Moodle and Web 2.0

In today's Two Minute Timeout for Teachers focus on puzzle pieces. When tough times try to derail you, remember to focus on your alignment.

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All over Canada, and at many schools in North America, today is the first day of school. Doing the work that I do today, I did not realize that until I opened up Facebook this morning and was hit b…

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Classroom management can be challenging. In this episode, teacher Stacey Corrigan gives us a quick 10-minute look at the basics of classroom management.

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By Michael Boyd

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by Terry Heick

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By Terry Heick

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By Kevin Nelson

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Free resource of educational web tools, 21st century skills, tips and tutorials on how teachers and students integrate technology into education

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Discover the perfect lesson plan for any subject. Explore this Top Websites for Teachers to Find Lesson Plans Top Picks list of 29 tools curated by Common Sense Education editors to find relevant and engaging edtech solutions for your classroom.

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How do you respond when students don't exhibit the behaviors you would like to see? Do you tell students they need to change? Do you lecture them about responsibility or respect? Do you complain to your colleagues about kids these days? Do you punish or reward?



How effective are those options? Telling doesn't work. Lectures create distance. Complaining doesn't empower anyone. And rewards and punishments mostly work only to get compliance and not to build better better behavioral skills.
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BY MICHELLE RUSSELL

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20 Strategies To Consistently Get The Best Work From Your Students by Terry Heick Consistently getting the best work from your students Typical strategies for getting the best work from students focus on extrinsic motivation and gamification—points, grades, badges, certificates, stars, trophies, glowing feedback, encouragement, pep talks, ‘pressure,’ and other ways to ‘motivate students.’ That …

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Classroom management tips to help you design a useful classroom job system, one that will give you a break, while still teaching your students some accountability.

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