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MasterMind Educator Groups: Build Safe Spaces for Innovation

The CoolCatTeacher

Mastermind groups are innovative ways to create safe spaces for teachers to grow and learn together. In this show, 2012 National Teacher of the Year Rebecca Mieliwocki shares how she has facilitated Mastermind groups successfully. Daniel Bauer has a free Mastermind Toolkit to help you gMastet started building mastermind groups.

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To Help Fight a Mental Health Crisis in Schools, Community Groups Step In

Edsurge

At a school in East Oakland where Seneca conducted a screening of 200 fourth graders for a new trauma support group, Detterman expected to register a handful of participants. She was shocked to find that about 60 percent of those students met the criteria for having experienced trauma and needing more intensive support.

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How We Refer to Groups of People Matters a Lot

MiddleWeb

American Indian or Native American? Latina or Latino or Latinx? African American or Black? History teacher Lauren Brown shares activities and resources she uses to help students understand the background and history of such naming choices and why it's important to teach.

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12 Ways to Update Your Online Presence

Ask a Tech Teacher

Update your online profile –on your blog, your gravatar, FB, X/Twitter, professional groups, your PLN. Update links and references that are out of date. Check individual post tags and categories– reorganize options so they authentically group your writing. The ones you read last year, consider a reminder!

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Beyond Homework: The Evolution of the Flipped Classroom

Catlin Tucker

This strategy, which I refer to as the “in-class flip” allows students to control the pace of their learning and refer back to the video any time they need to revisit that instruction. Reciprocal Teaching : Students are divided into groups and take turns teaching each other the concepts they’ve learned from the video.

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The Station Rotation Model Tip # 4: Encourage Offline Student Collaboration Using Talking Chips

Catlin Tucker

Station Set Up When designing these student-led offline stations, I encourage teachers to arrange the desks and chairs into groups of 4-5. At each table group, place the talking chips at the center of the table in a basket or bag. I recommend providing each group with a list of six to ten related questions.

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An overview of the Flip Class-Based group quiz.

Linways Technologies

Discuss Education BarCamp was an Education meetup that was organized by Linways Technologies which brought together a group of educators, academicians, and education enthusiasts to share and propose their ideas on making advancements in the higher education system. What is Flip Class-Based Group Quiz? Providing Course Materials.

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