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The Vocabulary Doctors: How to Teach Vocabulary

The CoolCatTeacher

How to Use Vocabulary Builder on Your Kindle Paperwhite. Dr. Angela Peery has been an educator 31 years and has served as a secondary English teacher, secondary administrator, instructional coach, turnaround specialist, curriculum developer, and consultant. So check the show notes; you’ll see how to do that. [00:08:00].

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What is Active Learning? And Why it Matters

ViewSonic Education

Active learning is a teaching method that works wonders. Think about some things you’ve learned. How to drive, change a tire or prepare a meal. Or watched a how-to video. But it was through the process of actually changing that tire that you truly learned the skills. Game-based learning.

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There’s No Such Thing As Being Bad at Math: How Neuroscience Is Changing the Equation

Edsurge

Or they might grow plants in farm fields based on area models—while figuring out how to multiply fractions. The Role of Parents Parents’ attitude and involvement is extremely important to children’s belief that they can learn math. Grow plants under different conditions Use Math as a Secondary Element of a Project.

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Literature Performance Odyssey with Drama and Student Leadership

The CoolCatTeacher

Like have a really clear conversation about who is going to be in charge of what, and how you are going to make sure it happens, first? Marynn: Several of them, I actually led some conflict resolution workshops because they found out the hard way that they didn’t know how to do conflict resolution. Vicki: (agrees). Vicki: Yeah.

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The Rise of eSports in Education: Breaking New Ground

The CoolCatTeacher

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter If you want to know how to start an eSports program in your school. Welcome to another episode of the 10 Minute Teacher Podcast, where today we're diving into the game-changing world of scholastic esports. New Podcast: Project-based Learning with A.I.

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Week of August 14, 2011 - Live and Interactive Webinars in Blackboard Collaborate

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

We will look at how to use the new features and the old favorites to design slides to make the whiteboard an interactive experience for the moderator and participants. link] Understand why Peer Coaching works, what coaches and the teachers they work with gain from Peer Coaching, and how to get started with Peer Coaching.

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Reading, Writing, Gaming

Educator Innovator

The secret of games’ success—their power to spark and channel students’ motivation to read and understand complex content—isn’t confined to digital games. They could use the group story as a base for their own work,” Ehrlich said. Interested in learning more about how to use games in your classroom?