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4 Ways to Use Improv to Teach

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Mel Paradis on Episode 553 From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Mel Paradis, author of Teaching Improv: The Essential Handbook , shares four ways to use Improv to teach in the classroom. Twitter: @ ParadisMel Disclosure of Material Connection: This is a “sponsored podcast episode.”

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5 Things About Effective Digital Citizenship You Need to Know

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He is currently co-authoring a new ISTE book with Marty Park titled The Digital Citizenship Handbook for School Leaders: Fostering Positive Interactions Online. Blog: [link] Twitter: @digcitizen Disclosure of Material Connection: This is a “sponsored podcast episode.”

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What is Mastery Learning and How Do You Implement It Effectively?

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From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Jon Bergmann, author of the Mastery Learning Handbook talks about how he uses mastery learning in his chemistry and physics classrooms. Episode 797 - 10 Minute Teacher Podcast Mastery Learning 101 Jon Bergmann, Author - The Mastery Learning Handbook.

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15 Ways to Get More Motivated This Week

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Finally, he is the co-author of The New Science Teacher’s Handbook: What You Didn’t Learn From Student Teaching , and was a featured columnist in English Journal. The company who sponsored it compensated me via cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product.

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Top 10 Ways to Give Back While at Home

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From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Research says that when students are engaged in service-learning, their immune system, heart rate and sense of well-being improves dramatically. Children are happiest when they feel a sense of purpose.

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Geo-Inquiry in Project Based Learning

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Jim Bentley on episode 363 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Twitter: @ Curiosity_Films. Contributor to Handbook of Prosocial Education. This company has no impact on the editorial content of the show. Blog: [link]. Buck Institute Blog.

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How Does Acceleration Research Help Schools and Kids Rebound?

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From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. You can't go back and make a new start, but you can start right now and make a brand new ending in volume two of the COVID 19 handbook from the U.S. Blog: Fisher & Frey – Literacy for Life (fisherandfrey.com) Twitter: @NancyFrey.

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