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The Station Rotation Model Tip #3: Practice Rotating for Seamless Transitions

Catlin Tucker

Students at the independent station are directed to log into Google Classroom, put on headphones, and play a breathing exercise/meditation video. This breathing activity reinforces the norm that students will work quietly on their own at the independent station. What is your favorite movie?

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The ultimate guide to authentically creating a secondary classroom where students feel safe, welcome, & whole

The Cornerstone for Teachers

SEL can sometimes feel like “one more thing” we have to do, and can sometimes feel inauthentic to students. This is especially true for secondary students. That’s how I came up with these five strategies and routines that help me cultivate a safe and welcoming classroom for secondary students.

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Five ways that project based learning empowers educators and elevates equity

Hapara

Many educators are also inspired as they learn through the projects they facilitate and by witnessing increased student engagement that has visible results. This scenario provides opportunities for students to use critical thinking and problem solving and foster engagement through intrinsic motivation. . para excels.

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How to Introduce Historical Thinking Skills to Your Students, and Why You Should

Waterford

Historical thinking is a “tool for helping students at practically any level learn how to formulate and support arguments based on primary sources, as well as to understand and challenge historical interpretations related in secondary sources.”[2]. Here are some exercises that help teach historical thinking skills to students.

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How Educators Can Support Families of Children with Disabilities During Hybrid or Online Learning

Waterford

Some school districts have created Google classroom groups just for families of children with special needs to connect and share experiences.[3]. Maintaining social skills is vital for students with special needs.[13] There are many useful online resources to help students engage with each other.[14] Fleming, Nora.

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Civics Education Is Essential for Creating Engaged Citizens. I’m Hopeful It's About to Make a Comeback.

Edsurge

The project was at times messy and chaotic, placing control in the hands of students. But it provided them an engaging way to learn firsthand the difficulties of creating and sustaining a government structure. Students learning the rule of law might compare how citizenship was interpreted and determined in the U.S.

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64 predictions about edtech trends in 2024

eSchool News

As an integral part of learning today, educators and students deserve new and improved ways to display and interact with classroom content, but to be successful, these tools need to be flexible and user-friendly. Historically there has been a limit to seamless integration across various technology solutions within today’s classrooms.

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