…Word for 2022? Join us for this episode to consider how we bring joy, kindness, and positivity into our classrooms to support our students, their families, and our colleagues in…
Teach Students to Divide (Decomposition) and Conquer (Algorithmic Thinking)
…might intentionally label them, call them out, and develop ways to bring them even further into the learning. Extend Your Learning Fuzzy Friend Speaks: Empathy and Coding (AVID Open Access)…
#9 – Foster a Growth Mindset for Teachers and Students
…you are demonstrating a respect for the knowledge that students bring to help solve the issue while also modeling lifelong learning. Digital Tools Let us help you look for new…
Shift to Online Discussions: Powerful but Different
…names when improvements are suggested. Extend Your Learning Encouraging Productive Online Discussions (Wake Forest University) Bring Meaning to Online Discussion With Intentional Design (Online Learning Consortium) Generating Effective Questions (Edutopia)…
#54 – Leveraging What We Have Learned This Past School Year to Reimagine Education Moving Forward
…padlet. This engages all students, recognizing that they each bring different skill sets to their learning process and supporting them in their areas of strength. Consistent Use of One Platform:…
#216 – Supporting Student and Staff Wellness, with Allison Morgan
…of teachers are challenged by the behavior in their classroom.” “It’s real,” she says. “There’s something going on with kids right now where this is how they’re showing up.” Dysregulation:…
Integrate Online Music Tools Into Your Classroom
…to assign practice opportunities with real-time feedback to students who need extra help. This individual practice is also great for students who want to excel and go beyond the basics….
AI Meets the Science of Reading and Writing Skill Development
…the power of engaging stories. Features include personalized learning journeys tailored to your student’s unique learning style, a robust library of stories, and progress reports that provide real-time data on…
#281 – “Cheap Fakes”
…cousin, which takes real audio, images or videos and cheaply manipulates or decontextualizes them.” Types of Cheap Fakes Features of cheap fakes include: Misleading Text, Headlines, and Captions Audio and…
Ed Tip: Connecting to Learning Partners Beyond Your Classroom
Overview When students are connected to an authentic audience, learning becomes more real to them. They also often become more motivated and shift their desire for excellence from getting a…
#72 – Unwrapping SEL and Self-Care for the Holidays
…inside We’ll teach from home; we’ll win this fight And teachers have been amazing So give them praise and give them grace Teachers are real-life heroes And we’re thankful for…
Wonder Workshop’s Class Connect
…student progress in real time. What is Wonder Workshop’s Class Connect? Combining an always-on progress dashboard, a virtual robot, and just-in-time curricular resources for the teacher, Class Connect makes it…
Put the Pieces Together: Completing the Puzzle With Computational Thinking
…a setting outside of the classroom—truly highlighting the everyday utility it can empower your students with in their real-world applications. For my last birthday, my spouse gave me a thousand-piece…
#32 – Refuel, Recharge, and Recover: Teacher Self-Care
…a Growth Mindset for Teachers and Students (podcast episode) Burnout is real. Let’s talk about who is most impacted in education. There is no one group that is feeling it…
Binary Bracelets
…from real life and translate it into a series of ons and offs. What was this lesson really about? Imagine a world where we spoke in binary, saying “on” or…