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Five Effective Feedback Practices

When we as educators put time into providing our students feedback, we want them to take that feedback, reflect, and grow in their work. This...

6 Tips for Faster, More Effective Feedback

How do educators find a balance between giving effective feedback that students can use to grow and not burning themselves out with an unreasonable...

9 Types of Feedback to Boost Student Engagement

Giving effective feedback is challenging, especially in the digital space. Educators must find the right balance to motivate students and also...

Helping Kids Reflect

Parents can help their children be more reflective on their thoughts and actions through questioning their actions. What can you do differently? How...

Inviting Parents in Virtually When it's More Difficult to Engage in Person

We've learned many things through educating during a pandemic, but chiefly among them is the importance of communication. When other adults can't be...

Teacher Efficacy and Agency, Effort Needs to Equal Impact

As educators, when we put forth effort towards something, we want to see and feel that we are making an impact. The pandemic may have taken some of...

Learning Like a Kid Again

Who says that adult learning can't be fun? As we reflect on our professional learning, how can we work towards making sure we are learning things...

Small Moves, Big Changes!

Whether we learn from our own classroom teaching reflections or from a professional development session, it's normal to feel overwhelmed with changes...

9 Ways to Help Kids Learn to Self-Reflect

Self-reflection is where so much of our learning and growth happens. When we reflect, we take time to consciously think about our thoughts, feelings,...

Lead with Intentionality: Making Mindset Part of your Skillset

Leaders must lead with mindset. Make your mindset part of your skillset by affirming what you'd like to be true. Intentionality is huge! As a leader,...

Anchor.fm

Podcasting is a great way to empower students to express their ideas and share with an audience outside of the classroom or...

iMovie Support

iMovie is a video editing software for iOS and macOS devices. It's an excellent tool for encouraging creativity in students using Apple devices. This...

Universal Design for Learning Guidelines

The Universal Design for Learning, or UDL, framework guides the design of instructional goals, assessments, methods, and materials that can be...

Floop Overview

Feedback drives student success, and Floop makes giving and receiving feedback simple. Students photograph written work, and then teachers...

9 Games To Help Your Child Develop and Improve Self-Reflection

Self-reflection is where so much of our learning and growth happens. When we reflect, we consciously think about our thoughts, feelings, and actions....

Perusall: A Social Reading Experience

How often do you assign text for students to read, only to discover that a small portion of your class completed the assignment? A team of four...

Generate Student Questions With Formative

This resource from Common Sense Education provides excellent ideas to get students thinking deeper. This example uses the web application...

Fake Social Media for the Classroom

Using social media features can be a great way to engage students in your class content. Even though it's a language in which they are fluent,...

EquatIO: How to Use in Google Forms

Creating and using math in digital form can be frustrating and time-consuming. Thankfully, a Google Chrome extension called EquatIO makes...

Edublogs: Blogging with Students

Blogging can be a powerful tool to improve student writing and increase engagement. However, it can be a little daunting for a teacher with no...