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3 Questions to Help Make the Most Out of the Money You Have

A Principal's Reflections

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A Must Use Tool for Creating Quiz Games

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Quizalize is a very good classroom quiz tool. This tool allows teachers to create fun classroom exams or homework. Teachers can see the results live and easily spot students' strengths and.

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To Understand Learners, Use Portraits Not Profiles

MiddleWeb

Understanding all aspects of a student’s learning "portrait" is critical for us to ensure their success. Although we typically look at areas like readiness or ability, notes teaching expert Barbara Blackburn, we also need to consider culture, Maslow’s hierarchy, and SEL.

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Apps to Help Youngsters Learn How to Draw Anime and Manga

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Here is an updated list of some of our favourite apps to use with young learners to engage them in creating drawing and sketching activities. The apps we selected for you today are specifically.

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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: 5 ways to leverage UDL for student inclusivity

eSchool News

[ Editor’s note: This story, originally published on January 2nd of this year, was our #6 most popular story of the year. Happy holidays, and thank you for tuning into our 2018 countdown!]. In recent years, general education teachers have joined special education teachers in emphasizing the need for inclusivity in the classroom. By creating inclusive classrooms, educators aim to foster learning environments that are equitable and nurturing to every student.

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Play Library Santa: Sharing gifts of digital media

NeverEndingSearch

It’s the season for getting together with family and friends. This year, I’ve found myself giving many of them a rather unintentional gift–an introduction to their public libraries’ digital media collections. While most of my friends and relatives have library cards, I am discovering, among the people I know who are not librarians, a surprising ignorance of the power of their cards to access digital media.

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OPINION: Don’t count teachers out of school redesign

The Hechinger Report

. This is the story of what happened when teachers and administrators in Aurora, Colorado, worked side by side to redesign a middle school. Together, we were able to innovate, plan and produce a flexible school model aimed at improving student performance, engagement and equity. Aurora Hills Middle School is the first school in the Aurora Public Schools district to pilot the model.

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Best Student Email EVER!

Cycles of Learning

It's emails like the one below that remind me why I love teaching so much:

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Preparing Our Students for the New Collar Workforce

The Innovative Educator

College and career readiness was popularized in 2009 under the Obama administration's Race-to-the-Top initiative and it is what fuels the Common Core Standards. College and career readiness is the directive under which most government schools have been operating since then. The problem is that honoring, respecting, and preparing our nation for college and career readiness leaves two thirds of our nation's adults (according to the most recent census bureau statistics) as outcasts.