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Teaching and leading for higher student engagement … even during a pandemic (aka How I spent my summer)

Dangerously Irrelevant

I did all of this twice, the first week with elementary educators and the second week with secondary teachers (so 8 days total). They asked me to do a short keynote highlighting some possibilities for hands-on, active student learning. During the second week we alternated between synchronous and asynchronous learning together.

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Why These Educators Meet Regularly to Align Instruction with Mind, Brain, and Education Research

Edsurge

As an English as an additional language (EAL) support teacher at NIST International School in Bangkok, Thailand, I co-teach in four early elementary classrooms, supporting multilingual students who are developing their academic proficiency in English. I knew it was possible and that my school was ready. So, I put out my feelers.

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Building Connections Between Home and School through Family-Teacher Partnerships

Waterford

An Analysis of Parental Involvement and Self-Esteem on Secondary School Students in Kieni West Sub-County, Nyeri County, Kenya.” Parent Involvement and Children’s Academic and Social Development in Elementary School.” Journal of Education and Practice , November 2016, 7, pp. Nokali, N.E.E., Bachman, H.J., and Vortrubaa-Drzal, E.

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The Future is Now: Preparing Our Youngest Scholars for a Digital World

The CoolCatTeacher

Episode 388 Digital Resources Mentioned: EVERFI and WORD Force , amazing reading games for reading literacy Wixie one of Debbie's favorite tech tools for young learners Book Creator – students can write their own ebooks. A lot of what I see is for secondary school. So tell us a little bit about your journey.

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‘No-Excuses’ and ‘Progressive’ Schools Are Training New Teachers Very Differently About Race

Edsurge

This week’s podcast sponsor is ISTE-GM AI Explorations, which provides world class professional learning around artificial intelligence in K-12 education. Download their free Hands-On AI Project Guides for the Classroom guides for elementary, secondary, elective, and computer science teachers here. “It

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Google Classroom Advanced Tips (Part 1) – SULS0172

Shake Up Learning

This update requires Google Workspace for Education Plus or the Teaching and Learning upgrade. Add-Ons allow you to connect some of your favorite digital tools to Google Classroom, like Book Widgets , Pear Deck, and Kahoot. This update was released earlier this year and was a highly-requested feature for secondary teachers.

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Reshaping Space, Roles and Routines to Support Children With Trauma

Edsurge

In 2015, we opened the doors of Roots Elementary to 100 kindergarteners and first graders in the neighborhood. Roots Elementary. Valor only runs secondary schools so we worked with its leadership team to adopt their work for our younger students. Jon Hanover is the founder and executive director of Roots Elementary School.