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A Better Alternative To Grading Student Writing
Read more: A Better Alternative To Grading Student WritingGreat writing starts at the beginning, whether with an idea or need or purpose of social context or spark of inspiration. Whatever it is that ’causes’ the writing to begin–what’s wrought there at the beginning is kind of like a lump of clay. Without that clay, not much could happen and the quality of that…
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It’s Time To Think Differently About Writing In The Classroom
Read more: It’s Time To Think Differently About Writing In The ClassroomLimiting the craft of writing to a single content area has altered the landscape of students’ minds in ways that are only now being revealed as math teachers are told to teach writing. Students are now used to flinging rudimentary understandings on exit slips in broken sentence fragments, taking notes that neatly curate other people’s…
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Back To School Social-Emotional Basics: Relationship, Rhythm, Release
Read more: Back To School Social-Emotional Basics: Relationship, Rhythm, ReleaseAs our elementary students head back to school in person, in this very new way, there will be many emotions stirred up in them. Alarm. Frustration. Worry. Excitement. And this will be mirrored by what we, as adults, may also be experiencing. For our teachers, on top of what they will be emotionally experiencing themselves,…
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The Challenge Of Global Learning In Public Education
Read more: The Challenge Of Global Learning In Public EducationIn high-stakes testing environments prevalent in many formal learning institutions, the focus is on standards and standard-mastery. ‘Globalization’ is a haughty kind of ‘pie in the sky’ idea thought about only when watching one of the “Shift Happens” videos on YouTube, or daydreaming on the drive home from a challenging day in the classroom where…
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Exactly How Technology Can Make Reading Better
Read more: Exactly How Technology Can Make Reading BetterThrough apps with social components, readers can be connected through texts. Reading groups, reading contests, reasons for reading, book suggestions, building social credibility for the process of reading, and more are possible when reading is, at least on some level, a social act.
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Why Public Schools Should Continue To Use Remote Learning
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The Definition Of Synchronous Learning
Read more: The Definition Of Synchronous LearningMassa tempor nec feugiat nisl pretium. Egestas fringilla phasellus faucibus scelerisque eleifend donec. Porta nibh venenatis cras sed felis eget velit aliquet. Neque volutpat ac tincidunt vitae semper quis lectus. Turpis in eu mi bibendum neque egestas congue quisque. Sed elementum tempus egestas sed
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Creating Students Who Solve Problems
Read more: Creating Students Who Solve ProblemsMassa tempor nec feugiat nisl pretium. Egestas fringilla phasellus faucibus scelerisque eleifend donec. Porta nibh venenatis cras sed felis eget…
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The Benefits Of Using Technology In Learning
Read more: The Benefits Of Using Technology In LearningWhile technology opens new horizons for education at home, adapting to this is more challenging. What are the pros and…