A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 21, 2021

I love visiting classrooms around the country to not only support but to see educators in action. During the spring of 2020, I connected with the Juab School District in Utah and began what would be two years of longitudinal work to help them take personalized learning to the next level. This has completely changed my classroom.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 3, 2021

5 practical lessons for elementary classroom inclusion. Digital Equity: How to Understand The Problems Facing #Edtech. The post 3 Ways to Stress Less in Today’s Classroom appeared first on Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis @coolcatteacher helping educators be excellent every day. Stream by clicking here.

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Waterford

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Explore how the brain learns to read and get tips for effective, researched-based classroom instruction. The early years are vital to a child’s long-term achievement in reading, so teaching vocabulary and content knowledge in preschool and in the elementary grades is essential. Want More Science of Reading?

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Waterford

JANUARY 19, 2021

Read on for an overview of what Black History Month is and how to celebrate it with your students. Teachers should consider the composition of the classroom, and not force their Black students to be the “authority” or expect them to speak for all Black students, the ADL also cautions. Black History Month Background for Your Students.

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eSchool News

MARCH 7, 2024

I have been with the district for 20 years, though I didn’t become the superintendent until April 2020. Fast forward 10 years, and now thousands of scholars in our district are learning to code in elementary school using engaging, hands-on tools like Ozobots , Lego Spike , and VR Labs–and that’s just where their tech journeys begin.

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Waterford

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Classroom Activities to Build Verbal Communication Skills. Communication activities for the classroom don’t have to be as intimidating as standing up in front of everyone and giving a speech. As they listen, teachers can also show students how to be judgment-free listeners.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

But this fall, everyone at Viewmont Elementary School is in masks, so she has to listen more intently than usual. Creger was showing the students how to read by using phonics, which teaches children the relationships between letters and sounds. Institutions of higher education don’t always teach the students how to teach reading.”

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 7, 2020

Kyle Pearce shares how to inspire math learning From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Math shouldn’t break your heart. Kyle Pearce, co-creator of mathmoments.com gives us a high-level view of how every math teacher can make math moments that matter. Enjoy and have an amazing 2020.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 28, 2019

Ideas to help you spark creativity in your classroom From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Creativity is something that we have to nurture as teachers. Artwork submissions for this free youth art contest are accepted this year from November 1, 2019, through January 31, 2020. Sponsor: The U.S.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 18, 2021

On a typical day when I visit classrooms with principals in my partner districts across the country, both the building and district leaders receive a 1000-to-5000-word document laden with practical feedback. One of the key points I tried to make was how important it is to do the same with teachers. The result was “Feedback Fridays.”

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Edsurge

MARCH 15, 2021

The need for new K-12 classroom technology has never been greater. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, many schools are now using a hybrid classroom model, with some students attending virtually and others in person. The need for new K-12 classroom technology has never been greater.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 19, 2021

On a morning this fall at Washington Elementary, a young boy, sitting at a table with five of his peers, held a tablet while he built a digital snowman — a cool proposition given the 85-degree heat just outside his air-conditioned classroom. Teachers rarely stand at the front of the classroom. LINDSAY, Calif. —

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eSchool News

MARCH 4, 2022

STEAM education is critically important in the classroom, and engineering education is a key part of STEAM learning. eSchool News connected with Lauren Harter, Senior Educational Developer for VEX Robotics , for some classroom engineering tips.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Not reading yet or knowing how to use a computer or mouse or knowing how to use a keyboard — everything takes longer and requires my help. Aaron Vazquez, 5, in his “classroom” on his first day of virtual kindergarten in Ft. million — pre-pandemic prediction for 2020-21 kindergarten enrollment. Worth, Texas. “I

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Waterford

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

2] Read on to learn how we got here, why it matters, and how teachers can build media literacy in the classroom. The good news is that information is easier to come by than ever before—many students, even at an elementary age, have access to smartphones, the Internet, and a pervasive, never-ending flow of social media.

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EdTechTeacher

JUNE 18, 2020

In February, I had the opportunity to work with an incredible group of elementary educators from Nauset Schools on Cape Cod. Google Classroom, Seesaw). How can we as social detectives write a book that explains the social skills that are important for a successful classroom community? For the original post, click here.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 11, 2020

He reflects on how to use resources to teach science and how to make it as hands-on as possible even at home. We also reflect on what is happening in our areas with the coronavirus outbreak and how schools and teachers are preparing. Recorded Tuesday, March 10, 2020.) Subscribe to the Show Get Credit!

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User Generated Education

JULY 31, 2023

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. 2009). ( Community Building in the Classroom ). This is important for several reasons.

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

Technology is developing at a faster clip than its adoption, and while some K–12 classrooms are innovating — by using drones in curriculum or digital tools to personalize learning — they remain isolated examples dotting an unequal landscape where, often, digitization is seen as an end in itself rather than a means to improve learning.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 22, 2020

Michael Drezek shares about Our Global Classroom and other ways we can collaborate (for free!) From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Connect your classroom! The CITGO Fueling Education Student Challenge is for students in the US in grades 5-8 now through February 13, 2020. Join in today!

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Edsurge

JUNE 1, 2020

Last summer, we, along with other members of the sixth grade teaching staff at our school, adopted the Modern Classrooms model. Similar to the flipped classroom, the model is an approach based on blended learning, self-paced instruction, and mastery-based grading. Here’s how we do this in our own sixth grade classrooms.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 21, 2020

To that end, his company built a new software tool designed for classroom use and piloted it in five school districts — including the massive Clark County School District serving Las Vegas and its suburbs — in the 2019-20 school year. 30 minutes per week — recommended time students spend on classroom-based Khan Academy tool.

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Edsurge

APRIL 23, 2024

In April 2020, teachers were beginning to realize that their schools’ closures would not be all that temporary. In summer 2020, EdSurge profiled nine first-year teachers to understand what it was like for them to launch their careers during the pandemic year (2019-20). Read the original story, from August 2020, here.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 4, 2023

My lifelong career dream became a reality as I proudly entered my classroom, ready to nurture and positively impact young minds. I didn’t know it at the time, but these early experiences in the classroom and exposure to professional development would profoundly help shape my career path.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 18, 2021

Then, in March 2020, Araujo was at a meeting with other local child care owners when she heard about a program that could give her access to federal Early Head Start funds. Araujo’s salary has nearly doubled since she joined the federally-funded Early Head Start-Child Care Partnership program in 2020. Her income nearly doubled.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Now, Brown is a senior at Clemson, and next year, he’ll graduate and begin teaching in his own classroom. In our Future Teachers series, we meet people in teacher preparation programs who are on the cusp of entering the classroom, aware of the decline of the teaching profession and still unswayed. But I did enjoy teaching. Definitely.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

As students return to the classroom this fall — many for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic that upended their access to quality, in-person learning — we have an opportunity to enact standards to ensure that teachers’ instruction methods are effective and backed by science.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

Iditarod Teacher: How to Connect and Learn from the Iditarod Race. Every year I have incorporated the race into my classroom for a long time, and it just builds engagement and motivation with the kids. How can people reach you while you are there? Will classrooms be able to tweet you questions? Listen Now.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

CHICAGO — In July, in a packed classroom in downtown Chicago, a group composed mostly of early elementary teachers and child care workers read a story about “Wendi,” a fictional preschool teacher who loves reading but struggles in math. Several educators in the classroom identified with Wendi, and that was the point.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 11, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic is far from over, and that means educators across the globe are still finding inventive and innovative ways to support and teach students in classrooms, during hybrid instruction, and in virtual settings. Keep reading to discover how this educator keeps learning going in the middle of a global pandemic.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 1, 2022

— As kids and teens return to the classroom, some for the first time since the pandemic hit in 2020, parents and educators are concerned about how the children will interact with each other and their teachers. Renton, Wash. My students’ test score growth doubled each time they tested.”

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 22, 2021

Do you need safe, fun ways for students to connect and learn while keeping their distance in the classroom? In today’s show Mitchell Weisburg, cofounder of the nonprofit Games4Ed, shares pedagogical best practices for using augmented reality in the classroom. Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality in the Classroom.

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Graphite Blog

AUGUST 7, 2020

As school districts continue to make and revise plans to open the 2020–2021 school year, many are considering adopting blended or hybrid learning-based schedules. Ruben Montoya, director of edtech systems at the Alhambra Elementary School District in Phoenix, Arizona, agrees. Different modes, different strategies.

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Waterford

OCTOBER 22, 2020

In this article, we’ll go over the difference between two types of motivation—intrinsic and extrinsic—and why you should prioritize the former in your classroom. Before we explore how to motivate your students to learn, let’s go over the difference between two types: intrinsic and extrinsic motivation.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

In this required 12-week “Introduction to Mindfulness” course taught by Worthen, a full-time mindfulness instructor, students at the private boarding school in Concord, Massachusetts, will learn how to develop awareness of their thoughts and body sensations, sit with difficult emotions and direct their attention to the present moment.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 18, 2020

Our youngest learners will need some help and guidance, especially if their elementary schools have not been 1:1 or Bring Your Own Device (BYOD). Zywicki (@ZywickiR) March 16, 2020 Suggest lots of independent reading. Determine how feedback will be given once school reopens. You really can’t go wrong here.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 4, 2023

However, before the courts resolved that legal question, the litigants settled the case in 2020. The state initially agreed to give an extra $50 million to 75 elementary schools with the worst reading scores in the state to improve how they were teaching reading.

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