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Keyboarding Basics Part 1

Ask a Tech Teacher

Rogers (2003), including: Improvement in language arts. An overview of research says elementary and middle schoolage students are cognitively, emotionally, and physically capable of learning and excelling at keyboarding skills. Is elementary school too early—or too late? Zeitz, 2008. The key is introduce age-appropriate skills.

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Teaching Python: How Children Can Learn Python Programming

The CoolCatTeacher

She got started with integrating technology in the classroom in 2003 and dabbled with app design in File Maker and HTML. He has a bachelor’s and master’s degree in information systems from [Carnegie Mellon University]( [link] ) in Pittsburgh, PA. Kelly has a Masters in Curriculum, Instruction, and Technology.

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PROOF POINTS: Long-term college benefits from high-quality universal pre-K for all

The Hechinger Report

So far, a 2021 study of Boston’s universal pre-K program found that students who attended the city’s preschools between 1997 and 2003 were more likely to go to college immediately after high school. About 40 percent of the families took advantage of it and chose to send their children to a pre-K program at a public elementary school.

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OPINION: How can teachers help students grapple with the chaos surrounding us?

The Hechinger Report

No matter whether elementary teachers return to physical or virtual classrooms, this will be a year for the history books. Even kindergartners have plenty of questions about the presidential election, the pandemic and the movement to end systemic racism. They say college should not be a time for a lot of survey courses.

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Teacher Burnout- Symptoms, Causes, and Strategies to Prevent It

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Teacher burnout is an extremely common phenomenon that can have far-reaching consequences on both individuals as well as the larger educational system. Many studies explore the factors that can lead to teacher burnout such as lack of job satisfaction, stressors from the educational system, and having too many students in classrooms.

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A Stress Free Plan for Closing Out Your Classroom

The CoolCatTeacher

A simple system for getting the work done. She has published four books for teachers and has maintained The Cornerstone For Teachers blog since 2003. In today’s show, Angela Watson talks about the best way to close down your classroom at the end of the school year: Why taking things down too soon can cause behavior problems.

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

EdNews Daily

Being raised in a bilingual Finnish/English home and having attended elementary school in Finland for several months at a time, I chose to apply to teaching positions in my mother’s native country of Finland. In 2003-2004, I taught a first grade English immersion classroom for the City of Espoo’s Jalavapuisto elementary school.