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9 Quick Tips for Taking Ownership of Your PD

This is the first post in our "Empowering Educators to Be Excellent" series. Check out these quick ideas to get started!

6 Teaching Tools for Black History Month

Check out this list of resources to help your students dig deeper into black history, culture, and life.

21st-Century Libraries: The Learning Commons

What happens when we re-imagine libraries as open, transparent spaces that invite student communication and collaboration?

5 Fantastic, Fast Formative Assessment Tools

See how you can use these teacher-tested tools for immediate feedback about how students are learning.

The High Cost of Neuromyths in Education

Many products and services make claims that simply aren't true.
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Arts Integration
7 Leadership Skills Fostered in Arts Education

By Stacey Goodman

In addition to teaching skills such as organizing and public speaking, arts education encourages students to take risks and helps prepare them for becoming courageous leaders.

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Five-Minute Film Festival
Five-Minute Film Festival: Genius Hour

By Keyana Stevens

Imagine if you were allowed to use a whole workday every week to explore any project you wanted. With no restrictions on your time or what you could do, think of the ideas you could come up with and the things you could learn about! In the workplace...

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Technology Integration
The Insanity of the New Humanity: Put Away the Phone and Be There

By Vicki Davis @coolcatteacher

In some countries, people interact as humans instead of vanishing into their phones. Vicki Davis suggests that we not let technology take away our humanity.

3 301 1,888 views

Alternative Scheduling
Less Is More: The Value of a Teacher's Time

By José Vilson

Teachers could become more effective with their students if they had more time outside of class for planning instruction and grading student work.

8 360 3,283 views

Lesson Plans
6 Teaching Tools for Black History Month

By Matt Davis

From interactive timelines and rich multimedia to lesson plans and study guides, find a variety of web resources that can help bring black history into the classroom.

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Student Engagement
How Student Centered Is Your Classroom?

By Rebecca Alber

Check out these questions to guide you in reflecting on how much the learning environment you have designed promotes student voice and choice.

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Collaborative Learning
Using Old Tech (Not Edtech) to Teach Thinking Skills

By Raleigh Werberger

Butcher paper and Post-it notes can help students understand the collaborative thinking that takes place on a shared Google Doc.

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Student Engagement
The 8 Minutes That Matter Most

By Brian Sztabnik

Like a story, lessons deserve compelling beginnings and endings. From pop culture connections to finishing with a level-up, here are eight strategies for holding students' attention.

15 2,856 116,875 views

Formative Assessment
5 Fantastic, Fast Formative Assessment Tools

By Vicki Davis @coolcatteacher

With tools like Socrative, Kahoot, Zaption, Chatzy, and Plickers, teachers can use tech for immediate feedback about how students are learning and understanding the lesson.

5 1,989 55,212 views

Social and Emotional Learning
8 Pathways to Every Student's Success

By Marilyn Price-Mitchell PhD

Welcome to our blog series on how to apply the principles of positive youth development: curiosity, sociability, resilience, self-awareness, integrity, resourcefulness, creativity, and empathy.

7 1,200 36,183 views

Classroom Management
Energy and Calm: Brain Breaks and Focused-Attention Practices

By Dr. Lori Desautels

Here are some activities to stimulate your students' minds when they need a change, and to focus and calm them when they're just too stimulated.

19 1,109 33,266 views

Apps
8 Free Apps and Web Tools for Staying Organized in the New Year

By Monica Burns

The human brain can organize only so much data. Tools like 30/30, Pocket, and Sunrise can boost your ability to stay informed, connected, and on time.

3 638 27,654 views

Brain-Based Learning
Strategies for Getting and Keeping the Brain’s Attention

By Donna Wilson, Ph.D.

Holding students' attention is about activating the right neural network. Strategies include recognizing how focus feels, giving incentives, and adjusting the pace of your teaching.

26 859 26,142 views

PBL Assessment
PBL Pilot: Matching PBL With Traditional Grading

By Matt Weyers

Fifth grade teachers reflect on grading students in their PBL pilot program without traditional homework, while keeping parents informed and reconsidering the meaning of grades

16 668 24,583 views

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