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Teaching Using News Articles: Helpful Tips and Resources for Teachers

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Teaching using news articles: Ideas and tips for teachers There are various ways to teach with news. If you teach older students, you can use news stories to teach them about the concept of framing and how it affects the process of meaning making and interpretation. Can You Believe It?:

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Why We Need to Talk About Teacher Trauma

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“We need to talk about the trauma of teaching through a pandemic,” urges Christopher Bowen, a STEM curriculum specialist for Johnson City Schools in Tennessee. Where do I go to leave it?” These conversations revealed the value of exploring the distinction between these terms and their implications for student and educator well-being.

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We Wondered If NFTs Could Change Education, So We Decided to Sell This Article on the Blockchain

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Some of the loudest buzz in tech these days is about NFTs, a new high-tech way to format digital files that somehow led an artist named Beeple to sell a jpg for $69 million , a video clip of LeBron James dunking a basketball to go for more than $200 million at auction and a New York Times column about NFTs to score $560,000.

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EdSurge Reporter Wins Top Prize for Story About Preschool Helping Kids Impacted By Opioid Crisis

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EdSurge senior reporter Emily Tate won a top prize for feature writing by the Education Writers Association for her story about an Ohio preschool that helps the youngest victims of the opioid crisis , the group announced this week. This is an education reporter at the top of her game.” But digging a little bit deeper, they struggle.

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First Day Back to School Activities: First Day Back Stations

The CoolCatTeacher

A 2021 article on classroom management from the Harvard University online teaching center said students make a judgment about the teacher and class on the first day. The article says “When teachers fail to hook students’ attention upfront, engagement remains a struggle for the rest of the semester.” Read the Article.

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5 Ways to Build Reading Stamina in Adolescent Students

The CoolCatTeacher

In a recent news article, Andrea noted that her struggling readers in grades 7-8 used to read at a grade 5 or 6 (Barshay). NCTE Position Statement on Independent Reading ) 3:51 How does Lisa talk to her students about reading stamina and how to refocus when distracted? 4:14 What do you do about “fake reading”?

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What to do with all that graded work: A functional filing system for secondary teachers

The Cornerstone for Teachers

This article is written by Truth for Teachers writer Leah Bouas. Over time, however, especially after the experience of participating in the 40 Hour Teacher Workweek , my wheels started turning about how I could apply Angela’s strategies to my own secondary classroom. How I file graded student work. That’s the whole system!