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Student choice and voice in learning are essential. It is important that we provide a variety of opportunities for our students to develop skills in ways that meet their specific interests and needs. We need activities and tools that will help students to develop content-area knowledge and skills, while also developing essential social-emotional learning (SEL) skills to best prepare them for their future. Via Nik Peachey 
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Digital technology such as tablets can help teachers and students rediscover traditional ways of learning by using touch, movement, sound, and visuality.
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Student blogging provides opportunities for sharing, reflection, and ownership. With ELLs, blogs can provide deeper engagement and a public forum to demonstrate their developing skills.
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Social media can enhance differentiated instruction if the tools are selected with a careful eye on individual students' readiness, interests, and learning profiles. ...
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December 18, 2014 1:45 AM
A neurological study has shown that curiosity makes our brains more receptive for learning, and that as we learn, we enjoy the sensation of learning.
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Ah, listening, the neglected literacy skill. So how do we help kids become better listeners? Check out these tactics for encouraging a deeper level of listening that also include student accountability: ...
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nenteGuided by research, educators at Cochrane Collegiate have homed in on ten top teaching methods, and teachers receive weekly PD to help them implement the practices. Teachers keep students on their toes by moving them to different parts of the room during lessons. Graphic organizers are another technique used at Cochrane to help students learn new information. ...
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Remote learning is a weird time. Online classes and virtual reality in general have been the staple of 2020. One day in March, everything shut down and we all had to learn how to work, teach, study, do therapy, and take classes remotely without much preparation. So, it's been a roller-coaster experience, and definitely not what we expected. ...
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Edutopia blogger Vicki Davis asks her students for professional development help, ending the year with in-class focus groups, a survey, and a call for anonymous notes that will guide her in improving her practice next year.
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Whether you instruct first grade or university students, take some time to think about where you are with creating a learning space where your students have ample voice, engage frequently with each other, and are given opportunities to make choices. ...
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Holding students' attention is about activating the right neural network. Strategies include recognizing how focus feels, giving incentives, and adjusting the pace of your teaching.
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It's an obvious myth that students think homework is for their benefit. With that attitude, a student may think, "It doesn't matter how I get the homework done, just as long as it is done before the teacher checks it. Right?" This is why on the day the homework is due a group of students can typically be seen frantically huddled over the "smart girl" copying her answers. ...
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During the summer, you'll want to improve your teaching and lessons, but how do you decide where to start? Your students!
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"OK…so let me clarify that title. I honestly think textbooks are on their way out…or at least I hope they are. Really it should read “Flipboard as core curation artifact for classrooms” but that wouldn’t have you here reading now would it. " Via John Evans
carldowse's curator insight,
April 3, 2014 6:58 AM
With its magazine function Flipboard is an attractive cross platform means of curating and delivering content fro teaching purposes. 
Kim Flintoff's curator insight,
July 8, 2014 1:13 AM
Student created books generated from high quality collaborative curation strategies seems a very valid entry point to active learning. 
Julie Bilz's curator insight,
July 10, 2014 9:35 AM
I am ready for a world without textbooks in both K-12 and higher ed. Bring it on!! |
A useful read.