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Promoting Playful Learning With Technology
Mitchel Resnick—creator of Scratch and OctoStudio—shares how teachers can maximize students’ use of tech for creative purposes.Your content has been saved!
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Question: Are Do Now Activities Effective?
Samer Rabadi from our community team is asking: "are do nows effective?" The debate online has him questioning his assumptions.Your content has been saved!
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Integrating Culturally Responsive Teaching and Trauma-Informed Practices
Using these techniques together helps teachers support all students and foster a sense of belonging.Your content has been saved!
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Exploring Narrative Elements Through a Drama Game
Using an improv exercise to practice the parts of a story gets ideas flowing for students—and helps them add structure to their writing.Your content has been saved!
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Simple, Fun Ways to Support Students’ Communication Skills
Early elementary teachers can build engaging activities into the daily routine to encourage students to develop their conversational skills. - Inquiry-Based Learning
An Instructional Approach That Boosts Student Confidence in Math
By combining direct instruction and an inquiry-based approach, teachers can improve accessibility and create more ‘aha!’ moments. - Game-Based Learning
Fortnite as a Science Laboratory
This physics toolkit contains ready-to-use curriculum to integrate Fortnite into high school physics, showing the promise of virtual learning spaces.121Your content has been saved!
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How Teacher Leaders Can Tangibly Improve Their PLCs
This four-step process can help teacher teams successfully transition from the planning phase to the action phase.136Your content has been saved!
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Involving Parents to Boost Kids’ SEL Development
Pre-K teachers can encourage caregivers to reinforce kids’ social and emotional learning at home through simple activities. - Differentiated Instruction
A Lesson Plan to Engage and Challenge Students in Math Class
By shifting away from long lectures, teachers can meet students where they are and boost their confidence in math.159Your content has been saved!
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Why Teachers Should Grade Less Frequently
Excessive grading stresses out kids and teachers, stifles innovative teaching, and fails to deliver as a true measurement of learning. - Literacy
Helping Students Read Complex Texts
By cultivating metacognitive reading habits, you can help students remain focused as they persist through challenging material. - Education Trends
An Effective Cell Phone Policy for High School Classrooms
To minimize distractions during lessons, teachers can establish a classroom practice that keeps phones out of reach.500Your content has been saved!
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A Strategy for Boosting Student Motivation
A teacher shares the strategy she developed to increase elementary students’ willingness to engage in productive struggle and meet their learning goals.442Your content has been saved!
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4 Old Habits I Pruned From My Teaching Routine
By reconsidering your teaching patterns—from how you grade to where students sit—you can remind yourself of the value of flexibility and trying new things.
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Increasing Cybersecurity on Your Campus
Administrators, teachers, and students all have important roles to play in protecting sensitive student and educator data.127Your content has been saved!
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An Effective Cell Phone Policy for High School Classrooms
To minimize distractions during lessons, teachers can establish a classroom practice that keeps phones out of reach.500Your content has been saved!
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Teaching Computational Thinking With—and Without—Screens
This activity focuses on teaching students about the coordinate plane using two tools: a micro:bit and a good, old-fashioned game of Battleship.175Your content has been saved!
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A 5-Step Process for Producing a School or District Podcast
Sharing school news through scripted audio communication is an effective way to keep families and the larger community informed.150Your content has been saved!
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Overcoming Potential Risks of Student Tech Use
From social isolation to a mistaken belief that they can multitask, here are some of the risks that arise when students use digital tools—and what teachers can do to help.
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How to Support Chronically Absent Students When They Return to Class
It is possible to create effective lessons that allow students to absorb content at their own pace while also requiring mastery.279Your content has been saved!
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Breaking Down the Complex Work of Teaching PBL Into Manageable Chunks
Project-based learning can be daunting, but there are steps teachers can take to overcome the challenges. - Literacy
How to Build Relationships in an Intervention Setting
Strong connections with students are essential for showing them that you’re a trustworthy advocate who wants to help them succeed. - Differentiated Instruction
Using Edtech Tools to Differentiate Learning
Teachers can use tech tools to make it easier to give students choice about their learning, increasing engagement.853Your content has been saved!
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Bringing Universal Design for Learning to the World Language Classroom
Shifting to student-led instruction through UDL can be challenging in these classes, but it can work with the right scaffolds.
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Teaching Students to Persevere Without Getting Burned Out
These strategies for balancing perseverance with well-being can help students learn how to take a break and still reach their goals.127Your content has been saved!
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Research-Backed Ways to Support Students Who Stutter
A compilation of evidence-based classroom strategies to help kids who stutter feel welcomed. - Literacy
The Power of Therapy Dogs as Reading Partners
A certified reading therapy dog can empower reluctant readers and help all students make huge strides in reading—and they’re cute! - Mental Health
What to Know About ADHD in Girls
By knowing what to look for, teachers can work with parents and create supports to help girls with ADHD succeed in school.423Your content has been saved!
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A Multi-Tiered Approach to Promoting SEL
A campus-wide coordinated approach to social and emotional learning and mental health ensures that all students have the support they need.353Your content has been saved!
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