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A purposeful approach to tech integration

eSchool News

With students and educators each accessing 40+ tech tools each year, there’s a real risk of getting lost in the technology at the expense of developing critical soft skills like communication and collaboration. The amount of time we spend on devices outside of the classroom further exacerbates this challenge.

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50 Field Day Games, Activites, and Ideas

Waterford

Field day means time to unwind and have fun as a class, and it can be a defining memory for many children long after they move on from your classroom. Half are appropriate for in-person and hybrid classrooms depending on local guidelines, and half are great for distance learning classrooms. Having a field day soon?

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To Get Serious About Games, Teachers Experiment With Play in the Classroom

Edsurge

In Baselice’s game, each team of students represents one of the countries that initially started the war, and the objective of the game — played with index cards and a lot of negotiation between the teams — is to understand all the interconnected events that led to conflict breaking out. It can reduce the onus on the teacher,” Miller says.

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The Pivotal Role Movement Plays in Learning

A Principal's Reflections

The best part is the conversations that I get to have with learners, especially at the elementary level. Then there is the practicality of being able to work with both administrators and teachers at the ground level to improve pedagogy and, in turn, student outcomes. Case in point. Recently I was conducting learning walks in Edward K.

Learning 419
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Unlock the Secrets: Expert Homework Hacks for Busy Parents

The CoolCatTeacher

Takeaways: You will learn about the importance of active learning over passive studying methods, and how helping students engage directly with the material can significantly improve retention and understanding. 00:02:37:02 – 00:03:05:18 Brian And for myself, this was something I saw as a classroom teacher.

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How Culturally Responsive Education Affects Student Engagement and Learning

MindSpark

The elegance of this approach is that by valuing the students' culture you allow for their expression and them to be leaders in expressing their culture and its values. These two classroom exercises are examples of my work introducing Morgridge Academy Students to Culturally Responsive Education.

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Civics Education Is Essential for Creating Engaged Citizens. I’m Hopeful It's About to Make a Comeback.

Edsurge

The project was at times messy and chaotic, placing control in the hands of students. But it provided them an engaging way to learn firsthand the difficulties of creating and sustaining a government structure. This is especially evident in the elementary grades, which on average only teach social studies 30 minutes a week.