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Inquiry Hub Secondary School – Confluence and Influence

Pair-a-dimes for Your Thoughts

The following was written to be shared as part of our application to the Cmolik Prize for the Enhancement of Public Education in BC. Confluence and Influence – Inquiry Hub Secondary School. Background: The 2018-2019 school year is Inquiry Hub Secondary’s 7th year since it was founded. ” 2.

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The Power of Claim-Evidence-Question

Catlin Tucker

Teachers can leverage the power of thinking routines developed by Project Zero at Harvard’s Graduate School of Education to help students develop their metacognitive muscles. In the final post of this series, we’ll delve into the practical uses of the “See, Think, Me, We” thinking routine for educators.

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The Problem with AI Prompt Feedback (and How to Solve It)

The CoolCatTeacher

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter My students are writing a collaborative writing document following the principles I share in my book Reinventing Writing. To document my own thinking process as I evaluate this. Tips for creating effective educational prompts. Testing the Prompts.

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Scribbles Software Named a Winner in the Tech & Learning Awards of Excellence: Best of 2023

American Consortium for Equity in Education

The company’s ScribChoice solution for school choice programs and lottery management wins in the Secondary Education category Scribbles Software, a leading provider of K-12 software solutions for document management, records processing, enrollment, and lottery management, has been named a winner Keep Reading Scribbles Software Named a Winner (..)

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Plagiarism Prevention: Best Practices with Urkund

The CoolCatTeacher

Let’s look at some features that make Urkund an excellent alternative that educators should try. Urkund only partners with secondary districts and post-secondary education institutions. Education organizations need to write consistently and continually. to deceive the system.” See graphic above.)

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How edtech supports the success of the Nordic Education

Neo LMS

Our previous blog described the background to Finland’s successful education system and today we’ll unpack that a bit more, but also take a more detailed look at the role edtech plays in that success. Of particular interest, I thought, was Finland’s focus on early childhood learning — what they call ECEC (Early Childhood Education and Care).

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Want to Make Education More Innovative? Let’s Invest in R&D

Edsurge

During the crises of 2020-21, we clearly saw that our education system needs to innovate to make it more equitable, agile, relevant and responsive. We learned that education conditions are intensely local; they vary dramatically in each and every community, limiting the usefulness of one-size-fits-all solutions. Why local communities?

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