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How Making Connects Students to Engineering and Tech

See how the Maker Movement can give students the tools (and a community) to help them take control over their own learning.

Project-Based Learning Through a Making Lens

Supercharge your project-based learning with some help from the Maker Movement.

School Admins: SAMR Tools for Staff Presentations

Have you heard about SAMR? Learn how you can use this tech integration model for your staff presentations.

Nurturing Intrinsic Motivation and Growth Mindset in Writing

Here are some tactical tips to engage and inspire even the most resistant of budding writers.

Got PBL?

Here is a world of ideas for project-based learning activities for you to steal and customize for your own.
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Back to School
9 Ways to Plan Transformational Lessons: Planning the Best Curriculum Unit Ever

By Todd Finley

Transformational lessons don't just happen. They require planning, mindfulness, and a commitment to shift away from educational approaches of the past.

Technology Integration
Technology SAMR Model for Administrators Part 3: File Management

By Josh Work

Through the SAMR (Substitution, Augmentation, Modification, and Redefinition) model of technology, administrators can keep track of files, set a tech-friendly tone, and lead more effectively.

Back to School
4 Big Things Transformational Teachers Do

By Todd Finley

Transformational teachers create experiences in their classrooms, melding the art and science of any subject and making their students care about learning.

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PBL Planning
Students Map Real-World Issues with (Free) Geospatial Tools

By Suzie Boss

Schools are gaining access to the high-powered geographical information system software that enables detailed mapping and analysis of data. Learn how they are using it to teach students.

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Community Bulletin Board
Weekly Update: Educational Webinars, Unconferences, and Conferences

Get a roundup of educational webinars, conferences, edcamps, and unconferences aimed at helping students, classrooms, schools, and communities. Check this page weekly to get the latest updates!

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Social and Emotional Learning
How Questions Promote Cognitive, Social, and Emotional Learning Across Subject Areas

By Maurice Elias

Foster more careful and grounded reading in students by asking questions of varying levels of difficulty.

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Social and Emotional Learning
3C's to Supporting Student Success

By Catrina Jacobs

Care, captivate, and catapult: these are Katie Jacobs' daily practices to help her second graders become the best students and people they can possibly be.

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Five-Minute Film Festival
Five-Minute Film Festival: Classroom Makeovers to Engage Learners

By Amy Erin Borovoy (aka VideoAmy)

How can a classroom be set up to maximize learning? Get inspired by this video playlist with tips and ideas for teachers to make over their classrooms.

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Professional Development
Top 12 Summer Tips for Top Teachers

By Vicki Davis @coolcatteacher

For top teachers, the list of 12 tips for maximizing your summer vacation includes reflecting, connecting, laughing, and coming out swinging in September.

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Differentiated Instruction
Myth-Busting Differentiated Instruction: 3 Myths and 3 Truths

By John McCarthy

With delivery of instruction, one size does not fit all. John McCarthy launches his differentiated instruction series by busting three common myths about DI.

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PBL Planning
A World of Project Ideas (You Can Steal)

By Suzie Boss

To get off to a flying start planning this summer, borrow good project ideas from other teachers and adapt them to fit your context.

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Coding in the Classroom
Coding for Kindergarteners

By Sam Patterson

Teaching young children to code is far from a tedious exercise with the thoughtful, age-appropriate use of game-like apps and robotic devices.

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Literacy
Why Storytelling in the Classroom Matters

By Matthew James Friday

Teachers, by their nature, are storytellers. You can improve this skillset with seven steps for engaging younger students through narrative.

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Teaching Strategies
Mastering the Teaching Game

By Carol Tomlinson

After listening to an interview with top tennis coach Sven Groeneveld, Carol Tomlinson clarifies eight essential principles that teaching shares with high-level sports coaching.

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