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Preparing for Fall 2020: Blended and Online Learning

Catlin Tucker

2020-2021 promises to be an unpredictable school year. Lesson 1: Design Your Course Syllabus Lesson 2: Set Up Your Virtual Classroom Lesson 3: Curriculum Mapping for First Semester Lesson 4: Helping Students Get (and Stay) Organized. That is making it a challenge to prepare for the new school year.

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Beyond English: Why Writing Belongs in Every Classroom

Catlin Tucker

When Dr. Novak and I started writing our new book, Shift Writing into the Classroom, we anticipated that teachers outside of English Language Arts would take one look at the title and assume that the book was not intended for them. Writing improves reading skills (Graham & Herbert, 2010; Shanahan, 2016).

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The Edtech Revolution: 2010 – 2017

Securly

In December 2010, The Journal –“t he leading Technology based education publication for K-12 and higher education”– published an article with a 5-prong prediction for the following year. Now, we know that edtech has been proven to improve test scores and overall classroom engagement. Will the cloud continue to reign? Indeed, $2.3

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PROOF POINTS: It’s easier and easier to get an A in math

The Hechinger Report

This story also appeared in Mind/Shift The latest warning sign comes from college admissions test maker ACT, which compared students’ ACT test scores with their self-reported high school grades between 2010 and 2022. It’s not just happening in some classrooms or with some teachers, it’s happening across the system,” said Sanchez.

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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. 2010; Cowan, 2012; Lohr & Haley, 2018; Sadera et al., 2010; Cowan, 2012; Lohr & Haley, 2018; Sadera et al.,

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PROOF POINTS: Plenty of Black college students want to be teachers, but something keeps derailing them late in the process

The Hechinger Report

A growing problem in American classrooms is that teachers don’t resemble the students they teach. The small slice of Black teachers has actually shrunk slightly over the past decade from 7 percent in 2011–12 to 6 percent in 2020–21, while Black students make up a much larger 15 percent share of the public school student population.

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Understanding, Teaching, and Reaching Digital Native Students—and Digital Native Caregivers

Waterford

How Digital Natives Process Information in the Classroom. Using Technology in the Classroom to Teach Digital Natives. Integrating technology into the classroom is a necessity.[1] March 2020. 7 smart ways to use technology in classrooms.” Technology in the classroom: steps toward a new vision.” Faculty Focus.