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How to Set Healthy Screen Time Habits: A Guide for Parents

Waterford

While older generations needed to learn how to use digital media, our children face a different task: managing and using screen time in healthy ways. Read on to learn all about types of screen time, how much screen time the experts recommend, and how to set healthy digital media habits at home. Sources : Sigman, A. Wartella, E.,

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3 Ways to Stress Less in Today’s Classroom

The CoolCatTeacher

Digital Equity: How to Understand The Problems Facing #Edtech. Dr. Desiree Alexander is an award-winning, multi-degreed educator who has been in the educational field since 2002. Join the conversation. Equity Programs in New York State. Dr. Desiree Alexander – Bio as Submitted. Learn more at www.educatoralexander.com.

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How to Focus on Conceptual Understanding While Practicing Student Thinking Skills: Simplifying Approaches to Teaching & Learning Series (Part 2)

100mentors

For the implementation of these Approaches in the classroom, we discussed how to improve students’ research skills through inquiry-based teaching. This second installment in our series addresses how to practice student thinking skills through teaching focused on conceptual understanding. Approaches to teaching and learning. Ohlsson, S.,

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How to focus on Conceptual Understanding while practicing learner Thinking Skills: Simplifying Approaches to Teaching & Learning Series (Part 2)

100mentors

For the implementation of these Approaches in the classroom, we discussed how to improve learners’ research skills through inquiry-based teaching. This second installment in our series addresses how to practice learner thinking skills through teaching focused on conceptual understanding. Teaching based on conceptual understanding”.

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Learning Styles: Fact or Fiction? What This Decades-Old Theory Can Teach Us

Waterford

Then, we’ll discuss how to best incorporate what the learning styles theory teaches about individualized learning in the classroom. How to Shift from Learning Styles to Differentiated Instruction. What is differentiated instruction and how does it differ from learning styles? Teaching of Psychology, June 2015, 42(3), pp.

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Tips and Strategies to Talk about Race in Class

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Example: Teach students how to critically evaluate media representations of race. By facilitating discussions and encouraging critical analysis, educators can equip students with the tools they need to navigate media thoughtfully and responsibly. Practical Steps: Use current events or media examples to facilitate critical discussions.

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From Testing to Transformational Change with Pam Moran

The CoolCatTeacher

They flipped to one-to-one sometime around 2002. How to Get Buy-in For Transformational Change from Teachers. In 2015, a national survey organization ranked Albemarle County Public Schools in the top five of all school divisions in Virginia and among the top two percent of all school divisions in the county.