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The most important lessons we learned this year

eSchool News

One of the biggest challenges we face, as educators, is learning how to put our health and happiness first. We created a Positive Learning Environment (PLE) committee consisting of one person from each grade level to focus on one mindset a month and decide how were going to roll that out to the whole school.

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10 ways we made our school happier

eSchool News

We started by asking what it means to be happy in the classroom. As educators, one of the biggest challenges we face is learning how to put our health and happiness first. We talk a lot about what happiness looks like and how to get there. Happy schools start with happy teachers. It was really cool. Happiness is a conversation.

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#1: 10 ways we made our school happier

eSchool News

We started by asking what it means to be happy in the classroom. As educators, one of the biggest challenges we face is learning how to put our health and happiness first. We talk a lot about what happiness looks like and how to get there. Happy schools start with happy teachers. It was really cool. Happiness is a conversation.

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Innovation In Teaching Follow-Up

The Web20Classroom

Earlier I asked for y''all to tell me what you though innovation in teaching and in the classroom looked like.I lkjohnson09 Innovation while teaching is creating community in the classroom. What we need to do is get that collaboration in our classrooms, build upon it there, then let them collaborate with folks from around the globe.

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GlobalEdCon 2013 - Day Three Schedule

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Thomas Röhlinger, MBA Founder & Editor in Chief of Radijojo World Children''s Media Network Take Your Classroom Global!

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Theories for the digital age: Self regulated learning

Learning with 'e's

A number of collaborative and social networking tools regularly play a role within the average student PLE. The central tenet of heutagogy is that people inherently know how to learn. 1989) The constructivist approach to self-regulation and learning in the classroom. and Byrnes, J. Zimmerman and D. Schunk (Eds.)

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OZeLive Starts Today - "Ed Tech Down Under"

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Former Teacher, Site Admin, & District Admin) Robots in the classroom - Tara Fagan, Facilitator 8:00pm KEYNOTE - Julie Lindsay: Connect and collaborate for global understanding - A pedagogical shift 9:00pm Professional Portfolios - Carole McCulloch (Coach Carole) Science and Social Justice: The Perfect Combination - Eric A.

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