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How to Encourage Girls in Your Classroom to Get Involved in STEM

Waterford

If one-on-one mentors aren’t possible, group mentors can also be effective.[14]. Education Week, June 2009, 28(35), pp. How To Get Young Girls Excited About A Career In STEM. Retrieved from forbes.com: forbes.com/sites/biancabarratt/2019/01/25/how-to-get-young-girls-excited-about-a-career-in-stem/#439b40cb5601.

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Why Teacher Self-Care Matters and How to Practice Self-Care in Your School

Waterford

Read on to discover what self-care is, why it’s important for educators, and how to bring it into your daily life as well as into your school. By taking small steps every day and figuring out how to take care of yourself, you can cultivate health and well-being. Public Health, 123(11), November 2009, pp. What is Self-Care?

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Self-Regulation in Blended Learning Environments

Catlin Tucker

In classrooms where students are told what to do and how to do each task, they may not have the opportunity to develop the initiative, resourcefulness, and persistence needed to develop their ability to self-regulate (Zimmerman & Moylan, 2009). My focus is positioning the student as an active agent at the center of learning.

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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. Not enough time to learn how to use a new tool.

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The Skinny on Hashtags

A Principal's Reflections

Upon getting on Twitter in 2009, I was not only baffled about how to use the social media site but also about all the symbols associated with it. Even if your hashtag contains multiple words, group them all together. Educate your stakeholders on the why, how, and what, as it relates to hashtags.

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Engaging Students Right From the Start

User Generated Education

To gain students’ attention, class might begin by using multi-media, hands-on activities, surprising events, humor, or appealing to students’ emotions (Davis, 2009) ( A Starter Activity to Begin Any Class ). The group has to guess which statements are true and which statement is the lie. Two Truths and a Fib. Rebus Puzzles.

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SLIDE: data, interactive tools, and an equity wake-up call (Part 1)

NeverEndingSearch

Kachel of Antioch and principal investigator Keith Curry Lance of the RSL Research Group. almost 20% fewer than in 2009-10. Yet: In 2009-10, the national ratio of students per librarian was 939 to 1. Connecticut—the only state in this group outside the South—rounds out the top 10 states on this ratio.

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