Edsurge

AUGUST 31, 2023

Not only with well wishes for her new job as a college professor in Maryland, but also with relief that she would no longer be working around the clock. What I was told by my family is, ‘Thank God, because you come home and you grade papers. I didn’t even realize the impact the work was having on my immediate family.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Over the next weeks, I’ll share ideas that will get you ready for Hour of Code. 8, 2023 Coding–that geeky subject that confounds students and frightens teachers. 8, 2023 Coding–that geeky subject that confounds students and frightens teachers. Click here for more detail and a how-to video.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

I’m on the brink of my third year of teaching, inching quickly towards retirement, as recent teacher attrition data suggests. Given the hostile political climate we live in, a demanding administration means that more is being asked of teachers than ever before and I couldn't help but feel immense pressure to thrive for myself and my students.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Over the next week, I’ll share ideas that will get you ready for Hour of Code. This includes (links won’t work until the articles are posted) : An Overview of This Week. Coding–that geeky subject that confounds students and frightens teachers. Click here for more detail and a how-to video. Grade level: 5-12.

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Robotics iPad Digital Citizenship Mobility 359

Edsurge

APRIL 8, 2024

If indeed someone is out, Gale will be the one to step in and take over that classroom at the child care center she owns and runs. If indeed someone is out, Gale will be the one to step in and take over that classroom at the child care center she owns and runs. It’s 5 a.m. But the funds ran out in September 2023.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 19, 2023

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a hot topic in schools around the country. Is there anything of concern that we can stop? I recently taught my students about budgets and they were so grateful! Yes, I took a little bit of a break, but that is okay.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 15, 2020

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter We educators need to rest and recover this summer. Learning online will also help us become better teachers and now is the perfect time to take an online course. Learn How 2. This needs to be an area of understanding for every teacher.

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Waterford

JULY 21, 2022

From introduction letters to parent-teacher conferences , you have plenty of opportunities to boost family engagement during the first few months of school. Learn why family engagement matters and how to encourage it in your classroom from the first day of school onward. Families have more positive opinions of their child’s teacher.

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Edsurge

JUNE 15, 2022

Our work has centered on students—their mental health, their well-being and what it takes to help them thrive. As we’ve expanded our work and research to schools and colleges across the country, there’s a shift emerging: it’s not just students and their families in desperate need of support.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 28, 2020

I met Kiana Berkman in this traumatic time of moving teaching home through an invigorating discussion on education and how it’s changing. I asked her to share insights on how COVID-19 is affecting her students and their passion for learning. Yet students are not horses, nor are teachers horse-trainers.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Over the next week, I’ll share ideas that will get you ready for Hour of Code. This includes (links won’t work until the articles are posted) : Hour of Code? By fifth grade, students appreciate technology for how it can speed up their class projects and seek out ways to use it to make their educational journey easier.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 26, 2023

As instructors and students press pause for winter break, journalists at EdSurge are likewise taking some time away from writing and editing during the last week of 2023. I had it so good! I have read and loved them all. I give “The Anthropocene Reviewed” five stars. Bodies are changing. Hormones are changing.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Coding–that geeky subject that confounds students and frightens teachers. By fifth grade, students appreciate technology for how it can speed up their class projects and seek out ways to use it to make their educational journey easier. Take advantage of this by introducing pre-programming skills like creating macros.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

JANUARY 14, 2024

Instead of getting to the root problem of Jordan’s morning, you take Dan and Jack outside to be able to discuss the appropriate way to enter a classroom and let them try again. You purposely take a brain break before the social studies lesson, but students are calling out before you can get to the main idea.

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Strategy Classroom Meeting Exercises 102

The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 3, 2020

Painful Pauses Can Change Your Life From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Jeff Goins tells a story about Walt Disney in his book The Art of Work that I don’t recall hearing before. Walt Disney’s Nail Walt Disney grew up in a home that struggled to pay the bills.

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EdNews Daily

JUNE 16, 2017

Below is one example of how an online teaching job at 51Talk made a vast difference in the life of a teacher. Please stop by for more stories from teachers who work at 51Talk in the near future, and be sure to see our prior interviews linked below. I went to a small college in North Carolina called Barton College.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 13, 2019

In this post, I’ll share twenty-two of my top tips and ideas that have helped me have an awesome classroom. While I won’t claim to ever be perfect, I have learned so much over the last seventeen years. If this post helps some of you avoid the mistakes I learned early on, then it will accomplish its purpose!

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 3, 2019

I am finally back from my international trip where I visited three areas, four hotels, and took a gazillion trains. The background: My daughter and I went to Okinawa Japan where my son is stationed with the Army to celebrate his birthday and decided to also visit the main island of Japan and South Korea.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 17, 2023

This story also appeared in Fast Company Now, facing staffing shortages, the district of more than 16,000 students dumped extra work on those who remained. As part of her job, Considine worked closely with students with disabilities, often helping medically-fragile children ride the bus or go to the bathroom. NAPERVILLE, Ill.

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Edsurge

MAY 18, 2020

While I have always wanted to be a parent, I've never wanted to homeschool my kids. At the university where I teach, a number of our students come from a home schooling environment. Their actual teachers are amazing. They have been working incredibly hard to make the switch to an online environment.

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EdNews Daily

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

About two weeks ago, via LinkedIn, I shared Josh Steimle’s book review of Susan Cain ’s bestseller, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking. In a globally competitive world, we must support extroverts and introverts working together in balance to provide better outcomes.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 28, 2024

Together, the pair found nameless satisfaction in tormenting their middle-aged white teacher. But Corey and his friend would meet their teacher’s accusing questions with a chorus of yes-sirs and no-sirs and I-dunno-sirs, eventually forcing him to retreat back to his lesson. I just don’t think they like me,” he’d say.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 6, 2017

A conversation with Jon Corippo on episode 92 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. He shares how you can use this tool to teach vocabulary and save time for other things! I hope you enjoy this episode with Jon Corippo! Listen Now. Quizlet Live.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

MARCH 10, 2024

Here’s what I mean. I enjoy these instructional days because as a Type-A teacher, I like to solve multiplication and division equations with the standard algorithm. I have a standard algorithm to start each day in my classroom. I have a stepwise practice for setting up my day for success.

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A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 3, 2017

Without them, humanity cannot survive. ” ― Dalai Lama Typically, I am a very focused writer. I often talk about accountability, evidence, and efficacy. When I began writing this post my house was being pelted with a wind-driven rain from the remnants of Hurricane Harvey. I wasn't worried until then.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 1, 2017

Episode 89 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. How it applies in middle and high school. Why some teachers don’t like it. Why he thinks it works. I hope you enjoy this episode with Alan November! Book: Who Owns the Learning?

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Towards the end of the unit, I asked students how their understanding of the topic has changed since the first lesson. Among all the feedback I received, one student’s response stood out: “Honestly, my opinion of climate change is that I am frustrated hearing about it. No teacher ever tells us what we can do about it.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

In 2023, a new popular kid in town, better known as AI, dominated headlines and prompted debates around how students could abuse–and should use–the generative tool for learning. I predict two issues will take center stage- artificial intelligence (AI) and cybersecurity. What are the projections for edtech?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 23, 2019

Coding–that geeky subject that confounds students and frightens teachers. By fifth grade, students appreciate technology for how it can speed up their class projects and seek out ways to use it to make their educational journey easier. Take advantage of this by introducing pre-programming skills like creating macros.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Over the next week, I’ll share ideas that will get you ready for Hour of Code. This includes (links won’t work until the articles are posted) : Hour of Code? Coding–that geeky subject that confounds students and frightens teachers. Coding–that geeky subject that confounds students and frightens teachers.

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Robotics iPad Digital Citizenship Mobility 224

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

AUGUST 25, 2023

As a Canadian citizen and an educational researcher, I feel a profound sense of shame for the period of history when Indigenous children were forcibly taken from their homes and sent to residential schools. Let’s take this journey together, reflecting on our past, and inspiring change for a more compassionate and just future.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

I watched proudly as he used his self-determination skills to choose a major and enroll at a college that was an eight-hour drive from home. I stood back and watched. He returned home after just one semester at college. He stopped taking the medication that helped him concentrate. as he failed miserably.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 23, 2020

For educators that may mean working with students in a face to face, elearning, or a blended environment. In this series I will provide thoughts and free resources to help you make Blended and eLearning with of course face to face a PBL possibility. I have delivered hundreds of workshops and presentations. Thanks so much.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 26, 2024

Only four employees still work at the college, running a nonprofit that is helping rural students continue their educations. Just about the only traffic on the way is an occasional stray chicken. SLIDESHOW The entrance road to the now-defunct Chatfield College, flanked by Bradford pear trees. The college has closed permanently.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

It’s a trip that Robert Mitchell has been making once a week for five years, arriving on a Monday, sleeping over in the locally owned, $55-a-night Starlite Motel in Springfield, then turning the car north to return home two days later to his wife and son. to his home near Denver. CAMPO, Colo. — All of it was destined for rural schools.

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TeacherCast

JULY 18, 2022

For the last few weeks, I have been in quite a reflective mood. I had been podcasting for about a year already supporting the Apple community as one more podcaster talking weekly about their iPhones and favorite apps. But I wanted to do something different. You never know where the world may take you.

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Neo LMS

MARCH 29, 2018

In my last post we examined the eye-popping statistics to do with teacher job satisfaction, and the resultant impact on losses in the teaching profession, not to mention on student outcomes. We established that teachers primarily complain of over-work, particularly due to time spent on administrative tasks, mainly: Data Management.

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