eSchool News
MAY 18, 2022
Recently, a co-worker of mine shared a story from when he was in high school. During one chemistry class his teacher happened to light a small fire within a dish and began stirring in different compounds. First the fire turned green, then purple, and then finally blue. The students, who normally struggled to engage with the coursework, were completely enthralled.
eSchool News
MAY 18, 2022
The past two years of pandemic-related stresses and uncertainty have left educators exhausted, even as school districts are returning to a sense of normalcy. A recent National Education Association (NEA) survey found that teachers are burned out , with 67 percent of members reporting it as a very serious issue and 90 percent a very serious or somewhat serious issue.
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Ask a Tech Teacher
MAY 18, 2022
A lot of teacher-authors read my WordDreams blog. In this monthly column, I share the most popular post from the past month on that blog: Tech Tips for Writers is an occasional post on overcoming Tech Dread. I’ll cover issues that friends, both real-time and virtual, have shared. Feel free to post a comment about a question you have. I’ll cover it in a future tip.
Edsurge
MAY 18, 2022
Earlier this month, as thousands of early childhood educators and advocates gathered in Baltimore for the 2022 National Head Start Annual Conference, attendees exchanged first-hand accounts and anecdotes from the field, sharing what the last couple of years have been like for them and what it’s like right now. Tommy Sheridan, the deputy director of the National Head Start Association (NHSA), a nonprofit advocacy and professional support organization for Head Start, was hearing stories about just
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MAY 18, 2022
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Teacher Tech with Alice Keeler
MAY 18, 2022
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The Cornerstone for Teachers
MAY 18, 2022
Teaching makes me…anxious. I struggled with anxiety and depression on and off as a child. I grew up in a family that didn’t “believe” in therapy, so I struggled through many years without help. When I arrived at college to complete my undergraduate studies, it only took about a year of being away from home for me to realize I needed to talk to someone about how I was feeling.
Shake Up Learning
MAY 18, 2022
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techlearning
MAY 18, 2022
New research finds that Black, Latino, and Asian-American students in New York City were about 3 percent less likely to be suspended if their teachers shared their racial or ethnic background.
MiddleWeb
MAY 18, 2022
As Kathie Palmieri implemented the vocab ideas in Marilee Sprenger’s The Essential 25, she found her 5th graders showed greater confidence in their daily work and demonstrated increased word knowledge in their reading, writing and test-taking. She highly recommends the book. The post 25 Essential Words and How to Teach Them first appeared on MiddleWeb.
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Brainscape
MAY 18, 2022
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MAY 18, 2022
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