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How to Unleash the Potential of Every Child

The CoolCatTeacher

Tom Loud on episode 509 From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Tom Loud dropped out of high school because he didn’t connect with his teachers. Look at the Motive behind our Motivation Vicki: But Tom, as we finish up, give us a 30-second pep talk about how to stay motivated this week in our classrooms.

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Excellent Free STEM Strategies from TGR Foundation and Discovery

The CoolCatTeacher

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter STEM can level up and it must begin to include underrepresented communities of women and minorities. Summer is a great time to learn how to do that as you prepare for fall and back to school. How can we ensure STEM is more than just a buzzword?

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Weekend Reading – Rediscovering Blogging Edition

ProfHacker

Blogs are back! At least, they seem to be making a resurgence as we try to disentangle ourselves from the predatory social media platforms that took all the words many of us used to write on blogs. My blog (which is my domain) is kind of an experiment in long-form writing now. It’s persuasion, it’s argument, it’s advocacy.

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If we don’t engage online, we cede mindshare to others who will

Dangerously Irrelevant

As a faculty member who has an outsized social media presence ( 53,000+ Twitter followers ; video series with 100+ million views ; one of the top education blogs in the world , etc.), I would encourage you to see how the following scholars are engaging online. blog posts. Tales of “Bad Twitter” are legion, for example.

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Advocating for ACP Renewal: Three Ways to Take Action

Education Superhighway

Here are three simple ways to advocate for ACP renewal: Step One: Share Your Story Our most powerful tools for ACP advocacy are personal stories about the impact of the ACP. The quickest and easiest way to participate in ACP advocacy is by sharing your story through the EducationSuperHighway story collection form. Want to help?

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How to Find Learning Opportunities in Video Games Kids and Teens Love

Graphite Blog

Students will learn about the power of community, advocacy, and responsibility when it comes to tackling big issues like climate change. A charming game with an environmental message, Alba is a good option for civics, SEL, and a little bit of science learning. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.

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Going Beyond the Hour of Code

Digital Promise

Read a book, blog, or magazine. Give them guidance in how to make their work relevant for your students. See a sample letter to principal, advocacy slide deck , and additional resources. include: Computational Thinking for Educators from Google (15-30 hours). Teaching CS Fundamentals from Code.org (3-8 hours).