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3 Ways to Stress Less in Today’s Classroom

The CoolCatTeacher

She consults with members of several schools/businesses and presents at conferences nationwide. Dr. Alexander is lifetime certified in Louisiana in Secondary English Education, as a Reading Specialist, as a School Librarian, as an Educational Technology Facilitator, as an Educational Technology Leader and in Educational Leadership 1.

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How can we ease tensions around book choice and school libraries?

The Cornerstone for Teachers

My experience with the school library and book choice tension I have over 1,000 books in my American international Christian school classroom in southern Taiwan where I teach English Language Arts (8th), Yearbook (10th-12th), US History (11th), and British Literature (12th). Teachers want to advocate for the learning needs of their students.

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Transmedia, Digital Storytelling Project

User Generated Education

From Digital Promise : Schools, libraries, and classrooms have traditionally been a place for the consumption of information and ideas. Digital stories are not just facts presented with accompanying images, they are narratives crafted to take the listener or reader on a journey. Makey Makey/Scratch Bottle Characters.

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The ultimate guide to authentically creating a secondary classroom where students feel safe, welcome, & whole

The Cornerstone for Teachers

This is especially true for secondary students. Younger learners are used to SEL (socio-emotional learning) practices like sharing circles and morning meetings; these procedures tend to fade away as students get older and into more specialized secondary content.

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AI in Higher Ed: Using What We Already Know About Good Teaching Practices

Edsurge

How the past influences the present How we approach our subjects in the face of AI will both radically and also barely change. Now, if my child asks me a question about anything, we can Google it on my phone from wherever we happen to be. For many faculty, that last question is causing the most friction around campuses.

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A couple of new remote teaching tricks

NeverEndingSearch

What’s nice about these and so many other recent tools we are introducing in schools is that they present real-life functionality. I can easily imagine its use in virtual planning sessions, collaborations among secondary students, and project brainstorming and reviewing. Here are a couple of my current faves.

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How Tech Teachers Can Benefit From Historical Research Tools

Ask a Tech Teacher

Compare this to the old school way of doing research: spending hours in a large library and slowly filling out flash cards. Now research is as efficient as doing a Google search to find relevant websites and then bookmarking the site for later reference. Much of the information we gather comes from secondary sources.

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