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How to Make Classes More Active, and Why It Matters

Edsurge

The latest book she co-authored—“The New College Classroom”—is a surprisingly lively read for a how-to book on teaching. One active learning technique she cites in the book, for instance, was devised by Samuel Delany, who was also a renowned science fiction author. Active learning wins. How does that work? It's a great one.

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ISTE Certification 01

Dangerously Irrelevant

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. We meet face-to-face every few weeks and also engage together in a number of asynchronous learning activities.

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Passionate About Second Language Acquisition: Meet Inkeri, English Teacher at 51Talk

EdNews Daily

In 2003-2004, I taught a first grade English immersion classroom for the City of Espoo’s Jalavapuisto elementary school. Depending on student bookings, I typically teach until 10 or 11 am. Along with words of praise, I provide recommendations to each student for aspects of the lesson to practice outside of class.

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Inclusive Curriculum in Early Learning: Understanding the Research and Impact

Waterford

Learn more about how Waterford’s curriculum can help students see themselves reflected in lessons and consider life from their classmates’ points of view, with an adaptive software that meets every student where they are for personalized support. References 1. Noguera, P. Bishop, Rudine Sims. The Ohio State University.

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Modern Professional Learning: Connecting PLCs With PLNs

The CoolCatTeacher

Typically a Professional Learning Community is “a group of educators that meets regularly, shares expertise, and works collaboratively to improve teaching skills and the academic performance of students.” ” But this isn’t a “book group.” ” (Huffman and Hipp 2003). .”

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Why Do Some Schools Get Better Quickly and Others Get Stuck?

Edsurge

He has compiled his thinking on the issue into a new book, “ Iterate: The Secret to Innovation in Schools. ” We had this intranet server service called FirstClass that kind of did in 2003 just about everything that Google for Education does now. Teachers sort of have two spaces that they learn.

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The 9 Qualities of A Good Teacher

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

And since September 2003 the first time I stepped into a classroom as a teacher, a lot of things have changed in the field. Several scholars and educators have profusely discussed these characteristics and some of these discussions have even made it into peer reviewed academic journals and books.