What Are Literature Circles?
Literature Circles are a way for students to assume a specific role in the study of something (usually a text).
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It’s Time To Think Differently About Writing In The Classroom
Limiting the craft of writing in the classroom to a single content area has damaged the perceived power and potential of writing.
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SRE And CEI: Easy To Use Writing Strategies For The Classroom
SRE is an initialism representing three central tenets of argument making: Statement, Reason, Evidence (or Example, Explain, or Expand).
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On Incrementalism As The Primary Method For Change In Education
Incrementalism is the process of change by small degrees. Gradualism. This is also the process education has chosen for improvement.
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The World Is Changing; Let Schools Change, Too
The world is changing — let schools become something that works for children, something that visibly improves the arc of their lives.
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How To Fake A 21st Century Classroom
Creativity is a 21st-century teaching and learning currency–and the best way to make sure it happens is to give points for it.
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40 Homeschooling Tools And Resources I Use (Almost) Every Day
This is a quick list of the tools and resources I’ve cobbled together over the years to get as close as I can to the vision of learning I have for them.
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12 Questions To Ask Your Students On The First Day Of School
Here are 12 questions to ask students on the first day of school, including: “What do you need from me to be successful this year?”
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Grade Differently: 7 Categories To Create Learning Badges
The effect of well-designed learning badges is a kind of encouragement mechanic that helps students see their own progress.
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Will You Still Be Teaching Next Year?
Ask yourself if teaching is good for you. Healthy. Sustainable. What you want to do and be. A lot has changed in education. A lot.
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The Difference Between Logical Fallacies And Cognitive Biases
The difference between fallacies and biases is a matter of timing: fallacies are real-time thinking errors while biases are pre-dispositions for future errors.
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9 Indicators Of Authentic Mobile Learning [Updated]
Designing instruction around tablets requires some slight shifts in how you view when, why, and how learning happens.
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3 Simple Strategies For Smarter Curriculum Mapping
What Are 3 Simple Strategies For Smarter Curriculum Mapping? by Terry Heick The school year isn’t a series of sprints, but the way you forge your curriculum can make it feel that way. The most common way of structuring how you teach is by first assembling standards into units, then those units into lessons. You…
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Exactly What The Common Core Standards Say About Technology
The standards don’t just suggest novel technology use as a way to ‘engage students’ but rather requires teachers to make complex decisions about that tech.
