Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 7, 2018

Founded in 2002 by graduates of the Yale School of Management, Veritas Prep offers live classroom prep courses, interactive online courses, on-demand classes, and private SAT tutoring sessions. See my full review here. Veritas Prep. Veritas Prep is the world’s largest provider of test prep and admissions consulting services.

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Waterford

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Classrooms in the United States are more diverse—culturally and linguistically—than ever before.[15] Culturally responsive teaching encompasses little steps like adding diverse books in your classroom library , as well as larger ones like adjusting your curriculum to include voices from marginalized communities.

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100mentors

OCTOBER 8, 2019

This post is part of a 6-part series highlighting how we, as IB teachers, can bring Approaches to Teaching to our classroom and challenge students to engage in Approaches to Learning. For the implementation of these Approaches in the classroom, we discussed how to improve students’ research skills through inquiry-based teaching.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 19, 2023

As a teacher committed to improving teaching and improving our professional development, I'm thrilled to share this conversation about how professional development can and is improving. Subscribe to the Show Anywhere You Listen to Podcasts This week's sponsor Modern Classrooms will help you teach better today! You’ll be glad you did.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

On the opposite side is Erthal (2002) who found that third graders do not possess the manual dexterity required for keyboarding, and Hopkins (1998) who considered fourth grade an appropriate age for the commencement of formal keyboarding. when students are expected to use classroom computers.

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100mentors

OCTOBER 8, 2019

This post is part of a 6-part series highlighting how we, as IB teachers, can bring Approaches to Teaching to our classroom and challenge learners to engage in Approaches to Learning. For the implementation of these Approaches in the classroom, we discussed how to improve learners’ research skills through inquiry-based teaching.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

The first thing students do when they enter my classroom makes a big difference. A 2002 study found that telephones, desks, water fountain handles, microwave door handles, and computer keyboards are the most bacteria-laden culprits in our workplaces today. Remember they should also use it when they leave the classroom.

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EdTechTeacher

AUGUST 15, 2023

He argued that as a society we have increasingly failed to teach people how to navigate the responsibilities that are baked into democracy and as a result this lack of skills has led to the collapse of the moderate center of our society and triggered a desperate shift to right-wing populism. Conducting a Civil Conversation in the Classroom.”

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Jon Bergmann, author of the Mastery Learning Handbook talks about how he uses mastery learning in his chemistry and physics classrooms. Jon Bergmann is one of the pioneers of the Flipped Classroom. He is a frequent keynote speaker who challenges and inspires audiences with stories and real-life examples from his classroom.

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Edsurge

JULY 25, 2018

In the fall of 2002, the Oakland Athletics shattered a 55-year-old record with twenty consecutive games won. When we set out to design an engaging kickball unit for our middle school students, we asked ourselves how we could learn from the 2002 A’s. By applying rich data analysis to the sport, a practice known as sabermetrics.

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Edthena

JULY 6, 2023

In planning for a robust rollout process, you must examine how you define proficiency, differentiate resources, and provide accessible learning opportunities. Step 3: Sustain Support Users learn at different rates, and new students and staff will need to be brought up to speed on how to use the tool as well.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 17, 2023

Because administrators, policy-makers, students, parents, and community members all play key roles in how society values the work of teachers, positive interactions become critical. For this reason, relational trust is a key factor within the learning environment to have engagement and success (Bryk & Schneider, 2002; Bryk et al.,

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MIND Research Institute

JANUARY 26, 2021

Research investigating how such fear develops suggests that a lack of motivational or cognitive support paired with a high demand for correctness from the teacher can lead to students avoiding math probably because they want to avoid showing incompetence in class (Ashcraft, 2002; Turner et al., Summary of Efficacy. 2014, 2019).

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 23, 2018

If you want to know how to get the most out of ISTE, check out this podcast I did last year with Terry Freedman from the UK. It’s more important than ever to teach kids how to read news critically. Last year, their classroom of the future was really cool but this year, they are leveling it up. Booth 2002. Location: W196C.

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Neo LMS

APRIL 12, 2018

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. There are differing opinions as to the usefulness, as well as wisdom, of teaching very young students with digital technology. 1st Grade digital PBL: a case study.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

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. What’s needed, according to experts, is a focus on media literacy education in classrooms—starting as early as third or fourth grade. “We

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 6, 2018

Researchers are gaining a better understanding of how people learn—both what works and what doesn’t go so well—in the classroom. How old is she now? She'd walk into the classroom, and the poor teacher wouldn't know what to do because the kids walked in knowing Spanish. In 2002 MIT put our courses up on OpenCourseWare.

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Waterford

OCTOBER 30, 2019

Then, we’ll discuss how to best incorporate what the learning styles theory teaches about individualized learning in the classroom. One of the biggest barriers to studying different learning styles in the classroom is that they are hard to reliably measure.[3] How to Shift from Learning Styles to Differentiated Instruction.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

AUGUST 23, 2023

Example: Before initiating a conversation about race, discuss and agree on classroom rules such as not interrupting others, using respectful language, and keeping shared information confidential. ” ask, “What are your thoughts on segregation, and how do you think it affected different communities?

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

But the increasingly sophisticated technologies that people have come to rely on should not absolve personal responsibility for learning how to spell, write or communicate, says Dave Eggers. And their growing presence in the classroom is especially cause for concern. “I What’s it about—and why “Unnecessarily Beautiful?”

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Waterford

OCTOBER 1, 2019

However, it also means that anything you do to stay on top of educational science and bring it to the classroom contributes to the use of brain-based learning with your students. How can you get started with brain-based learning? Why put in the effort to research brain-based curriculum and use it in your classroom?

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 4, 2019

The Research About Keeping Teachers First, let’s dive into some research about how to help teachers thrive (and not quit teaching.) Beginners in the classroom. What are you to your classroom? I believe a school can have hallways and classrooms full of amazing teachers. We have to do better. 32) Ingersoll, R.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

webinars, workshops, and summits, part of the LearningRevolution.com family: Library 2.0 , The Future of Education , ReinventingSchool.com , Classroom 2.0 , and TeacherLibrarian.org. AWKWARD CONVERSATIONS: HOW TO HANDLE DIFFICULT DISCUSSIONS WITH PATRONS (LIBRARY 2.0) More details below. HELPING STUDENTS TO WIN AT SCHOOL (AND LIFE!):

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Edsurge

JUNE 4, 2019

A growing movement in higher education seeks to bring “critical digital pedagogy” to college classrooms. So we invited two proponents of the approach to explain what it is and how to put it into practice. In some ways it's about showing them the Matrix code behind education, letting [students] see how education works."

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Education Superhighway

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

Department of Education’s most recent study of the topic, the percentage of public school districts whose high school students took distance learning courses rose from 30 percent in 2002 to 53 percent in 2010. To answer that, let’s first consider how the conversation originally picked up steam. Budget Cuts and Changing Classrooms.

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Edsurge

JULY 30, 2018

One of the most-cited versions of the critique is the 2002 book “ The McDonaldization of Higher Education ,” by Dennis Hayes and Robin Wynyard. He calls this the“McDonaldization paradox”—that measures installed to improve education instead become inhibitors to creativity in classrooms. But Hayes stressed that he’s not against tech.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 18, 2017

And so some researchers, such as Mills’s coauthor Sidney D’Mello of the University of Notre Dame, are interested in figuring out how to detect students’ emotions from their keystrokes and then finding ways to help spark interest or sharpen focus. Often, students are bored or unmotivated. But graduate students?

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Included in the resources is a collaborative activity encouraging civic engagement and self-reflection that demonstrates for students how to map out good deed goals. Accompanying digital materials created by Discovery Education’s expert curriculum and content designers help educators integrate the virtual experience into any lesson plan.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

webinars, workshops, and summits, part of the LearningRevolution.com family: Library 2.0 , The Future of Education , ReinventingSchool.com , Classroom 2.0 , and TeacherLibrarian.org. AWKWARD CONVERSATIONS: HOW TO HANDLE DIFFICULT DISCUSSIONS WITH PATRONS (LIBRARY 2.0) More details below. By the end of this webinar, you will.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2019

The government’s overall appropriation of funds for special education preschool programs has varied by year, but generally decreased between 2002 and 2015 , from $390 million to $353 million, before getting a slight bump to about $368 million in 2016 and 2017. There is also wide variability within pre-K programs. Are you ready for speech?”

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myViewBoard

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Learn how it happened and how it will affect educators. The impact of Flash on education and the classroom. If a teacher has ever done any photo editing, stream a video online, or played an internet game in the classroom, they have used Adobe. How to avoid the Flash landmine in your classroom? .

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TeachThought - Learn better.

APRIL 3, 2015

In this model (see Figure 3.1), responsibility for the use of a strategy gradually transfers from the teacher to the student through five stages (Duke & Pearson, 2002, pp. 208–210): An explicit description of the strategy and when and how it should be used. Duke & Pearson, 2002).

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Insight Education Group

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Teachers who feel supported “become more self-actualized to plan and teach more than their counterparts, and are therefore more effective” ( Merton, 1948 ; Hoy, Sweetland, & Smith, 2002 ; Shaughnessy, 2004 ). So, how do we increase and retain diversity in our teaching force?

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EdTechTeam

AUGUST 24, 2018

Many teachers in the classroom did not grow up in the digital age. Their website is easy to navigate and gives students and teachers voice and choice in how to learn and share their knowledge for each lesson. This blog post takes you through how to make your first Applied Digital Skills class. Jennifer Cauthers.

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Nik Peachey

JULY 31, 2014

Moodle has been around now since 2002 and research carried out in 2013 showed that more than 7.3 Understanding the instructional design potential of an online platform and how to structure materials so that students progress through an online environment requires training and experience.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

FEBRUARY 21, 2013

In the preface to Motion Leadership in Action he writes: This book builds on work we have been doing in the past decade on "whole-system reform" -- how to improve classrooms and schools on a systemwide basis. Over the course of this work I have identified four "wrong" and four "right" policy drivers.

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Learning with 'e's

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

I went on to suggest that teachers needed to modify their classroom management, curriculum design, resources development, assessment and evaluation methods and communication techniques, if they were to remain effective and responsive practitioners. The Digital Classroom: Harnessing the Power of Technology for Learning and Teaching.

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