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3 Ways to Stress Less in Today’s Classroom

The CoolCatTeacher

5 practical lessons for elementary classroom inclusion. 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. Listen to the show on Apple Podcasts or Stitcher. Stream by clicking here.

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1st Grade digital PBL: Does it work?

Neo LMS

In my previous blog on the subject , we explored some of the better online resources for the elementary school teacher hoping to blend their elementary school classroom. Why is digital PBL so rare in foundational and elementary phases? 1st Grade digital PBL: a case study. Why is that, indeed?

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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. We Make It Controversial”: Elementary Preservice Teachers’ Beliefs about Race. Complicated Conversations: Exploring Race and Ideology in an Elementary Classroom. Encourage students to analyze and question what they see. link] Bernal, D. Morris, J.

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The in-school push to fight misinformation from the outside world

The Hechinger Report

As misleading news reports, misinformation and false data spread throughout the world, students of all ages need better instruction on how to assess media and data. Launched in 2017, Calling BS became an instant hit at the University of Washington; it fills its 150-student capacity quickly each year.

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Preschool for children with disabilities works, but federal funding for it is plummeting

The Hechinger Report

Dysart Unified’s preschool program for students with disabilities , which is offered at each of its elementary schools and staffed with teams of teachers, therapists and paraprofessionals, has become a model for Arizona. Many of them, because of the level of funding, just don’t know how to make that happen.

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@Quizizz : Say Goodbye to Worksheets and Crosswords

The CoolCatTeacher

Listen to Jennifer Gonzalez talk about 5 tech tools every educator should try in 2017. Under Jon’s Leadership, and with his CUE Professional Learning Team, CUE PL has trained over 32,000 teachers in 2015-2017. So I taught my kids how to self-correct. I hope you enjoy this episode with Jon Corippo! Quizlet Live.

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Immigrants learned English in half the time when they were held back in third grade

The Hechinger Report

The hope is that if kids can become proficient in reading early on, they’ll be much more likely to succeed in all of their subjects, from science to social studies, because students need to know how to read to learn the material. Related: Research suggests repeating elementary school grades — even kindergarten — is harmful.