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Relevant Thinking and Learner Success

A Principal's Reflections

It also ensures that education remains dynamic and meaningful, preparing students to make informed decisions and contribute positively to society. Hence, nurturing relevant thinking is essential for equipping young minds with the competence to transform knowledge into action and meet the demands of the future head-on.

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Using EdTech to Support Healthy Habits in Kids and Teens

EmergingEdTech

Our aim as educators and tech enthusiasts should be to harness new technology for its potential and leverage it for why it was created – to make life easier and solve our problems. aim to provide evidence-based learning tools, games, and modules to young students in a virtual space about health subjects.

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Does the Word ‘Teacher’ Still Describe What Educators Do in the Classroom?

Edsurge

So how do we elevate the status of teaching and educating in this country so that people really understand what we do? Today, schools require educators to perform many roles outside the traditional understanding of teaching. People don’t think that we have exercise physiology or speech pathology because we have a historic name.”

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How Culturally Responsive Education Affects Student Engagement and Learning

MindSpark

Anzer As a minority in America, I always felt that my public school education wasn’t created with me in mind. There are too many baby books and thought leaders with their spin on creating more equitable education. And I always knew there had to be a better way. Why should you read this book? Herein lies the answer.

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Apple’s Longtime Education VP Shares Frustrations With Slow Pace of Change

Edsurge

People love to try guess what Apple is up to—that’s true for the company’s education strategy as well. So when Apple’s longtime vice-president of education, John Couch, published a book this year with his thoughts on the future of education and accounts of his work at Apple, it opened a rare window into the company’s views on education.

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How to Build Lifelong Learners

Ask a Tech Teacher

” The first step toward reaching that goal would be opening their minds to fascinating bits and pieces of knowledge, be they about computer games or nature. I respect the job done by education programs around the world, but six to eight hours a day five days a week can only go so far. Education is life.

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Four Ways You Can Use Data to Create a Personalized, Teacher-Driven PD Playbook

Edsurge

As someone who now leads professional development for educators, I know that teachers rarely get to see each other teach. With this simple exercise, you have identified an area of need—as well as a valuable SME who is already overcoming the challenge. I worked in the same school—doors down from my wife—for three years.

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