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Veteran educator Jennifer Gonzalez shares a 7-step framework that can help hesitant or frustrated teachers add more digital prowess to their teaching practice.
This year's picks include an audio feedback tool, sites to combat racism and media bias, and an app that lets you Google things in mid-air.
A Technology Course for Thoughtful Educators
Looking for more ways to enhance learning with technology? Consider podcasts: This excellent collection of eight can be shared with your students tomorrow.
Feng Shui can be applied to all sorts of spaces, including our documents. Even if your content is strong, really important, or perfectly clear, it can disappear in a badly designed document.
Is it a reflection of a warm school culture, or a subtle way to get teachers to work even harder? If you suspect it's the latter, it's time to push back.
No one likes it when an administrator plays favorites. But what if the favorite is you?
Learning requires us to be vulnerable, and in order to do that, we need to feel safe. Here are 5 ways PD facilitators can make that happen.
SRE and CEI are two of the best writing strategies for the classroom, providing students with a basic template to guide their writing.
This teacher-led model for professional development is a formula for deep, reflective learning and long-lasting change. Read how one group of teachers did it.
When a single platform lets you share and deliver materials, access student work, and allow students to work together, you can do some pretty incredible things.
Over the last few years, Microsoft has made the software we already use more accessible for people with reading difficulties, those with visual or hearing impairments, English learners, or people who simply want to customize their learning.
This simple, affordable method offers so many possibilities for deep learning and creativity across all grade levels and subject areas, even in remote learning.
Whether it's called an Edcamp or a TeachMeet, an unconference offers a fun, no-pressure, FREE alternative for professional development.
Strategies to help your class go more smoothly.
Here they are: My six favorite ed tech tools for this year. Each one has the potential to make a big difference in your teaching and your students' learning.
These innovative, AI-driven activities will help you engage students across grade levels and subject areas.
Khan's new mastery learning system allows learners to get personalized practice, close skill gaps, and advance at their own pace. And yes, it's free.
These ideas can be adapted for any subject area, along with suggestions for adding criticality and opportunities for student agency to each one.
