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The First Days of the School Year: It’s About the Learners Not the Content

User Generated Education

Establish a learning community where all learners are seen as having value in our classroom Getting to Know Learners One of our primary goals at the beginning of the school year should be to get to know our students. 2009). ( Community Building in the Classroom ). This is important for several reasons.

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Embracing the Wall-less Classroom

Edsurge

In 2009, when I began my first of teaching, I taught in a school without walls. I was at Malcolm X Elementary School (MXES), an imposing cement box centrally located in Washington DC’s most violent and poorest neighborhood. Why did a wall-less classroom even exist? In the 1970’s there was a movement called Open Classrooms.

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The Most Popular Post in 2009.

The Web20Classroom

As 2009 comes to a close I wanted to take a look back and see what post did people visit the most. On Nov 18 we discussed how to motivate teachers to use more technology in the classroom. On Nov 18 we discussed how to motivate teachers to use more technology in the classroom. You Want Me To Use This In My Classroom?

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Characteristics of The 21st Century Teachers

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Collaboration transcends classroom boundaries, involving a myriad of stakeholders – colleagues, students, parents, and the broader educational community. In my experience, these connections don’t just bring new ideas and perspectives to the classroom; they also offer support and inspiration from a global teaching community.

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Engaging Students Right From the Start

User Generated Education

In normal times when students come to my classroom (I provide pull-out services for gifted elementary level kids), I get them doing hands-on activities within minutes of entering into my classroom. Many of my 3rd-6th grade students join my Google Meet class (used by our district) dragging in and saying they’re tired.

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Education Has a Three-Headed Crisis. Mental Health Is Only Part of It.

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Levels of empathy in youth fell by nearly half between 1979 and 2009. Source: Google Trends: “Empathy” search as of May 26, 2021. This requires many concurrent interventions : leadership buy-in; trauma-sensitive classroom practices; positive responses to challenging behaviors; restorative justice practices; policy changes (e.g.,

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Hindsight: How I *WISH* I had Supported Our Technology Rollout

Tech Helpful

Simon Sinek originally published his book Start with the Why in 2009. Our elementary school started with a rolling cart of iPads and we have slowly added more and more into the mix for use and a chromebook cart as well. How do we help teachers to see how to use these devices in their classrooms for transformed learning.