Waterford

JANUARY 14, 2020

Then, discover tactics for spotting and preventing toxic stress in your classroom. More students in your classroom may be suffering from toxic stress than you know. 14] Regardless of the grade you teach, it’s likely that at least one student in your classroom deals with chronic stress. What Is Toxic Stress, Anyway?

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Classroom E-rate Advocacy Report 239

The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 24, 2017

Today Karen Voglesang @NBCTchr teaches children to use thinking routines in her classroom. After participating in Harvard’s Project Zero , she is applying and using the methods in classrooms and with teachers. Learn some thinking routines and how to apply these valuable techniques in your classroom. Shownotes: [link].

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User Generated Education

JULY 31, 2023

Establish a learning community where all learners are seen as having value in our classroom Getting to Know Learners One of our primary goals at the beginning of the school year should be to get to know our students. 2010; Cowan, 2012; Lohr & Haley, 2018; Sadera et al., 2009). ( Community Building in the Classroom ).

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Waterford

DECEMBER 16, 2019

A survey of educators found that the majority lack enough information and classroom management strategies for students with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and that they don’t feel capable to help them.[2] Then, we’ll discuss classroom management strategies and a few quick tips for supporting these students as a teacher.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 10, 2021

In 2011, the Dow Jones News Fund honored Sackstein as a Special Recognition Adviser and 2012 Education Updated recognized her as an outstanding educator. In 2012, Sackstein tackled National Board Certification in an effort to reflect on her practice and grow as an educational English facilitator.

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Assessment How To BYOD Twitter 410

The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2018

Malachi Ballinger, 6, laughs at how far he has made his “pinball” travel during a science lesson in his kindergarten classroom in Redmond, Oregon. Science could be considered the perfect elementary school subject. Callahan has become a particularly fervent believer in the power of science education in her classroom. It does now.

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Elementary Education Survey Report 85

EdTech4Beginners

MARCH 21, 2018

American poet and etymologist John Ciardi once remarked, “The classroom should be an entrance into the world.” Contemporary classrooms (from elementary school to graduate school) are structured similar to a manufacturing line and typically produce students who are full of information. Swarm Intelligence.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 3, 2024

Collaboration transcends classroom boundaries, involving a myriad of stakeholders – colleagues, students, parents, and the broader educational community. In my experience, these connections don’t just bring new ideas and perspectives to the classroom; they also offer support and inspiration from a global teaching community.

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Study Outcomes Elementary Data 121

The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 22, 2021

Do you need safe, fun ways for students to connect and learn while keeping their distance in the classroom? In today’s show Mitchell Weisburg, cofounder of the nonprofit Games4Ed, shares pedagogical best practices for using augmented reality in the classroom. Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality in the Classroom.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

To facilitate increased focus from educators, the International Society for Technology in Education updated its standards for computer science curricula in July of this year, the first time since 2012, EdScoop reports. MORE FROM EDTECH: Read how Microsoft is pairing K–12 classrooms with computer science experts! by Eli Zimmerman.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

The yearbook company signed a three-year pledge, which will support Sandy Hook Promise’s ability to bring the life-saving, evidence-informed “Know the Signs” prevention programs into more K-12 classrooms nationwide at no cost to schools.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MAY 3, 2020

contributed by Cindy Hoisington , Elementary School Science Teacher. As an early elementary science educator, I’ve advocated for years (to anyone who would listen) about the increasing need for high-quality science teaching in Kindergarten and Grade One classrooms. Create a ramp system that gets a ball to hit a target.

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Learning Elementary STEM Meeting 141

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Megan Sweet is the senior director of program and impact at Mindful Schools, a nonprofit organization that trains educators to teach mindfulness in the classroom. Ben Painter, a Middlesex graduate, took Worthen’s class in 2012 following a concussion. Credit: Sarah Garland / The Hechinger Report.

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Classroom Exercises Survey Elementary 145

The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 3, 2017

As a gamification guru and moonshot thinker, Michael transforms the traditional classroom into a high-energy environment where active student engagement is paramount. In today’s show, Michael gives us five simple ideas for implementing game-based learning in your classroom. Today’s Give Away Contests! Adventure Paths.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 21, 2018

Stephanie Goldman and her first-year mentee Lindsay George have used Google Drive and Google Classroom to supercharge their mentor/mentee relationship. Stephanie Golden: ACE Mentor Relationship Building with Google Drive and Google Classroom. Stephanie calls this the ACE method of mentoring: Access, Collaboration and Experimentation.

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Edsurge

MAY 22, 2019

How many times have you walked into a classroom, say in one of the 88,665 or so elementary schools in the United States, and gasped at the sheer quantity and cuteness of the stuff on the walls? The highly decorated classroom walls are a testament to the creative force that is strong in many teachers.

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Classroom Training System Analysis 167

Waterford

APRIL 23, 2021

Then, we’ll include a few quick tips for you to bring play into your classroom. One study from the American Academy of Pediatrics even found that over the span of 10 years, the number of kindergarten classrooms with a recess period decreased from 96% to 70%.[5]. Strategies to Bring Play in the Classroom. What Is Play?

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Classroom Elementary Strategy Study 264

The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 11, 2018

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Barb Gilman (known as @barbinnebraska) has a classroom rich with a love of reading. From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki DavisFollow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Barb Gilman (known as @barbinnebraska) has a classroom rich with a love of reading.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Years ago, when Woodfin attended Union Public Schools from kindergarten through eighth grade, she sat in fairly homogenous classrooms. But when she returned to teach at Union in 2012, the white student population had shrunk to a little more than half of total enrollment. She decided to talk with her principal at the time, Lisa Witcher.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 11, 2017

Show Sponsor: PowerSchool This summer, PowerSchool announced the Unified Classroom. The Unified Classroom brings together the teacher’s grade book, learning management system, student information system, and assessment in one powerful platform with just one log in. Learn about the Unified Classroom. Listen Now.

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Classroom Elementary Conference Technology 168

The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 26, 2018

Today, I had 15 photos on my interactive display at the front of the classroom. In this post, I’ll be sharing seven pedagogical shifts that make interactive displays a key to a student-centered classroom. In my Computer Science classroom, students are collaborators and co-creators. SMART Technologies sponsored this post.

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Classroom Smartphone Data Assessment 220

Edsurge

AUGUST 7, 2017

She is not alone, as educators around the United States get ready to start the 2017-18 school year, supplies—particularly technology—can cost classrooms hundreds of thousands of dollars. Ellen Goodman Luckily for educators, there are ways to get tech tools into the classrooms that don’t involve panhandling. This is a process.

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Technology Classroom iPad Maker Movement 126

The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 15, 2016

While Mike is an elementary science teacher, I learned many techniques that apply to my middle and high school classrooms. What do you do and say to develop a classroom culture of respect and learning? Additionally, he was a 2012 winner of the Presidential Award for Excellence in Math and Science Teaching.

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How To Elementary Twitter Classroom 150

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Launched in 2012, the platform provides users with more than 10,000 authentic, interactive video-based science interactives crafted by Pivot’s expert curriculum team and teacher community. The school system has 13,000 students enrolled throughout the city and approximately 2,100 staff members working each day.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

APM Studios’ award-winning science podcast for kids, into classrooms nationwide as a learning resource for grades 2-5. Since its launch in 2012, the mission of Brains On! to enhance our elementary teaching resources for grades 2-5,” said Monica Brady-Myerov, Founder and CEO of Listenwise. PAUL, Minn.,

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EdNews Daily

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

I had the chance to chat with Dr. Samuel Bennett from SEU to learn more about his experience working with students who are working on their Master’s in Elementary Education through their online program. My police partner saw how I interacted with children and encouraged me to seek an elementary teaching position. About Dr. Bennett.

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Online Learning Elementary Learning Course 238

The Hechinger Report

JULY 11, 2022

They analyzed 53 elementary school teachers who had been randomly assigned to classrooms in their schools located in four different districts along the East Coast. These doubly “good” teachers had another thing in common: they maintained orderly classrooms that were chock full of routines.

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Survey Elementary Study Report 138

Edsurge

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Yet she never would have incorporated them into her classroom if she hadn’t experienced the power of these exercises herself. She spent many of her weekends this past fall at an elementary school in San Francisco’s Tenderloin district, alongside 83 other peers, including fellow classroom teachers and other educators.

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EdTechTeacher

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

It is impossible for teachers to teach to the varied ability levels they are facing in their classrooms unless they transform their classrooms. It is inevitable, as was noted by Charles Schwahn and Bea McGarvey in their 2012 book Inevitable: Mass Customized Learning: Learning in the Age of Empowerment.

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Reading By Example

JUNE 27, 2016

The instructional walks, brief classroom visits in which I would write my observations down and share them as feedback with the teacher, did show an increase in the frequency of student discussion during instruction but not in higher level questioning. It should be noted that our 19% growth is almost double what we achieved in 2011-2012.

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Elementary Classroom Survey Assessment 40

Reading By Example

JUNE 27, 2016

The instructional walks, brief classroom visits in which I would write my observations down and share them as feedback with the teacher, did show an increase in the frequency of student discussion during instruction but not in higher level questioning. It should be noted that our 19% growth is almost double what we achieved in 2011-2012.

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Elementary Classroom Survey Assessment 40

The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 18, 2018

So following my personal tragedy, where my 6-year-old son was shot in his first-grade classroom, alongside 19 of his classmates and 6 educators in one of the worst mass shootings in U.S. Scarlett: Well… since Sandy Hook Elementary, which happened 5 years ago, we have had over 220 school-related shootings. kymberlimulford@gmail.com.

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Classroom Education Report Accessibility 165

MindShift

JULY 10, 2018

Science could be considered the perfect elementary school subject. Most elementary school teachers have little scientific background and many say they feel unprepared to teach the subject well, according to a national survey of science and mathematics education conducted by a North Carolina research firm in 2012.

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Elementary Education Survey Report 39

Edsurge

JULY 7, 2016

Mirna Reyes-Henderson, a world language teacher and department head at Foxcroft Academy, points out that good classroom management includes using the iPad as a tool to reinforce classroom learning and interaction. Julie Willcott ( @WillcottJulie ) was an early adapter of iPads in the classroom.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 15, 2016

Teaching quality has been defined as “instruction that enables a wide range of students to learn” ( Darling-Hammond, 2012 ), and it is the strongest school-related factor that can improve student learning and achievement ( Hanushek, 2011 ; Nye, Konstantopoulos, and Hedges, 2004 ; Rivkin, Hanushek, and Kain, 2005 ).

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eSchool News

JULY 21, 2023

In addition, district educators will receive in-depth professional learning opportunities that will help them integrate their new resources into instruction and create engaging lessons that prepare students for success beyond the classroom. Discovery Education Science Techbooks.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 2, 2022

Early in elementary school, many children already believe that boys are more interested than girls in computer science and engineering. Research shows that preschool teachers are less likely to offer science lessons and activities in early childhood classrooms if they are not confident about their own knowledge of science.

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STEM Robotics Study Report 144