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How to Design Learning Spaces in Libraries

The CoolCatTeacher

Carolyn Foote on episode 578 of the 10 Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Many schools are reimagining the learning spaces that some call libraries or media centers. Challenge Have conversations at your school about the learning space relating to your library or media center.

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How to Prevent the Summer Slide and Help Reduce Educational Inequality

Waterford

8] Before school gets out for the summer, connect parents with guided reading activities and summer learning programs for elementary students. Children who visit the library often can develop their love of learning over the summer.[1]. Psychology in the Schools, August 2013, 50(7), pp. Retrieved from cde.state.co.us: [link].

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Culturally Responsive Teaching: Tips and Strategies for Educators

Waterford

Culturally responsive teaching encompasses little steps like adding diverse books in your classroom library , as well as larger ones like adjusting your curriculum to include voices from marginalized communities. How to Improve Your Cultural Competency as a Teacher. That’s where culturally responsive teaching comes in.

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How Differentiated Instruction Can Help You Reach Every Student in Class

Waterford

How to Differentiate Instruction in Your Classroom. If a student might work more efficiently in a quieter learning environment, for example, you could allow them to complete a project in the school library. Students can also select independent reading books from our online library. To learn more , get in touch! Tomlinson, C.A.

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This Teacher Started a Hands-On PD Lab That’s Sparking Change Across the District

Edsurge

In 2013, I was hired to teach computer science (CS) and video game design to students in grades K-5 at Monte Sano Elementary School in Huntsville, Ala. A year earlier, I had graduated with a teaching degree in elementary education. It was my first full-time teaching job. I decided I was well-positioned to help make a change.

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GlobalEdCon 2013 - Day Three Schedule

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Today is day three of the 2013 Global Education Conference. A summary of today''s sessions is shown below in US-Eastern Standard Time (GMT/UTC-5). To see the schedule in your own time zone, with the full session descriptions and a link to enter each session, go to [link].

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How Genrefication Makes School Libraries More Like Bookstores

MindShift

For 12 years Jennifer Taylor watched kids come into the library at McCaffrey Middle School in Galt, California and struggle: “We’d have rows and rows of books, and they don’t know what to pick.” Little did Taylor know, she’d stumbled upon a hotbed of controversy in the world of library science. Leigh Collazo, otherwise known as “Mrs.