Teaching strategies for integrating technology into learning. Includes topics such as inquiry-based learning, differentiated instruction, project-based learning, design thinking, integrated studies, and more. Practical ideas for the classroom.
The first week of school doesn’t need to be a sprint. It needs to set the rails. When routines are clear, tools are ready, and students create something small on day one, everything that follows gets easier. This 7-day plan gives you exactly that: simple habits, a few bite-size projects, and a rhythm that helps […]
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Introduction As schools reopen and classrooms come back to life after a summer of rest and screen time, there’s an urgent question educators and parents should ask: Are we simply putting kids back in chairs, or are we opening doors to discovery? In today’s rapidly evolving world, it’s not enough to offer digital literacy in
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A New School Year, A Fresh Opportunity The summer is winding down, and while beach days and family picnics have brought plenty of joy, it’s time to shift gears. The back-to-school season is more than school supplies and schedules – it’s a chance to reset, re-focus, and inspire. But here’s the thing: many students return
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If you’re on the hunt for a tool that actually helps your students with reading, Microsoft Reading Coach might be just what your classroom needs. This is a digital tutor designed to boost reading skills through fun, customizable, and adaptive learning experiences. It blends AI with proven teaching strategies to support all kinds of readers
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Do you need practical tips to create a project-based curriculum unit that follows a design thinking model? This post provides activities for each of the five steps including empathize, define, ideate, prototype, and test. All ideas are for children and will fit easily into your lesson plans. To start, let’s review the purpose of design
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Design thinking is a five-step model for creative problem solving that focuses on understanding people’s needs to develop products, services, policies, or strategies. This process finds solutions that balances what humans desire with what is possible and affordable. Design thinkers work in diverse fields including engineering, architecture, graphic design, game development, advertising, animation, video production,
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Do you want to run your own school bake sale? A bake sale is a profitable fundraising activity. It can be use to raise money for school trips, events, equipment, or books. Often a school bake sale is led by a teacher. However, that is a missed learning opportunity. This is because a school bake
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Environmental education tackles complex issues that can be made easier to understand using Environmental Fact Cards designed specifically for children, tweens, and teens. When teaching an environmental unit as part of a geography or science class one of the biggest stumbling blocks can be accessing reliable information online. Too often, students get bogged down in
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A teacher recently expressed to us the keyboard versus longhand dilemma: what do students gain by using computing devices instead of writing by hand? And what do they lose? Technology vs pen and paper is a common quandary. Many school districts are not teaching cursive writing or even printing. In this digital age, most careers
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As teachers, we want to teach an environmental curriculum unit that inspires students. One of the main goals is to empower them to become responsible stewards of a healthy planet. Stewardship presents real world conservation issues that require students to make connections to their own lives. When environmental education is combined with a creative technology
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