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Disruptive Thinking in Our Classrooms: Preparing Students for Their Future

A Principal's Reflections

The pandemic gave many of us a great deal of time to engage in projects both personally and professionally. For me, in the case of the latter, that was writing a new book. My challenge and motivation were to create a teacher-facing resource that would also be applicable to administrators, instructional coaches, and other educators who actively work in schools.

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6 Great Ways to Integrate Technology into the Classroom

EdNews Daily

By Lauren Groff Following that same lesson plan year after year might seem like a way to keep life simple. But your students are moving on, and so should you. By integrating technology into the classroom, you can actually find new resources for imparting lessons on your students, and boost engagement at the same time. Thanks to a global pandemic, educators relied more on technological tools in 2020 than ever before.

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The YoungScientist- A Good Science Resource for Teachers and Students

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

The 3M Young Scientist Lab is another great website we are adding to our science distance teaching and learning resources. It provides teachers with tons of educational resources to get their.

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Building the 21st Century Worker: a Blueprint for Success

EdNews Daily

By Betsy Hill and Roger Stark Editor’s Note: This is part one of a two-part article. It is becoming increasingly clear from neuroscience research that intelligence is not fixed and that the ability to learn, think and problem-solve can be enhanced at any age. The implications of this new knowledge in the workplace are profound. It means that poorly prepared entry-level workers can make significant improvements in their ability to meet workplace requirements, becoming retrained in weeks.

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Quickly Create Personalized Learning Experiences that Work

How can we actively engage learners 24/7, on their level and according to their interests, while respecting their learning styles? It’s not impossible. In this guide: Explore how to transform traditional, one-way videos into two-way interactive learning experiences Understand different types of artificial intelligence (AI), including - Generative vs.

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6 Tips For Using Exit Tickets To Improve Your Teaching

TeachThought - Learn better.

This is sponsored content. Regardless of sponsorship, we never provide a platform for or support any tools, resources, organizations, etc., that we don’t believe are useful for teachers to help push education forward. You can read more about our sponsored content policy here. Exit tickets are a widely used teaching tool. Collecting feedback from students is a powerful way to understand what has stuck, and where they might need further support.

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Expanding Social Emotional Development: The Roles We All Play

EdNews Daily

By Lane Jabaay Editor’s Note: This is part two of a series about how findings and solutions from Applied Educational Neuroscience are necessary in improving our approach to the social and emotional development of children. Educational Neuroscience (EN) and Applied Educational Neuroscience (AEN) are complex studies of the brain processes – all things centered around the science of learning.

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Tips to Rock Your Demo Lesson

EdNews Daily

By James Sanders You crushed the interview and now they invited you in for a demo lesson! Cue the panic. As a candidate for an open teaching position, the demo lesson is a vital opportunity to showcase your teaching style and expertise. The school interviewing you wants to see you succeed, remember that! Instead of fearing it, think of the demo lesson as a chance to brag about all your talents and passions without using words.

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Free Online Courses for Students- 6 Good Sources

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

In today's post we are sharing with you this collection of platforms that can help you make the best of your online education during this time of pandemic. These are websites that offer free.

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Podcast: Become a Hybrid Learning Pro

EdNews Daily

In this episode of the EduJedi Report podcast, we look at how the transformation of learning, where suddenly students and teachers are not physically together, has driven widespread use of video conferencing. Screen fatigue complaints and disengagement were center stage early on, but certain folks like Suzanne Phillips rode in to show how to do it right.

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To solve for ALL kids, start with ONE…

The Cornerstone for Teachers

When a problem seems insurmountable, what if you tried creating change one name at a time? In this article and Truth for Teachers podcast episode, I’ll share how often the solution to big problems is solving smaller ones. You’ll hear NYT bestselling author Dan Heath share a short case study from Chicago Public Schools that illustrates how this name-by-name approach worked for reducing dropout rates.

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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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Fun Ways for Students to Learn Through Argument

MiddleWeb

When the goal of argumentation is to learn from each other, the task becomes less competitive and more enriching. SS/ELA teacher Megan Kelly uses games to help students build socratic skills as they consider perspectives, identify their audiences, and argue with insight. The post Fun Ways for Students to Learn Through Argument first appeared on MiddleWeb.

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O que a avaliação pode fazer pela aprendizagem do aluno?

Turnitin

Como é possível aproveitar os dados obtidos na avaliação escrita para o aprendizado do aluno?

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