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How to Improve Checks for Understanding

A Principal's Reflections

A great deal of time is spent developing and providing feedback on lessons with the goal being student learning. Regardless of the terminology that is used, virtually every plan follows a format to help achieve this outcome. As I have discussed previously, the anticipatory set at the beginning and closure at the end are critical strategies that can assist any teacher or administrator in determining the efficacy of a lesson.

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6 Simple Ways To Reduce Student Stress In The Classroom

TeachThought - Learn better.

How do you make your students feel? Research is clear that the answer to this question can have a profound effect on the learning that occurs within your class or school. The post 6 Simple Ways To Reduce Student Stress In The Classroom appeared first on TeachThought.

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Educational Apps to Help Students with Spelling and Grammar

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

For those of you teaching in middle school, below is a collection of some useful apps to help students learn grammar and improve their spelling skills. The apps provide games, lessons, exercises, and.

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How One District Is Responding to New Jersey’s New LGBTQIA Curriculum Mandate

Edsurge

This article is part of our upcoming guide, Social Studies: It's Time to ReInvest In February 2019, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed a measure into law requiring the state’s board of education to implement instruction that recognizes the “political, economic, and social contributions of persons with disabilities and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people” starting in the 2020 school year.

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Can Brain Science Actually Help Make Your Training & Teaching Stick?

Speaker: Andrew Cohen, Founder & CEO of Brainscape

The instructor’s PPT slides are brilliant. You’ve splurged on the expensive interactive courseware. Student engagement is stellar. So… why are half of your students still forgetting everything they learned in just a matter of weeks? It's likely a matter of cognitive science! With so much material to "teach" these days, we often forget to incorporate key proven principles into our curricula — namely active recall, metacognition, spaced repetition, and interleaving practice.

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FREE! Genially: Create Interactive Graphics

Teacher Tech

Use a Free Genially Account to Create Interactive Graphics Genially offers free education accounts that allow you and your students to create interesting interactive graphics. Use Genially to provide more instruction on a screenshot or to give information about elements of your curriculum. Start by logging into Genially with your G Suite Google account (or […].

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Book Conversations to Build Girls’ Confidence

MiddleWeb

When MA principal Liz Garden brought together girls experiencing fifth grade girl drama, her students were excited to have time to share their thoughts and feelings. That first session grew into a book group centering on girls building confidence. Girls want to be heard!

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The Weekend Effect: Why your time off is worth fighting for

The Cornerstone for Teachers

Katrina Onstad is a writer whose first nonfiction book is called, The Weekend Effect: The Life-Changing Benefits of Taking Time Off and Challenging the Cult of Overwork. I read The Weekend Effect this fall, and knew immediately I needed to have Katrina on the show to share her research with teachers. She has a fascinating insight into the history of the weekend and the 40-hour workweek, and explains how technology has in some ways sent us backward in workers’ rights.

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The Fear of Success

The Principal of Change

I recently shared this video based on an interaction that I had with a teacher who was sharing about how they felt uncomfortable trying new things. I wanted to share my thoughts in video form below: Some random thoughts I shared last week on the importance of celebrating those in our buildings and local communities. How do you elevate those across the hallway?

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Frontrow Launches EzRoom Trio All-In-One Classroom AV Solution

techlearning

“We want to be sure students can hear instructional content clearly while taking up as small of a footprint as possible in the classroom," said Leo Stearns, VP of Engineering at FrontRow.

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Top 5 Essential Classroom Items That Every Teacher Needs

Prodigy

As schools continuously evolve and take significant steps to improve their education system, it is imperative that teachers simultaneously introduce essential classroom items in every class to enhance each student’s learning capability, create an organised space to learn, and streamline lesson plans. Further on, survey reports explain that the quality of a classroom environment matters […].

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Reimagining Chickering & Gamson's Principles Post-Pandemic: Technology's Central Role in Modern Edu

This white paper examines and proposes revisions to the "Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education" introduced by Arthur Chickering and Zelda Gamson in 1987 for today's technology-driven world.

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Speechling

Technology Tidbits

Speechling is a excellent free site for learning a language. The way this works is a student listens to a professional voice actor say the word or phrase and then repeats it and records themselves. Then a professional will listen to recording and provide feedback on how the word was spoken to help learn the language. Below is a brief demo. I highly recommend checking out Speechling by clicking here !!!

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Wikipedia + the Internet Archive offer a new reason to include Wikipedia in student research

NeverEndingSearch

The Internet Archive and an army of Wikipedians are working towards achieving improved consensus around knowledge and greater historical accuracy by, as founder Brewster Kahle shares, weaving books into the fabric of the web itself. Last week, at its annual celebration , the Internet Archive announced the initiative in which it will be Weaving Books into the Web—Starting with Wikipedia.