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Simple Exercise: Help Students Analyze Their Growth Over Time

Catlin Tucker

Students rarely recognize how much progress they are making over the course of a semester or school year. I encourage teachers to dedicate class time to an exercise that requires students to compare two pieces of work from two different moments in time using the Google Document below. AnalyzeGrowth. I cannot believe I wrote this!”

Exercises 546
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SEL and Physical Exercise – 8 weeks of Free Lessons

The CoolCatTeacher

Show Sponsor: Advancement Courses has a free micro-course – Launching Online Learning. Register for this free micro-course. Now is the time we all need to educate ourselves on effective online teaching and I recommend this course as a great place to start. Thank you, Advancement Courses for sponsoring this show.

Exercises 321
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Using music as a strategy for more inclusive e-learning and course design

Neo LMS

Although the efficacy of “magic pills” and supplements used to boost cognitive performance , known as nootropics, have been generally debunked, there are mental exercises that can boost retention in your mind. Music-based stress relief lessons are an especially welcome break from intense courses such as mathematics and advanced English.

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Q&A: Victor Hicks on Blending Computer Science with Culture

EdTech Magazine

Since mid-2020, the Coding with Culture program has offered project-based courses that incorporate cultural elements and computer science–based instruction. EdTech spoke with Victor Hicks — known as Coach Hicks — the program’s founder and a STEM teacher at St.

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Turning your face-to-face class into an online course [Part 1]

Neo LMS

So you’ve decided to make the leap and convert your face-to-face (F2F) class into an online course. Breaking down this project into smaller steps, and following each one with patience and tenacity will yield a great e-learning course, which will stand you — and your students — in good stead for many semesters to come.

Course 221
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Get Them Moving with Brain Breaks!

Teacher Reboot Camp

These breaks last a few minutes and get students and you moving through quick exercises, dancing, yoga, or calming exercises. Discover more ways to integrate technology effectively by taking one of my fully accredited online courses or get one of my books ! Digital Advent Calendar.

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Hope, Happiness And Social Connection: Hidden Benefits Of Regular Exercise

MindShift

In her new book, The Joy of Movement: How Exercise Helps Us Find Happiness, Hope, Connection, and Courage, the Stanford University lecturer offer new motivation to get moving that has less to do with how we look, or feeling duty-bound to exercise, and everything to do with how movement makes us feel. 1) Activate pleasure.