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How to Inspire Your Students to Read this Summer | Edutopia
This blog is from Edutopia, a supported by the George Lucas Educational Foundation. Whether you are a parent or a teacher, this particular post is a great source for getting students to keep reading during the summer. In general, Edutopia … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Kids Reading, Parental Involvement, PostADay
Tagged Education, Learning, Reading, Teaching
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8 Questions to Inspire Teaching and Training Moments
This morning I came across this blog. There are some wonderful ideas for teachers, regardless of experience–although the post is aimed at newer teachers. How we ask and thing about questions is an important aspect of teaching that is often … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Teaching
Tagged all education levels, Best practice, Blog, Education, PostADay/PostAWeek, questioning strategies, Teaching, WordPress
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School Sees ‘Turnaround’ Progress in Just Two Years | ED.gov Blog | Teacher Talk
Reblog of another blog of the ed.gov blog… Kudos to this Kansas City, Kansas, elementary school! School Sees ‘Turnaround’ Progress in Just Two Years | ED.gov Blog | Teacher Talk. #educ_dr
Posted in Education, Fixing Education, Low-Income students, Teaching
Tagged Blog, K through 12, Learning, Schools Incentive Program, SIG Program, Teaching
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Going Public: The Simplest Approach to Mobile Security — THE Journal
If your school is considering using mobile technology as part of the curriculum, it is probably worried about over-the-air-waves security. This article discusses how to reduce the risk of invasion of privacy for mobile technology. The article is from several … Continue reading
Leaders and Teachers ‘Go the Extra Mile’ to Transform Milwaukee’s Hamilton High
In an era when teachers are fired and schools are vilified, here is a wonderful story of how one school changed its image, its vision, and its educational environment to pull an inner-city school out of the doldrums. And it’s … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Fixing Education, PostADay, PostADay/PostAWeek
Tagged Blog, Education, K through 12, Learning, School district, secondary education, Teaching
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An English Lesson from Miami-Dade County Schools
Some time ago, I reposted from a blogger who discussed teachable moments in critical thinking with technology, and used an English class as the topic. Well, the next day I saw a news item linked by Teaching Tolerance about a Miami-Dade … Continue reading
Repost: “Behaviour Mgmt & Ignoring Individual issues”
Since the area of behavior management in class is one of my specialties, I decided to share this teacher/blogger’s thoughts. One quote near the beginning caught my eye: One of the things I struggled with (yet somewhat enjoyed, lol) was … Continue reading
PURSUING HAPPINESS?
There are many applications of class activities that can be derived from this blogger’s post. Please post any you think might work in your classroom, or in any classroom–from pre-K through university level. Please share your thoughts and ideas! Thanks … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Fixing Education, PostADay, PostADay/PostAWeek
Tagged Activities, Classroom activities, Education, Higher education, K through 12, Learning, Teaching
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Lord of the Flies-Surviving Sophomore Island
Repost from another blogger. An excellent class activity! Read on… Lord of the Flies-Surviving Sophomore Island. If the link above doesn’t work, copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://usedbooksinclass.com/2012/06/04/lord-of-the-flies-surviving-sophomore-island/ ##
Posted in Education, PostADay, PostADay/PostAWeek
Tagged Best practice, Blog, Classroom, Classroom management, Education, Higher education, Learning, PostADay/PostAWeek, Teaching
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Artfully Creating the Right Group Dynamic | Teaching Tolerance | Teacher Talk
This is a re-post of a re-post of a Teaching Tolerance blog post related to art and the art of teaching tolerance. You’re not seeing double; just read the preceding sentence out loud, if it helps. (grin) Mainly, read the … Continue reading
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