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How to Differentiate Instruction in Elementary Math

The CoolCatTeacher

Carol Ann Tomlinson, an expert on the topic, gives an overview of how to differentiate math instruction with younger students. . Carol is the author of over 300 books, book chapters, articles, and other educational materials. The free differentiation tool to help students level up and learn. eSpark is free forever for teachers.

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Keyboarding Basics Part 1

Ask a Tech Teacher

We are taking the next two weeks–two articles–to answer the questions that should help you as a teacher or administrator decide what type of keyboarding program is best for your school. Week 1 (this article). How important is teacher knowledge of teaching keyboarding? Zeitz, 2008. Why learn keyboarding?

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The Problem With Zeros

A Principal's Reflections

This not only reflects grading as punishment but also creates a hole that students cannot dig out of (Guskey, 2000; Reeves, 2004; Reeves, 2008; O'Conner and Wormeli, 2011). For some practical alternatives to dishing out zeros check out the latter portion of the article by Norrell titled Less Than Zero. Guskey, T. O'Connor, K.

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9 Tips Every Teacher should Know about Google Scholar

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Besides searching for academic literature such as journal articles, peer-reviewed papers, books, reports.etc, Google Scholar also enables you to create your personal library where you can save and organize your materials. Here is how to create an alter in Google Scholar. To learn more about Google Scholar, check out its Help page.

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Foreign Language Classes are Becoming More Scarce

Digital Promise

This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. Of all the skills that a person could have in today’s globalized world, few serve individuals – and the larger society – as well as knowing how to speak another language. Read the original article.

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Are We On Track? Part 2

Doug Levin

I revisited the central prediction of the first edition of Disrupting Class (2008), which was that the growth in computer-based delivery of education will accelerate swiftly until, by 2019, half of all high school classes will be taught over the Internet. For those without access to the original text, the Summer 2008 edition (Vol.

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Culture of Trust is Key for School Safety

Digital Promise

This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. We continued to observe the high school in the 2000s, returning for intensive fieldwork in 2008 after we learned the school had a new principal. This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article.

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