Fill in the blanks with an appropriate tense form. Answers 1. Sam has been doing his homework for two years. 2. We had a strange… Continue reading
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Thursday, May 2, 2019
Tenses Exercise
Wednesday, May 1, 2019
How to Transform the American High School
Dr. Sarah Fine on episode 484
Dr. Sarah Fine, co-author of In Search of Deeper Learning, The Quest to Remake the American High School talks about her research into remarkable high school experiences. Scroll down to download the transcript for this episode.
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Dr. Sarah Fine, Bio as Submitted
Dr. Sarah Fine is an educator, ethnographer, and the co-author of In Search of Deeper Learning: The Quest to Remake the American High School. She currently directs the High Tech High Graduate School of Education’s Teaching Apprenticeship Program and also serves as a Lecturer in Education Studies at the University of California San Diego. Her work has appeared in the Washington Post, the New York Times, Education Week, and a range of academic journals.
Twitter: @sarahmfine
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How to Give Effective Feedback that Works
Teachers spend hours giving effective feedback only to have students not respond or use it to improve. In this case, one could argue that the teacher isn’t giving effective feedback because it is not being used to learn. Twelve-year English teacher turned principal Jordan Catapano helps us have more effective feedback that actually works to improve learning.
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Jordan Catapano – Bio As Submitted
Jordan Catapano taught English for twelve years in a Chicago suburban high school, where he is now an Assistant Principal. In addition to being National Board Certificated and head of his school’s Instructional Development Committee, he also has worked with the Illinois Association of Teachers of English and has experience as a school board member for a private school. You can follow him on Twitter at @BuffEnglish.
Twitter: @BuffEnglish
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Tuesday, April 30, 2019
Prepositions Exercise
Fill in the blanks with an appropriate preposition. Answers 1. He was deaf to our pleas for help. 2. Physical activity is beneficial to health.… Continue reading
from English Grammar https://www.englishgrammar.org/prepositions-exercise-43/
Digital Equity: How to Understand The Problems Facing #Edtech
Nicol Howard on episode 482
Dr. Nicol R. Howard champions digital equity issues for children. What are those issues? How can we help? Today we take a dive into digital equity and the issues we should all consider — and it is not just those with poverty who may not have access. Hear the surprising thing realized at the end of the show.
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Related Resources
Closing the Gap: Digital Equity Strategies for Teacher Prep Programs,
Pre-order — Closing the Gap: Digital Equity Strategies for the K-12 Classroom
Standing in the Gap: Empowering New Teachers Through Connected Resources
Journal pubs:
Howard, N.R. (2018). EdTech Leaders’ Beliefs: How are K-5 teachers supported with the integration of computer science in K-5 classrooms?. Technology, Knowledge and Learning. doi:10.1007/s10758-018-9371-2
Howard, N.R. & Ifenthaler, D. (2018). Integrating STEM Opportunities for Young Learners. Technology, Knowledge and Learning, 23(2), 1-3. doi: 10.1007/s10758-018-9364-1
Nicol Howard, Ph.D. – Bio As Submitted
Nicol R. Howard, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the School of Education at the University of Redlands. She has served as an educator in various capacities over the past 19 years. She has taught at the high school level (9th – 12th grades and Special Education), grades K through 5, and she was a Program Specialist in Personalized and Blended Learning. Nicol has also taught in the College of Educational Studies at Chapman University.
Nicol is the outgoing co-chair for ISTE’s Digital Equity Network, and she is the past chair for the American Educational Research Association’s Technology, Instruction, Cognition, and Learning SIG. Her research foci are equitable uses of technology in K16 classrooms, STEM Education opportunities and achievement, and teacher education concerns. Her writing has appeared in the Corwin Connected Educators Series Standing in the Gap: Empowering New Teachers Through Connected Resources, Urban Education Journal, International Journal of Educational Technology, EduCause, Edutopia, and eCampus News.
Blog: https://www.nicolhoward.com
Twitter: @nicolrhoward
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Monday, April 29, 2019
How to Get Motivated This Monday Morning
Pat Hensley on episode 481 of the 10-minute teacher
Preventing burnout, finding the right colleagues, communication, the struggle with perfection… these topics are just some of the encouragements that 30-year special education teacher-turned-college-professor Pat Hensley has for teachers everywhere. Also author of The Successful Teacher’s Handbook, this South Carolina teacher has a message of hope and encouragement from her experience in education that will help all of us get motivated this Monday!
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Pat Hensley – Bio as Submitted
Pat taught students with special needs in public school for over thirty years. Now she teaches at the university level to preservice teachers and teachers getting their master’s degree in special education. She was nationally board certified in 2002 and in 2006 was Mauldin High School’s Teacher of the Year and a Greenville County School District Teacher of the Year Top 10 Finalist.
Blog: http://successfulteaching.net
Twitter: @looneyhiker
Book: The Successful Teacher’s Handbook
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