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How to Compare and Contrast Authentically

Ask a Tech Teacher

To students, knowing how to ‘compare and contrast’ sounds academic, not real world, but we teachers know most of life is choosing between options. Compare-contrast is an organic skill that will become part of their life skills toolkit, once they understand how to use it. The better adults are at this, the more they thrive.

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How to Empower Teachers

The CoolCatTeacher

In addition to being a full-time principal, Evan speaks across the country on leadership, how to improve literacy in schools, the digital principal, social media, how to involve all staff in goal setting, how to organize effective work teams, and the impact of culture and positivity on work.

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How to Improve Checks for Understanding

A Principal's Reflections

Image credit Checking for understanding consists of specific points during the lesson or task when the teacher checks to see if the students understand the concept or steps and how to enact them to achieve the target. Hattie and Timperley (2007) identified these phases as feed-up, feedback, and feed-forward.

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Balance Instruction and Feedback with Blended Learning

Catlin Tucker

Hattie’s and Timperley’s (2007) research on feedback identified it as having a significant impact on student achievement and learning. The challenge for teachers is figuring out how to create the time and space necessary to prioritize feedback. Ultimately, feedback is how students feel seen and supported in a class.

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Tech Tip #97: Speed up MSO with Quick Access Toolbar

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In these 169 tech-centric situations, you get an overview of pedagogy—the tech topics most important to your teaching—as well as practical strategies to address most classroom tech situations, how to scaffold these to learning, and where they provide the subtext to daily tech-infused education. How do I make that easier?

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Tech Tip #97: Speed up MSO with Quick Access Toolbar

Ask a Tech Teacher

In these 169 tech-centric situations, you get an overview of pedagogy—the tech topics most important to your teaching—as well as practical strategies to address most classroom tech situations, how to scaffold these to learning, and where they provide the subtext to daily tech-infused education. How do I make that easier?

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Why Music Education Is More Than Learning How to Play

Edsurge

Did you pick up an instrument—say, a recorder or violin, and learn how to play the scale and simple melodies? It’s a window into other disciplines—and life skills—and teaches you how to learn and get along. Contrary to what the name might suggest, it’s not about learning how to rock, or play music in general.

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