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4 Tips for Facilitating Powerful Student Collaboration

Digital Promise

Building their skillset and their knowledge base makes them eager to solve authentic problems. I advise teacher professional learning cohorts to start small if they plan to introduce a project-based learning unit. If they are already working on a project-based learning unit with a cohort, they can find ways to stretch.

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What Does It Take to Put Inclusive Curriculum Legislation Into Practice?

Edsurge

As an Asian American, a former classroom teacher and a resident of Illinois, I got involved with AAAJ Chicago to learn how I could support local schools and districts. Professional development is a key part of building awareness of this absence and a knowledge-base for the educators who will be teaching students directly.

Training 153
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Education Needs to Push the Hard-Reset Button

EdNews Daily

This will ensure highest and best practices for an ever-evolving knowledge base. Changes necessary at the basic level of our current system: Eliminate structured classrooms. Objective criteria would be based on standard assessments and official proctors. The 30,000 Foot View. Establish “Rivers of Learning”.

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10 tips for teaching critical thinking + information literacy

The Cornerstone for Teachers

An example that I give all the time is when I was a social studies teacher, I never got past the 1980s. I want to get into some specific examples about what teachers can do. They’re hearing some of that type of thinking happening in their classroom and like, “Where did you get that? .” What is school for?”

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Technology Tools Used in Teaching and Learning

eSchool News

Integrating technology in the classroom not only cultivates digital literacy but also fosters collaborative and personalized learning environments. Video conferencing tools have become essential for remote and hybrid learning, connecting students and educators in virtual classrooms.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

That being said, if you’re using a piece of technology that’s free, it’s likely that your personal data is being sold to advertisers or at the very least hoarded as a potential asset (and used, for example, to develop some sort of feature or algorithm). The Flipped Classroom". Certainly “free” works well for cash-strapped schools.

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