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5 Ways to Build Reading Stamina in Adolescent Students

The CoolCatTeacher

The books literally are broken into text message-sized chunks making reading easier, plus Literal has classroom management features for teachers. Give people “book talks” and book tastings. Resource: See Penny Kittle's “ Book Love: Developing Depth Stamina, and Passion in Adolescent Readers 9:02 Idea 5: Challenge.

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10 edtech experts you should follow

Hapara

Luckily there are edtech experts who are sharing strategies and tools through blog posts, social media, books, courses and podcasts. She is also the author of several edtech books. She wrote the book “ The Teacher’s Guide to Tech ” and co-wrote “ Hacking Education: 10 Quick Fixes for Every School. ”. Kasey Bell.

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These Education Books Sparked Conversation in 2018—And Give Us A Glimpse At What’s Ahead

Edsurge

Bernard Bull was nominated to share his thoughts by futurist Bryan Alexander, who wrote for the project in 2017. While many people look to news headlines about innovations and promising practices, we are also wise to note several new and substantive books that sparked important conversation over the last year.

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When Kindness goes Viral #Mondaymotivation

The CoolCatTeacher

In 2014 he released his first book, Principal Matters: The Motivation, Action, Courage, and Teamwork Needed for School Leaders. His second book, Messaging Matters: How School Leaders Can Inspire Student, Motivate Teachers, and Communicate with Parents is scheduled for publication August 2017 with Solution Tree Publishing.

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The Vocabulary Doctors: How to Teach Vocabulary

The CoolCatTeacher

We’ll also be giving away of their book Blended Vocabulary for K12 Classrooms: Harnessing the Power of Digital tools and Direct Instruction and you can enter by clicking here and following the instructions. An overview of the framework in the book. Blended Vocabulary Book Giveaway Contest. Listen Now. FlashCard Stash.

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Dave Burgess Talks Student Engagement #MondayMotivation #tlap

The CoolCatTeacher

In my opinion, this artisanal craft of “hooking in” or “engaging” our students into a topic is best captured in Dave Burgess’ best-selling book, Teach Like a Pirate. Dave is giving away books to 3 (three) lucky reviewers of this show! One of the books you could win if you enter the contest today.).

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How to redesign your classroom on a budget

Neo LMS

A version of this post was originally published in July 2017 on Teach Secondary. Student performance is not only affected by their own physical or psychological factors, but the learning environment as well. The space where children do most of their learning activities is, in its traditional form, rather rigorous and stiff.

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