The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 6, 2024

Today, I interviewed Barb Flowers, an elementary school principal and host of the Teacher Burnout Podcast and the Less Stressed Principal Podcast. Subscribe to the Show This week's guest Barb Flowers, an elementary school principal and seasoned educator life coach, brings 14 years of invaluable experience in education. Oh my goodness.

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Education Elementary Exercises Classroom 307

User Generated Education

JANUARY 2, 2017

I absolutely love all of the new robotics toys that have been coming out for elementary age learners. ” I usually use them for an hour per week with my two groups of gifted learners. The Task: A Small Group Project. One of my gifted girls noted, “Where do all of these robots come from?” It is waterproof, too.

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Robotics Elementary Tablets Smartphone 244

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

Students can also choose from two additional exercise-focused electives — dance and personal fitness — which for some students can mean a 40-minute exercise period every day. Teacher Travis Olsen has an exercise bike in the back of his seventh-grade science classroom that kids are welcome to use whenever they feel the need.

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Exercises Elementary Report Study 104

Dangerously Irrelevant

APRIL 1, 2015

My notes from yesterday’s Code.org elementary coding workshop… Ben Schafer , University of Northern Iowa, Facilitator. Code.org’s elementary school courses overview [VIDEO]. Code.org elementary curriculum was created in conjunction with Cal-Berkeley. Short 20-hour courses for elementary school. Group breakouts.

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A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 23, 2018

The best part is the conversations that I get to have with learners, especially at the elementary level. Downing Elementary School with principal Marcos Lopez as part of some broader work in Ector County ISD. Each kid was instructed to get up, walk around the room, and find a partner who was not in their pre-assigned seating groups.

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Learning Elementary Outcomes Blended Learning 419

Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 14, 2021

Usually, that meant desktop computers, iPads, and laptops, either in small groups or 1:1. Many ICDL books are classified as “activities” meaning they are perfect for digital story times, scavenger hunts, and creative writing exercises. Elementary and middle school children can read the books or have them read aloud to them.

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Libraries Mobility eBook Tablets 365

The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 11, 2024

He served on the Working Group for President Obama's Advisory Council on Financial Capability. You need to exercise. And exercise doesn't mean being a state champion track athlete. When I go into independent reading strategies that really builds off of a growth mindset and then finally learning in pairs or small groups.

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

A flexible classroom is a learning environment that utilizes an “agile physical setup that will accommodate both independent and group work,” according to a CDW white paper on constructing modern classrooms. These chairs are also good for both individual and group work and give students more freedom and comfort than a traditional desk chair.

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Classroom EdTech Elementary Exercises 359

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

CHICAGO — In July, in a packed classroom in downtown Chicago, a group composed mostly of early elementary teachers and child care workers read a story about “Wendi,” a fictional preschool teacher who loves reading but struggles in math. The exercises benefited their own math skills, too.

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Elementary Report Conference Exercises 128

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 6, 2020

Age group: Middle school. Age group: middle and high school. Once they’ve completed these exercises, they pretend that they have just graduated from high school, have a job, and must save $2,000 to start college. Age group: Upper elementary, middle and high school. Age group: high school. Financial Football.

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Common Core Groups Mobility Elementary 278

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

A few years ago, a group of scientists at Carnegie Mellon University decided to study these rapid learners to see what they are doing differently and if their strategies could help the rest of us. The study offers the hope that “anyone can learn anything they want” if they get well-designed practice exercises and put some effort into it.

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EdTechTeacher

MAY 4, 2023

Each post will focus on a practical strategy for using ChatGPT and will include ideas for both elementary and secondary school teachers. ChatGPT can create an interactive lesson that teaches multiplication using real-world examples, such as grouping items in sets or counting equal groups of objects. Get Your Pass Today!

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Personalized Learning Secondary Learning Exercises 147

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Meanwhile, public health experts say kids need exercise more than ever. “PE Compounding these issues, many students around the country live in crowded apartments or in neighborhoods where it’s not safe to exercise outside. Related: How a growing number of states are hoping to improve kids’ brains: exercise.

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Exercises Elementary Guidelines Report 144

Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

This could mean considering how a community or group (which could be as small as the classroom or as large as humanity) would perceive the subject or how it might affect or be affected by it. Finally, the we stage encourages participants to think about their observations, thoughts, and feelings in a broader social context.

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Secondary Exercises Data Study 350

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

In Fairfax County, Virginia, thousands of middle school students experience what most of their peers leave behind in elementary school — recess. On a day in early fall, a large group of students tossed their backpacks in a messy pile and made a beeline towards the school’s blacktop for pickup basketball and soccer games.

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Elementary Policies STEM Exercises 135

ViewSonic Education

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

This is just as true for the elementary classroom as it is for the lecture hall. It’s useful to break learning styles into three broad categories and to see how technology can benefit each group: Auditory learners respond best to spoken rather than written words. Visual learners rely more on sight than sound, however.

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Technology Classroom EdTech eBook 417

Edsurge

MARCH 31, 2021

This is especially evident in the elementary grades, which on average only teach social studies 30 minutes a week. If we want an active, informed and engaged republic, then commitment to those goals must begin in elementary school—if not earlier—and build momentum and depth throughout a student’s career.

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Case Study Education Elementary Study 213

Waterford

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Students in older grades, for example, will be ready to discuss topics at a more complex level than students in early elementary school. You can come with a list of group rules for your class or brainstorm them with your students before you begin the discussion. Provide classroom rules as a framework for the discussion.

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Classroom Examples Exercises Elementary 279

Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 29, 2022

Once they’ve completed these exercises, they pretend that they have just graduated from high school, have a job, and must save $2,000 to start college. Players pick their NFL team and the opponent, the level of difficulty, skill level, their age-group, and the length of play. Age group: High school. How the Stock Market Works.

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Common Core Mobility Digital Citizenship Groups 249

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 16, 2023

This story also appeared in Mind/Shift At a training session this summer, Pitts, a teacher at Oakdale Elementary in Sandy, Utah, learned why: The program works best when teachers supervise kids rather than sending them off to do exercises on their own.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Four meta-analyses conclude that it’s more effective to teach phonemic awareness with letters, not as an oral-only exercise. hours of auditory instruction in small group or tutoring sessions, but continued to make progress if visual displays of the letters were combined with the sounds. But science evolved.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Sixth grade teacher Kelly Woodfin works with a small group of students, including Zoe, during an advanced math class in Tulsa, Okla. The school district now uses multiple pathways to get more students, especially those from underrepresented groups, into its accelerated courses.

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Report Elementary Course Secondary 133

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 15, 2024

Speaking quietly to her 4-year-old students, she picked one boy from the group to count his classmates: 22. Across town, but in the same school district, teacher Alicia Simba leads 13 students, all 4-year-olds, in a breathing exercise in her classroom. Her 14th student is crying in the reading nook. She wants to go home.

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Report Elementary Policies Groups 115

Waterford

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Many students may be reluctant to speak out in a group setting, or not want to share their thoughts and feelings with classmates. Classroom activities like reflective writing in journals is a great way to teach communication skills to PreK, elementary, or secondary students. Encourage Hesitant Students to Speak Up and Communicate.

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How To Learning Secondary Exercises 246

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Doug Worthen guided his small class of ninth graders at Middlesex School through an exercise designed to focus their attention. They turned their screens back on and Worthen posed a question to the group. “I Coleman Elementary, hasn’t had a suspension in six years, according to the principal.

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Classroom Exercises Survey Elementary 145

Digital Promise

APRIL 3, 2020

Kristen Franklin (Pre-K Parent): Our preschool class started a WhatsApp group, where parents have been sharing pictures and ideas on keeping our kids moving and engaged. Carly Chillmon (Pre-K and Elementary School Parent): My kids are active, very active. We collected rocks and leaves and are now going to try and identify them.

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Learning Elementary Video Training 377

Hapara

MAY 12, 2022

You can also share specific texts with individual students or small groups to differentiate instruction and personalize learning. Third grade language arts – “Native American Stories” This elementary digital textbook has ten 80-minute lessons, which can be broken up to fit shorter class sessions.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2023

Jenna Gros jangles as she walks the halls of Wyandotte Elementary School in St Mary’s Parish, Louisiana. Brusly Elementary School has 595 students, ranging from ages two to seven. Jenna Gros, head custodian at Wyandotte Elementary School in St Mary’s Parish, Louisiana, stops to tie a student’s shoe. MORGAN CITY, La.

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Elementary Report Training Classroom 86

Edsurge

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Students in four groups roll dice to “capture” chemical elements to form stars. Fath says she and her team did upward of 10 prototypes of Outbreak and every version was tested with groups of 20 students in after-school play sessions. We changed the game so that each group could be run by an expert player.

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Classroom Outcomes STEM Groups 199

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

On a sunny day in early November, teacher Trish Curran wasn’t corralling elementary phys ed students as she normally would be. About 10 of her colleagues, forgoing jackets to bask in the fall sunshine, walked in groups of two or three at varying paces around the oval loop. “I TAOS, N.M. — People began to walk with an unwilling gait.

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Report Elementary Groups Survey 140

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 12, 2023

Whittenberg Elementary School of Engineering groaned in disappointment when they saw the runny mess. Then, they made way for the next group of students, who were eager to drop their own bag from the staircase in hope of a different result. The third graders at A.J. Justin Middaugh, an engineer from Michelin, watches as students at A.J.

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Industry Elementary Education Robotics 129

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

In this 2015 photo, fifth graders collaborated on a Rube Goldberg machine in a Pennsylvania elementary school. But it turns out American teens are, surprisingly, much better at group collaboration than at individual academic work. However, what employers probably value the most is the ability to produce a group project.

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Assessment Exercises Groups Video 223

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 18, 2021

Researchers at Penn State analyzed 10,000 students and found that kindergarteners in low-income families and Black kindergarteners of all incomes had a higher propensity to be heavy users of technology by the end of elementary school. Our study provides some indication of the groups.”. Book reading is so important for kids,” he said.

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Study Social Media Elementary Smartphone 141

edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Many educators, especially early childhood and elementary teachers, do not have a STEM background so the task of integrating those subjects into daily classroom lessons can feel overwhelming. The typical elementary teacher does not have a STEM background, which can create a level of anxiety. They call it their Monday Morning Circle.

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STEM Accessibility Elementary Training 84

EdTechTeacher

MAY 12, 2023

Each post will focus on a practical strategy for using ChatGPT and will include ideas for both elementary and secondary school teachers. Group registration discounts available.) To help out all of our teacher friends, we are offering a series of posts focused on practical ways that you can use ChatGPT to assist with own lesson design!

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Secondary Course Examples Robotics 159

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

With remote learning in full swing for a little over half of American elementary and high school schools, students are spending even more time in front of a screen: By some accounts, students are getting up to 5 or 6 hours of additional technology use per day. Many experts point to the rise in smartphone/technology use as a major factor.

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Social Media Guidelines Smartphone Laptops 179

User Generated Education

MARCH 31, 2019

I have the privilege of teaching my gifted elementary students for multiple years. Exercise flexibility and willingness to be helpful in making necessary compromises to accomplish a common goal. With tape measures in hand, groups of students carefully measure the circumferences and diameters of various round objects.

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