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Inclusive Curriculum in Early Learning: Understanding the Research and Impact

Waterford

Money In this song, children learn how to identify pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters. 10 Astronauts Children learn about the number 10 in this song that takes place in outer space. “Mirrors, Windows, and Sliding Glass Doors” originally appeared in Perspectives: Choosing and Using Books for the Classroom.

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How to Make Classes More Active, and Why It Matters

Edsurge

Longtime professor Cathy Davidson is on a mission to promote the practice of active learning. It’s not just about test scores and whether people learn, she argues, but there’s an ethical issue that sometimes gets lost in discussions about teaching. It contains what are essentially recipes for various active-learning techniques.

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4 Awesome edtech solutions for making students fall in love with reading

Neo LMS

Americans spend an average of 17 minutes per day reading for personal interest; in 2003, the average reading time was 22 minutes. Less than 53% of American adults read at least one book for pleasure in 2019. Contrary to conventional wisdom, technology is a friend, not a foe of books and reading. Don’t give up!

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Keyboarding Basics Part 1

Ask a Tech Teacher

Keyboarding is a topic that most parents want their children to learn and many schools don’t have time to teach. Why learn keyboarding? Here–briefly–is a summation of the research: 1 Why Learn Keyboarding. Rogers (2003), including: Improvement in language arts. –Type to Learn, 1986.

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ISTE Certification 01

Dangerously Irrelevant

[ I decided to make some new investments in my own learning this semester. When we created the nation’s first graduate program designed to prepare a technology-savvy school administrator at the University of Minnesota (way back in 2003!) , ISTE was one of our most important partners in that work.

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How to Hold Effective Classroom Discussions

Waterford

As students discuss their perspectives with each other, they’ll not only solidify their understanding of a topic—they may learn to see it in a new light, too. To learn more about Think-Pair-Share, check out this resource from WETA Adolescent Literacy. Classroom discussions can be one of the best ways to boost student engagement.

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Modern Professional Learning: Connecting PLCs With PLNs

The CoolCatTeacher

Modern professional learning links the Professional Learning Community (PLC) with the Professional Learning Network (PLN). An Excerpt from Modern Professional Learning: Connecting PLC’s with PLN’s. The Professional Learning Community. ” But this isn’t a “book group.”