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Social Entrepreneurship with Elementary Students: A Perfect STEAM Lesson

User Generated Education

Learning tasks are authentic, relevant, and promote life skills outside of the formal classroom. We read the Kidpreneurs’ book and did exercises from book – these readings and exercises continued throughout the unit. . Market Survey. Learner choice and voice are valued. Schedule of Learning Activities.

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14 effective classroom management strategies for middle school

Hapara

There’s a key, though, to developing a successful classroom for this age group. What helped me the most was having a tried-and-true set of classroom management strategies for middle school. Middle school classrooms are a bit “extra,” though. But I made it happen because cooperative seating helps with classroom management.

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Online Teaching Is Improving In-Person Instruction on Campus

Edsurge

Since the earliest days of colleges experimenting with teaching over the internet, the goal has been to replicate as closely as possible the physical classroom experience. Now is the time to fully embrace how physical classrooms can be improved by online techniques. It’s a message I’ve been arguing for a while.

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To Get Serious About Games, Teachers Experiment With Play in the Classroom

Edsurge

A few classrooms down, Baselice’s colleague Jonathan Nardolilli teaches middle school mathematics using a board game he created himself to instruct students about the different angles created by parallel lines intersecting a transversal. The benefits of playing in the classroom are becoming more obvious.

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Using the school LMS to provide emotional support in remote learning

Neo LMS

These are abilities that schools can nurture, inside and outside of the classroom. Read more: The benefits of an empathic mindset approach to classroom management. What’s better, anyone can use these exercises as teachers don’t need extensive training for basic mindfulness breaks. Have a sharing space.

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6 Reasons why drones are landing in schools

Neo LMS

Drones have also been used for rescue missions, to survey crops, gather data for conservation, and will continue to improve over the years to be indispensable for many industries. Research: practical applications in the classroom. Read more: 5 Reasons why active learning classrooms are the future of HE. Most of all: have fun!

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How a growing number of states are hoping to improve kids’ brains: exercise

The Hechinger Report

Students can also choose from two additional exercise-focused electives — dance and personal fitness — which for some students can mean a 40-minute exercise period every day. Teacher Travis Olsen has an exercise bike in the back of his seventh-grade science classroom that kids are welcome to use whenever they feel the need.

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