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How to Blend Learning with Play for a Kid-friendly Summer

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Being good at reading is not just about getting through a book, but remembering what you read, reporting on it to others, and transferring this information to other parts of life. Collect these into a digital library that kids can access online, see what friends are reading over the summer, and find books that appeal to them.

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End of Year Activities

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If you’re looking for meaningful lessons to wrap up your school year, here are my top picks: Digital Passport. Cool book reports. Applied Digital Skills. What you want for these last few weeks are activities that keep the learning going but in a different way. Digital Citizenship review. Class Debate.

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Teacher Support in the Digital-Blended Classroom

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Or better yet, why should we integrate online learning into our classrooms ? There are countless strategies and resources at your fingertips, but this article will spotlight the importance of digital teacher support for your blended learning environment. Must-have Resources for Blended Learning.

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5 Favorite Activities to End the School Year

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If you’re looking for meaningful lessons to wrap up your school year, here are my top picks: Digital Passport. Cool book reports. Applied Digital Skills. Digital Passport. Common Sense Media’s award-winning Digital Passport is the gold-standard in teaching digital citizenship to grades 3-5 (or Middle School).

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21 Top Professional Development Topics For Teachers Now

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In addition, you’ll create practical tools such as rubrics for teacher observation, surveys for self-assessment reports, and data collection checklists and notes for interviews. The strategies will not only help you be more engaged, present, and fulfilled as a teacher, but you’ll also apply your learning to your classroom and your students.

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6 Must-reads for This Summer

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See what you think: Bold School: Old School Wisdom + New School Technologies = Blended Learning That Works. In Bold School, Kieschnick lays out an effective, workable education framework that blends common sense with technology while reminding teachers that tech is a useful tool for achieving pedagogic goals, not the opposite.

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Keyboarding 101

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When they apply the knowledge to authentic situations (like typing a book report or an essay), students return to hunt-and-peck, watching their hands, and hating what they’re doing. There’s a better way to learn keyboarding: Blended Learning. Typing is best learned by using it in class projects.

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