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OPINION: A fresh start on school discipline isn’t optional — especially for schools serving underrepresented students

The Hechinger Report

Both adults and kids need to modify their behavior from time to time — for example, when they want to change eating or exercise habits. Related: Is the effort to curb strict discipline going too far, too fast? The least effective ways to imprint new behavioral patterns is to lecture, punish or lower expectations.

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Aurasma: Create Augmented Reality Experiences in Under 2 Min.

iLearn Technology

As students look through their iPhone/iPad/Android’s camera in the Aurasma app, all of that vocabulary would pop up as others explored the room. It would have been a neat exercise to have them end the day by taking pictures of landmarks at the various stops around their tour as Triggers.

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How to Work From Home and Get Things Done! – SULS059

Shake Up Learning

Exercise : I prefer to workout in the morning, but feel free to work this into your day where it works for you. I use an app called Focus To-Do on my iPhone for Pomodoro timers. I also recommend this technique for secondary students in the classroom doing deep work! Use this time to help you reset and prepare for the day ahead.

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