Why So Many Students Think They Dislike Reading
Reading is personal but we often focus on the mechanics instead of the people and the strategies instead of the living and breathing happening around us.
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20 Ideas for Incorporating Writing In ‘Other’ Subject Areas
Writing in other subjects can be accomplished with strategies like layering, where students build background knowledge and learn vocabulary.
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Innovation In Libraries Can Lead To Innovation In Schools
Libraries are brilliant because books are brilliant. How we organize books deserves scrutiny as technology changes things.
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New Skills: 4 Benefits Of STEAM Education
Arts integration stimulates deep learning, creates increased student engagement, and cultivates students’ investment in learning.
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12 Realities That Are Reducing Innovation In Schools
Public education isn’t naturally built for innovation. Here are some of the barriers that are reducing innovation in schools.
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The Definition Of Bullying
So what’s a simple definition for bullying? Intentionally causing suffering for someone else who often can’t or won’t defend themselves.
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30 Ways To Use Google Search For Critical Thinking In The Classroom
Here are 30 ways to use Google search in the classroom to help improve students’ ability to self-direct the digital research search process.
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The Definition Of Intrinsic Motivation
A definition of intrinsic motivation includes doing an activity for its inherent satisfaction rather than for some separable consequence.
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Audience And Purpose: Who Are You Teaching And Why?
Audience and purpose are elemental. They have to come first or none of it makes any sense. Who are you teaching, and why? Who exactly, and why exactly?
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A Bloom’s Taxonomy Model in 3D
Each colored block has an example of a learning objective corresponding with each combination of the cognitive process and knowledge dimensions.
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15 Common Mistakes Teachers Make Teaching With Technology
While technology is an incredibly potent learning tool, poorly-implemented, it can act as a barrier to understanding more than something that improves it.
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What Is The 5E Model? A Definition For Teachers
The 5E Model promotes collaborative, active learning in which students work together to solve problems and investigate new concepts.
