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How to Improve Student Engagement at Scale

eSpark

Students participate in a writing workshop. Guiding Questions: How can my students provide peer feedback? How can technology build these connections? Most teachers simply don’t have enough time or energy to write rigorous lessons that both engage students and meet a diversity of academic needs.

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FETC Future of Educational Technology… Orlando Florida… Please Join Me!

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

I will be providing five workshop and one FETC Featured Presentation. Are you looking for a practical and affordable professional development workshop for your school or conference? I can provide any of the workshops listed below in your location. W158 | Harnessing Technology to Support Standards and Provide Authentic Learning.

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How to boost math skills in the early grades

The Hechinger Report

Turning this around isn’t something you can do during a couple of workshops,” said Ayala. In the past few years, researchers have begun exploring how to take advantage of that powerful preschool bump, especially in math, while also ensuring students who didn’t go to preschool could catch up. It’s not just about teachers teaching.

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Why the Boldest Ideas in Education Come From Underrepresented Entrepreneurs

Edsurge

Our goal now is to figure out how to get those institutions to double down on their work with Camelback,” says Walker, instead of merely checking off a box on their efforts to support diversity in entrepreneurship. Short for “How Our Lives Link Altogether,” H.O.L.L.A. The Fellowship: Black Male Educators for Social Justice. “We

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We Asked Teachers What They Want From Edtech. Here’s What They Said.

Edsurge

Teachers need help planning lessons that meaningfully contextualize academic standards. Challenge: In a groundbreaking study led by The Education Trust, researchers found that “across the country, lessons from the Internet labeled as [standards] aligned are being taught again and again, whether or not they are really worthy.”

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How to Boost Math Skills in the Early Grades

MindShift

Turning this around isn’t something you can do during a couple of workshops,” said Ayala. In the past few years, researchers have begun exploring how to take advantage of that powerful preschool bump, especially in math, while also ensuring students who didn’t go to preschool could catch up. It’s not just about teachers teaching.

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Professional development should make teachers feel urgent, not small and isolated

eSchool News

As we collectively elevate teaching so that it may sit comfortably alongside other highly respected and important professions, we must think carefully about how to provide higher-quality, effective continuing education for teaching. But we’re not there yet. They deserve every opportunity to excel and grow. image via AP ].