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10 Strategies Designed to Engage Elementary Students Online

Catlin Tucker

A few weeks ago, I published a blog titled “ 8 Ideas Designed to Engage Students In Active Learning Online.” I had several elementary teachers request that I work on a similar blog focused on younger learners. Below are ten strategies I hope will help elementary teachers to engage their young learners online. #1 Create Virtual Word Wall with a Bitmoji Classroom or Padlet.

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5 Keys for Successful Remote Learning

A Principal's Reflections

There is a lot to consider as schools either begin the school year or reassess where they currently are based upon the current COVID19 situation. Here in the United States, many school districts are adopting a hybrid model when they open in the fall, while others have made the decision to start remotely. With the latter, it is imperative that any challenges and mishaps from the spring are addressed now to ensure better implementation at scale.

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The Role Social-Emotional Learning Plays in Teaching White Children About Race

Edsurge

One night when I was in graduate school, I stayed up late talking with a friend. Our conversation meandered from one topic to another, and I ended up telling her about my family: my parents who came to the U.S. from Jamaica, and the Caribbean traditions that shaped my experience growing up Black in America. My friend, who was white, listened with interest.

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Books I read in July 2020

Dangerously Irrelevant

Books I finished reading (or rereading) in July 2020… Equity Visits , Rachel Roegman et al. [educational leadership]. The Power of Student Agency , Anindya Kundu [sociology]. Living on the Black , John Feinstein [baseball]. Motivate the Unmotivated , Rob Plevin [education]. Attention-Grabbing Starters and Plenaries for Teachers , Rob Plevin [education].

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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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Moving from Classroom to Canvas LMS

Teacher Tech

Guest Blog Post by Marcia Carrillo Making the Move from Google Classroom to Canvas Canvas learning management system (LMS) has some great tools and advantages for teachers for digital instruction and remote learning. Many of the things you know and love about using G Suite and Google Classroom do not have to be lost when […]. The post Moving from Classroom to Canvas LMS appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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Examining EL Education with an Anti-Racist Lens

MiddleWeb

Using a questioning format developed by Dr. María Cioè-Peña, teachers of English learners can examine current education policies through an anti-racist lens and resist practices that may demean and segregate students and devalue their cultures, writes educator Tan Huynh.

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How to plan for the first week of school when everything feels uncertain

The Cornerstone for Teachers

This week on the Truth for Teachers podcast : In the time of the coronavirus pandemic , planning the first week of school has never been more difficult or confusing for teachers, especially for those that remote learning or teaching is not an option. And the lack of guidance for schools isn’t making things easier for anyone to return to school. .

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Cameras in the Classroom? What to Do Instead

The Innovative Educator

Some school districts have the short-sighted idea to put cameras in the classroom this fall so that students learning remotely have access to the classroom. Not only is this a bad idea, it is a colossal waste of money. To find out why, check out my " Cameras in the Classroom " article in Tech & Learning magazine.

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re: My Nomination for US Secretary of Education

The Jose Vilson

There’s a meme out there suggesting that I become the next Secretary of Education for this country. I use the word “meme” in the original sense where something gets repeated often. Some of it might have started from my pictures with then-presidential candidate Senator Elizabeth Warren and Julian Castro, but the more recent uptick ostensibly comes from Peter Greene’s Forbes article.

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Tips for Running an Accessible & Affordable Virtual Conference

The Innovative Educator

As a result of the CoronaVirus Pandemic, we were faced with the choice of canceling our large yearly conference, or figuring out how to do a virtual conference. We opted for a virtual conference and decided to use Microsoft Teams and YouTube Live for our platform. The Format Traditionally, at our conferences we have opening remarks, a keynote speaker, vendor floor, workshops all day, and at the end we have closing remarks and awards.

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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.