A Quick Formative Assessment Guide
A guide for Formative Assessment: A clear definition, classroom strategies, benefits for using it in the classroom.
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The Importance Of Student Autonomy
Autonomy is not absence of structure but the opportunity to release more responsibility students.
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‘The Objective’ As Read By Wendell Berry
“I prayed what I saw was only fear & no foretelling, for I saw the last known landscape destroyed for the sake of objective…”
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Alan Watts: Forgive Yourself
“Compassion for yourself is letting the stones fall and seeing that you are no longer the one who stumbled — you are the one who learned.”
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30 Teacher Productivity Tools To Streamline Planning And Teaching
A list of 30 teacher productivity tools that streamline planning, collaboration, grading, and automation. Includes Trello, Notion, Google Docs.
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An Excerpt Of ‘Two Minds’ By Wendell Berry
“Obviously we need to use our intelligence. But how much intelligence have we got?”
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The Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock Text
“In the room the women come and go
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Create A Curriculum That Questions The Purpose Of Knowledge
The purpose of curriculum is to provide a mutual language to organize and communicate knowledge–and students inherit its implications.
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36 Ways To Use Wearable Technology In The Classroom
We’re not quite at the stage of being cyborgs, but wearable technology is growing, and the number and type of devices is also increasing.
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Critical Thinking Is A Mindset
Critical thinking is certainly a ‘skill’ but when possessed as a mindset–a playful and humble willingness–it shifts from a labor to an art.
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Quotes About Identity And Who You Are
“We are what we have done, which includes our promises, includes our hopes, but promises first.” — Wendell Berry
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My Pedagogic Creed By John Dewey
Dewey believed that the psychological and social sides are related and that “education cannot be regarded as a compromise between the two.”
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28 Critical Thinking Question Stems For Any Content Area
The purpose of these critical thinking question stems is to help students practice willingness to sit with an idea and struggle wonderfully.
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100 Things You Can Say To Encourage A Child
There are many ways to encourage a child but persistent, well-timed, positive messages are among the most powerful.
