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Raising the Smart Classroom’s IQ – By Dr. Paul Fornelli

ViewSonic Education

For example, at many post-secondary institutions, a teaching space is considered to be a Smart Classroom if it merely comes equipped with nothing more than a microphone, computer, video projector. To be clear, this example is not meant to be an indictment of LMS outsourcing. and whiteboard.

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How Teaching Should Change, According to a Nobel-Prize-Winning Physicist

Edsurge

After Carl Wieman won the Nobel Prize for physics in 2001 for, as he puts it, “shining lasers on atoms” in a new way that gave experimental proof to a theory by Albert Einstein, Wieman decided to shift his research focus. And the coursework, I never felt I learned terribly much from any of my classes, but it was very much secondary.

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Kids Use Play To Communicate. Here’s Why Adults Need To Pay Attention.

Edsurge

12, 2001, the day after the attacks on the United States known as 9/11. For example, many of the children that I have worked with over the years in Chicago and Baltimore have had first and secondary experiences with gun violence. From there we can begin to figure out how we can best serve their specific needs.

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Culturally Responsive Teaching: Tips and Strategies for Educators

Waterford

For example, most teachers understand that having a culturally responsive classroom is important but lack strategies to implement it.[14] As an example, non-white students are disproportionately assigned to special education classes, in part because teachers do not understand their differing cultural values or background.[3].

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Improving Social-Emotional and Reading Skills

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Recent research has shown that SEL increases high school graduation rates, and post-secondary enrollment and graduation rates, as well as employment rates and wages. 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.

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

The CoolCatTeacher

Progress through the teacher pipeline: 1992–93 college graduates and elementary/ secondary school teaching as of 1997. Hear about online mentorship for admin For example, last year, I interviewed veteran teacher Stephanie Goldman and first-year teacher Lindsay George who used Google Drive to collaborate. Geis, S., & Knepper, P.

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Why ‘Black Box’ Software Isn’t Ready to Teach College

Edsurge

Thille: The Open Learning Initiative, which is the project that I founded at Carnegie Mellon, started with a desire from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation to get access to high-quality post-secondary education to those who would not otherwise have access. That was way back in 2001. Like textbooks—that's a classic example.