and editing references. Elementary think alouds.

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How One District Went All-in on a Tutoring Program to Catch Kids Up

MindShift

We compared tutoring to summer school, after school, extended day, technology and other things. A 2020 review of nearly 100 tutoring programs found that intensive tutoring was particularly helpful in reading during the early elementary years, and most effective in math for slightly older children. It’s just gotten worse.”.

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