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How to Boost Family Involvement through Parent-Teacher Conferences

Waterford

Before you know it, parent-teacher conferences are right around the corner. It’s easy to let the conference season catch us by surprise, but did you know that parent-teacher conferences are one of the best ways to boost parent engagement? Encouraging Parental Involvement Before Conference Season. Areas for improvement.

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Classroom prizes and grants available!

Educational Technology Guy

Project Tomorrow is celebrating Speak Up America Week 2014 this week with opportunities for schools and classrooms to win prizes and grants by participating in this year''s Speak Up surveys. One of last year’s winners reported back, “I have been participating in the Speak Up survey ever since it started [in 2003].

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How can teachers use VR in the classroom?

Neo LMS

If you are as old as I am then you will remember the thrill of watching your teacher wheel the TV trolley into the classroom. How can teachers use VR in the classroom. The cardboard goggles when combined with an Android phone, preloaded with any of Google’s Cardboard apps, are a simple way to bring classroom lessons to life.

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Math Problems that Unlock Student Thinking

The CoolCatTeacher

He created the #ObserveMe movement, wrote the book Open Middle Math is president of Grassroots Workshops and co-founder of the website [link].

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4 Ways to Cultivate Motivation in Your Students

The CoolCatTeacher

You can even coordinate volunteer schedules, donations, and parent-teacher conferences. I’m using Bloomz in my classroom. Larry gives examples with cognitive choice as it relates to homework and classroom learning. Larry Ferlazzo relates Professor Carol Dweck’s research about how we give feedback in the classroom.

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The Greatest Lesson I Learned As a New Teacher Was the Power of Saying "I'm Sorry"

Edsurge

I instantly recalled my interactions with his mother and connecting during parent-teacher conferences. At that moment, I also thought about my early years in the classroom and became engulfed with a mix of emotions, shame being chief among them. “I She held high expectations not only for her son but his teachers, as well.

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A Glimpse Into What's Possible

A Principal's Reflections

I''m inspired by how they are pushing the edges of learning and embracing new approaches in the classroom. As we walked the hallways, entered classrooms and visited the cafeteria it occurred to us that there was something unique about New Milford High School. Albrecht (2003) borrows two terms from physics - Entropy and Syntropy.

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