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Beyond English: Why Writing Belongs in Every Classroom

Catlin Tucker

When Dr. Novak and I started writing our new book, Shift Writing into the Classroom, we anticipated that teachers outside of English Language Arts would take one look at the title and assume that the book was not intended for them. We want every student to reap the benefits of becoming effective writers.

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A Simple Lesson Structure for Fostering Student Engagement #engaginglitminds

Reading By Example

Beginning dialogic engagement in the classroom simply requires getting children invested in an issue they can relate to and on which they have different perspectives and helping them engage each other’s perspectives. Engaging Literate Minds, pg. Last week our school surveyed almost 100 families about remote instruction.

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8 LMS features that support student autonomy in the classroom and beyond

Neo LMS

LMSs support student self-evaluation via different types of assessments such as quizzes and essays. You can set them up in minutes and once students complete them, you’ll simply have an overview of their grades in your digital grade book. . Surveys encourage students to self-reflect, analyze, and express themselves.

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Battle Boredom with Student Engagement

MiddleWeb

In Gallup surveys, students report increasing levels of classroom boredom, topping out in high school. Harris and Bradshaw offer strategies in their 2nd book on Battling Boredom. Rita Platt finds lots to use with her own students. How do teachers counter the trend?

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9 Types of assignments teachers can create in their LMS to evaluate student progress

Neo LMS

Students can use the HTML editor to write an essay or upload a document. These are the traditional ways to evaluate students. For example, you can ask students to read an essay or book, which is a task they complete offline at their own pace. Then, once the students finish the task, they can mark it as complete.

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Inspire Learning Beyond Your Classroom Walls by Setting Up a Virtual Learning Community

Teacher Reboot Camp

Students are motivated to share more when they see feedback from their classmates, teachers, and parents. Discover more ways to integrate technology effectively by taking one of my fully accredited online courses or get one of my books ! Free Virtual Learning Environments. Grade and send feedback.

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How to Re-Energize Disconnected Classroom Participants

EmergingEdTech

But one of the most crucial concerns for today’s educators is student engagement. While most educators recognize that student engagement is core to their mission, there are many indications that this is becoming harder to achieve. And engagement levels have not recovered. According to the survey by Kahoot!,

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