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Free Classroom Posters, Charts and Printable Teaching Resources. Lovely article with freebies for teachers!
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Check out some ways that you can create the perfect environment that encourages students to strive for excellence and embrace their uniqueness.
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Practical advice!
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The world can be brutal for a kid who moves differently. Parents engineer their kid’s environment and help them negotiate the forces pushing on their self-concept, motivation and goal-attainment. The forces will be many. Life is like that (for everyone). Most children with ADHD are not disabled. Their brains are not damaged. They…
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Parenting kids with ADHD can be tough. Being intentional about the big picture will result in positive life outcomes.
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If we know what works to motivate students, why are so many students still unmotivated? These five questions will help you determine if your practice is really
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Lovely stuff. have unmotivated kids? Look first to your relationship. The REAL one.
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Injecting Self Into World
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Engaged teachers = ENGAGED STUDENTS. Check it out~!
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8 Strategies To Improve Executive Functions Of The Brain by TeachThought Staff What are the executive functions of the brain, and what can you do a
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Great tips to help students become more in control and thoughtful about who and how they are in their world!
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A Diagram Of 21st Century Pedagogy by TeachThought Staff The modern learner has to sift through a lot of information. That means higher level thinking skills like analysis and evaluation... 
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December 9, 2015 6:20 AM
This is developed by the Teach Thought staff for your 21st Century teaching and learning environment.
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Palo Alto High School teacher Esther Wojcicki shares her guidelines on creating a culture of trust, respect and independence for blended learning.
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Share the spotlight! 
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October 24, 2015 3:30 AM
Find out how to build a classroom culture which supports blended learning.
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This month, SmartBlog on Education is exploring classroom design and management — just in time for the new school year.
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We must be intentional about the spaces we create and HOLD!
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August 6, 2015 4:16 AM
We must be intentional about the spaces we create and HOLD!
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Education articles, videos, strategies and trends.
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The words "exit ticket" can become a burden to some kids. Getting creative will bring more information to guide your teaching.
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What does it mean? How do we foster it?
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Great tips:
1. Practice not answering any question that students can answer for themselves. 2. Allow the incorrect answers 3. Trust is imperative 4. Allow students to discover their way through learning by hypothesizing and testing 5. Our students and their reasoning should be given respect Nice work, Marcia!
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Understanding the basics of the Cognitive Load Theory and applying them to your instructional design is an absolute must, particularly if you want your learners to get the most out of the eLearning course you are creating. This guide will offer you a detailed look at Cognitive Load Theory, including how it can be applied in learning settings. Check the Cognitive Load Theory and Instructional Design article and presentation to find more. Via Dan Kirsch, Mark E. Deschaine, PhD
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"Cognitive Load Theory suggests that learners can absorb and retain information effectively only if it is provided in such a way that it does not “overload” their mental capacity. In other words, our short term memory, or working memory, can only retain a certain amount of information simultaneously (rather than an infinite supply of data). " Lecture bursts keep kids engaged! Emphasis on BURST!
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TEST The Kinds Of Grading Mistakes That Haunt Students
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Wonderfully written post about grading. It tinkers with engagement, motivation and many other things we know matter. Time to rethink this issue! 
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August 3, 2015 1:16 PM
Wonderfully written post about grading. It tinkers with engagement, motivation and many other things we know matter. Time to rethink this issue! |
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I've had a theory brewing for a few decades. It's about ADHD. My theory is that some people have been gifted with the adroit ability to think and move quickly; they ride life like a stallion, seeing, hearing and experiencing everything in magnified ways. It is a gift. In the right hands, these people emerge…
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Disruption is an interesting topic for the same reason that cowboys, gangsters, and villains are interesting. It’s unpredictable. Problematic. Against the grain. Via Edumorfosis, Ajo Monzó, Dean J. Fusto, Les Howard 
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September 24, 2017 9:59 PM
A little disruption never did anyone any harm
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The data we have about trends in student engagement are worrisome. A 2015 Gallup poll of more than 800,000 students nationwide in grades 5 through 12 found that, while 50% of all the students polled reported feeling engaged at school, fully 29% of students overall reported not feeling engaged, and an alarming 21% reported feeling actively…
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What do we know about student engagement, nationally? What can we do to impact it as educators? 
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September 26, 2017 2:44 PM
It is not the classroom that is engaged. It is the people, teachers and students, gathered together. John Dewey contended a good teacher created an inviting space to have conversations about what is being learned. Think of curriculum as a complicated and fluid conversation and not a set of fixed outcomes.
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The Learning Achievement Coalition-Oakland asked this question to district staff and students. The following video highlights their responses.
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Oakland County students and staff were asked what student engagement meant to them.
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This report presents results from the 2015 Gallup Student Poll survey conducted nationwide in America's schools with more than 900,000 students in grades five through 12. A total of 3,300 schools participated in the 2015 Gallup Student Poll, representing over 550 unique school districts across 46 states.
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Great report with much data to chew upon. Only 50% of our kids would call themselves ENGAGED IN SCHOOL! : ( 
Dean J. Fusto's curator insight,
March 29, 2016 8:29 PM
Great report with much data to chew upon. Only 50% of our kids would call themselves ENGAGED IN SCHOOL! 
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March 29, 2016 9:17 PM
Great report with much data to chew upon. Only 50% of our kids would call themselves ENGAGED IN SCHOOL!
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The University of Nebraska-Lincoln is looking carefully at student engagement. Check it out!
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Student know how to play school like it's a game, but if teachers change the rules, they just might appreciate it.
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‘We know how kids learn; we know what classes should look like, and yet our classes look almost the opposite.’
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Observing students and looking for these things will let you know what they are engaged in.......
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August 3, 2015 1:15 PM
Observing students and looking for these things will let you know what they are engaged in.......
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A therapist goes to middle school and tries to sit still and focus. She can’t. Neither can the kids.
A pediatric occupational therapist spends time in a middle school and watches kids struggle to sit still.
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Teachers Shadowing Students: Doing What Students Do
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Students sit all day, and sitting is exhausting. High School students are sitting passively and listening during approximately 90% of their classes. You feel a little bit like a nuisance all day long.
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In today's guest post, school superintendent and Visible Learning trainer BR Jones shows how feedback can motivate students in a whole new way.
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Where are we going? How am I doing? Where to next? Vital questions kids should be able to answer. Feedback tells them how they are doing. It also keeps them engaged.
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August 3, 2015 1:16 PM
Where are we going? How am I doing? Where to next? Vital questions kids should be able to answer. Feedback tells them how they are doing. It also keeps them engaged.
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At the beginning of a school year, I had a student named Michael (not his real name) who had some issues the previous year, so I decided to welcome him outside the school before he even walked in. ...
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Strengths based is the way to go.........building a tribe in your classroom starts with your relationship.
'We always talk about “managing” people or students, but you manage “stuff”, not humans. Instead of trying to “fix” a behaviour, it is important to tap in and try to unleash what people already have. '
Mark E. Deschaine, PhD's curator insight,
August 3, 2015 1:16 PM
Strengths based is the way to go.........building a tribe in your classroom starts with your relationship.
'We always talk about “managing” people or students, but you manage “stuff”, not humans. Instead of trying to “fix” a behaviour, it is important to tap in and try to unleash what people already have. ' |
