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Aug 6, 20231 min read
Storytelling: 5 Great Lessons of Montessori Education
The Story of the Universe The Coming of Life The Coming of Humans The Story of Writing The Story of Numbers During session on learning...
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Aug 5, 20231 min read
New Biology 2023 - 2025: Topic 4 - ECOSYSTEMS
A recurring new concept that seems to permeate Topic 4 (ECOSYSTEMS) is positive feedback mechanisms and cycles and how they can...
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Aug 4, 20231 min read
Strategies for effectively reading from a textbook
Textbooks are unique in terms of their purpose and the style of writing. To get the most out of reading a textbook, employ the following...
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Jun 27, 20202 min read
Responsive Classroom
https://www.responsiveclassroom.org/ Responsive Classroom initiative strives to further reinforce some best practice,...
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Jun 24, 20201 min read
Understanding by Design - Jay McTighe & Grant Wiggins
Understanding by Design framework can promote inquiry-based learning, differentiation, and a clear delineation formative and summative...
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Aug 22, 20191 min read
Probing student understanding & pre-conceptions that influence their new learning: the 2-tier MC
It is well documented that new learning is greatly influenced by prior conceptions and learning (constructivist theory). Multiple choice...
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Jul 31, 20183 min read
How to maximize and enrich lab time for all students: reduce redundancy, increase fun, go digital
Questions: 1. How do you ensure that students do fun experiments, play with variables, write their own methods, ask their own questions,...
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Jul 16, 20182 min read
The importance of communicating clear goals to scaffold student success: a recent classroom example
The importance of student metacognition, self-assessment, and providing rich feedback to students during the process of working and...
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Oct 29, 20173 min read
STSE - transformative, reconstructive approach
Guiding Q: how can we make sure we address the STSE expectations? After reading the recent research PLC article by Erminia Perdetti &...
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Oct 29, 20172 min read
Skype in the Classroom - Skype-a-Thon
Steve Auslander @sauslander is a 5th grade teacher and a Skype Master Teacher with the Skype in the Classroom program sponsored by...
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Oct 29, 20172 min read
Digital Citizenship
Danah Boyd in ‘did media literacy backfire’ raises good points about how we teach people media literacy by asking them to question...
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