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Vision Boards: Start the Year with a Visual Goal Setting Exercise

Catlin Tucker

I found the exercise powerful. When you articulate the “why” or value of a vision board for your students, explain that the mental practice of visualizing has been shown to positively impact motivation, confidence, and physical ability (Ranganathan, Siemionow, Liu, Sahgal & Yue , 2004 ). Creating a Vision Board.

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Powerful Learning is Personal and Accessible

Digital Promise

Students’ physical well-being, including nutrition, sleep, and exercise, can impact their ability to learn, and these needs must be met both at home and at school. Students cannot learn if they do not feel physically and emotionally safe. Additionally, research shows that people learn best when they feel safe and connected. Vansteenkiste, M.,

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When Learning Goes Nomadic

Edsurge

The edtech seminar I'm teaching this semester recently explored the post-desktop world, and to get students thinking about the differences, I began with a quick exercise, asking them to rearrange the classroom into old-school rows. How does higher education use mobile technology to teach? Hierarchy reasserted itself.

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Rave Mobile Safety Launches Rave Collaborate for Tactical Incident Collaboration

eSchool News

Safety is a collaborative exercise, and responding to any situation requires immediate notification, decisive action and coordinated response,” said Todd Piett, CEO, Rave Mobile Safety. Founded in 2004, Rave’s award-winning software solutions are backed by leading growth equity firm TCV.

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How to Transition from Summer Break to the First Days of School

Waterford

Back to school crafts, get-to-know-you activities, and team building exercises are all great ways to encourage a friendly classroom environment. Kappa Delta Pi Record, 2004, 40(3), pp. One of the most common predictors of difficulties for students in transitioning back to school life is a lack of friends.[2] Hernandez, S., McClure, L.

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Preventing the Math Summer Slide

Digital Promise

Procedural fluency is solidified by exercising those concepts and topics, so students are primed and ready to move forward in mathematics from the very beginning of the school year. It provides an environment in which mathematics is intrinsic to crafting activities that resemble real-world application of mathematical understanding.

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How flawed IQ tests prevent kids from getting help in school

The Hechinger Report

The critiques prompted the federal government to change course in 2004, as part of reauthorizing the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, strongly recommending that states consider alternatives to looking at the gap between intelligence and achievement scores when determining if a child has a learning disability.