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How to start the school year on a happy note

eSchool News

Our school motto is “Go be awesome,” so we end every faculty meeting with a group chant: “One, two, three—go be awesome!” We intentionally connect them to Curriculum Leadership, Grade-Level Leadership, and Positive Learning Environment (PLE) Leadership teams. Is it a little bit silly? Does it help us connect and teach better?

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How edtech supports the success of the Nordic Education

Neo LMS

It is typical that every fall, parents and their children’s kindergarten teacher meet to design and discuss an individualized learning map for their children. There is also a real-life addon that allows for teams and individuals to meet up and explore the town in self-organised field trips. Student involvement and game-based learning.

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The most important lessons we learned this year

eSchool News

Inspired by the house system in the Harry Potter books and the Ron Clark model , we held monthly house meetings that focused on one of the 7 Mindsets. For example, during spring break this year, the PLE team had all of the teachers write inspirational messages for the students. The mindsets helped us develop a mental-health strategy.

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10 ways we made our school happier

eSchool News

Inspired by the house system in the Harry Potter books and the Ron Clark model, we held house meetings once a month that focused on one of the 7 Mindsets. If we didn’t find out what educators are passionate about and connect them back into this building, we knew they would quickly burn out.

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#1: 10 ways we made our school happier

eSchool News

Inspired by the house system in the Harry Potter books and the Ron Clark model, we held house meetings once a month that focused on one of the 7 Mindsets. If we didn’t find out what educators are passionate about and connect them back into this building, we knew they would quickly burn out.

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The Melbourne set

Learning with 'e's

Many have remarked on this, but it's true - when you eventually meet face to face the people you have been conversing with for years on Twitter, you feel you actually know them. You don't of course, but you can bypass a lot of the awkward social manoeuvring you often experience when you meet someone for the first time.

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Week of February 14, 2011 - Live, Interactive, and Free Webinars in Elluminate

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

link] DISEÑO DE ENTORNOS PERSONALES DE APRENDIZAJE (PLE), REDES PERSONALES DE APRENDIZAJE (PLN) Y ENTORNOS ( Aula 2.0 ) Tue 15 Feb 09:00PM New York / Wed 16 Feb 02:00AM GMT / Wed 16 Feb 01:00PM Sydney Tomas Chaskel. Grace is what love does and is when it meets the sinful and undeserving."

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