The 20 Most Useful #hashtags In Education
Hashtags in education can help you make valuable connections whether you’re a teacher, principal, or superintendent.
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The Pros & Cons Of Children On Social Media
What Are The Pros & Cons Of Children On Social Media? contributed by Jennifer Smith In our social media-charged society, it’s easy to assume that children should not be on sites like Facebook and Twitter. Concerns range from safety to attention span to diminished ‘real life’ social skills to posture, blue light, and other dangers…
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6 Ways Social Media Can Change Your Classroom
So how do we incorporate healthy social media use in the classroom? The following Sylvia Duckworth graphic offers some helpful initial ideas.
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Good Teachers Stick To The Lines, Great Teachers Inspire New Lines
Great teachers go beyond being ‘good’ by leveraging student curiosity to spark beautiful questions and profound thinking.
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Twitter Is Shallow And Social Media Is Superficial. Right?
“Twitter…tends toward superficiality and draws people away from serious communication…(and) is not a medium of a serious interchange.”
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How We Created A Reading Program For Urban Students In Poverty
We saw a need for a reading program and created one via teacher empowerment, focus on reading strategies, and high-interest texts.
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Want To Change Education? You’d Better Have These 6 Things
You Need These 6 Things To Change Education by Terry Heick Every afternoon, after failing to take a nap because I make everything harder than it has to be, I pout down to Starbucks for coffee and a book. Today a teacher I used to work with walked by, and we caught up for a…
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How My Students Create Their Own TED Talks
Using the TED Talks format, students create speeches to inform and persuade their peers about key social, cultural, & environmental issues.
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48 Critical Thinking Questions For Any Content Area
Critical thinking questions include, ‘Why is this important? What are the causes and effects of this? How do we know if this is true?”
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Alternatives To Homework: A Chart For Teachers
Homework can be useful to help students learning, but isn’t always the best strategy. Here are alternatives to homework: a chart for teachers.
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The Potential Of Video Recording In Student Reflection
Video recording can help students express themselves in a more natural language than the tone they’d use to construct written ideas.
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Chance The Rapper Is Starting An Awards Show For Teachers
In an effort to give back to his community, Chance the Rapper has noticed a disparity and is working to improve his hometown of Chicago.
