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How to Hold Effective Classroom Discussions

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To learn more about Think-Pair-Share, check out this resource from WETA Adolescent Literacy. Use this resource from Facing History and Ourselves to learn about socratic seminars in greater depth. This Edutopia article by educator Richard Curwin is a great resource for learning more about lightning rounds. December, 2013.

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5 Tips To Improve Your Teaching And Boost Your Career

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Take advantage of technological and online resources. There are countless teaching resources out there, and they’re more available than ever thanks to the internet—so take advantage! There are tons of resources and blog posts to help you out. Minneapolis: Free Spirit Publishing, 2013. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2003.

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Chinese New Year- What Animal Am I?

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

1929, 1941, 1953, 1965, 1977, 1989, 2001, 2013, 2025), you are likely to have these traits: thoughtfulness and a profound sense of decision making, you mean what you say, a smart communicator, "you always have the facts to defend your what you think—and rarely back down." If you were born in the Dragon year (e.g.,1928,

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U.S. K-12 Educational Technology Policy: Historical Notes on the Federal Role

Doug Levin

Dear Colleague Letter: Resource Comparability , which emphases technology-related equity issues (October 2014). FY 2003 $700,500,000. FY 2013 $0. The Effectiveness of Educational Technology: Issues and Recommendations for the National Study (Mathematica Policy Research, 2003). ” FY 2012 $0. FY 2014 $0. FY 2015 $0.

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What Your School Needs to Know About Trauma-Informed Practices

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3] These practices help educators understand how to help a child with trauma and refer them to appropriate resources. Children & Schools, April 2013, 35(2), pp. Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 2003, 12(2), pp. An Ecological Perspective on Emerging Trauma-Informed Teaching Practices. Walkley, M.,

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A New Social Science? Statistics Outgrowing Other STEM Fields

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Statistics Outgrows All Other STEM Fields From 2010-2013. Degree categories with a minimum of 200 completions in 2013 were included in the analysis. The ASA analysis showed undergraduate statistics degrees nearly doubled (95% growth rate) during the period spanning 2010 to 2013. Increase # of 2013.

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Can You Be a ‘Good Teacher’ Inside a Failing School?

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In 2013, local news reports named the area the third most violent zip code in America. Carl Brownlee By “doing his best” Brownlee means constantly learning, often looking for resources outside of the district for support. The neighborhood outside of Fisher Magnet Upper Academy. Fisher Magnet Upper Academy.

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