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Lumio: Making Review and Practice Easy

The CoolCatTeacher

You’ll see when you login that you start off by being able to add activities, explore the resources they have, or get some training on how to use this collaborative learning tool. In particular, math teachers and elementary teachers will love the manipulatives that you can adapt for your own lessons. . On the Fly Editing.

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Teacher Development Research Review: Keys to Educator Success

Digital Promise

Teaching quality has been defined as “instruction that enables a wide range of students to learn” ( Darling-Hammond, 2012 ), and it is the strongest school-related factor that can improve student learning and achievement ( Hanushek, 2011 ; Nye, Konstantopoulos, and Hedges, 2004 ; Rivkin, Hanushek, and Kain, 2005 ).

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Working in a group might be the best way to help kids meet individual goals, study says

The Hechinger Report

When I first became an education journalist back in 2011, there was a lot of talk about individualized instruction, particularly by using educational software to tailor subjects for each student. Its advocates argue that group work like this helps kids learn the social skills that are necessary to solve problems in the modern workplace.

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Five Ways Design and Making Can Help Science Education Come Alive

MindShift

Studies show that the best predictor of STEM career choice in adulthood is linked to whether kids self-report seeing themselves as scientists when they grow up by 8th grade (Maltese & Tai, 2011).

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A big list of options for connecting globally

NeverEndingSearch

Upper Elementary/Middle Grade Book Group. Global Youth Debates : This Flat Connections global project, for ages 10 through 18, provides a unique global collaborative experience for joining diverse cultures in authentic debate to foster global competence, international mindedness and action. Then the caring can begin. YA Book Group.

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Understanding The Deep Fake: A Troubling Trend

The CoolCatTeacher

With respect to school change, he describes himself as a “catalyst for creative engagement and collaborative learning.” In 2013-2015 he taught 4th and 5th grade STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) at Independence Elementary in Yukon Public Schools in Oklahoma. Wesley completed his Ph.D.

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The 2019 Global Education Conference - Full List of 130 Sessions and 10 Keynotes!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Ozelle Stephen, Rev/Director of Education, Miridians Elementary School, Centre of Enabling Support Foundation, Uganda Access to Quality education Opportunities, Good Health + Well-being for all. In the fall of 2007, Courtney went on to attend the University of Minnesota–Twin Cities as a first-generation college student.