Costly Mistakes To Avoid When Implementing Your Rapid eLearning Design Everybody’s allowed to make mistakes from time to time. You know what they say, “to err is human, to forgive divine.” But let’s face it, some errors are harder to forgive than others, especially when you’re implementing rapid eLearning design […]
Year: 2022
How a Student Podcast is Calling Out Inequities in Schools
What if you gathered a group of high school students, gave them fancy microphones and some training, and challenged them to make an investigative podcast about the issues they cared about the most? That’s the premise of a nonprofit called The Bell, started in New York City by 2017 by […]
25 of the Most Bookmarkable Gifts for Librarians
We love our school librarians. They’re doing one of the most important jobs on the planet right now: connecting kids with stories. Science tells us that kids who read are better at building resilience, empathy, and a strong vocabulary. And in a world that needs more strong, brave, kind voices, […]
Man Pretended to Be Stanford Student for 10 Months
Stanford University officials removed a man from the basement of a campus housing unit last week, The Los Angeles Times reported. William Curry, from Birmingham, Ala., had been living in Stanford dormitories for 10 months, despite not being a Stanford student. His removal was first reported by The Stanford Daily, […]
When It Comes to Picking Edtech, Are Schools Listening to Teachers?
When a school or district decides to cut a check for an edtech product, the end goal isn’t about owning a shiny new piece of hardware or app. The administrators who sign off are thinking about how students will benefit long-term from more support in the classroom. But where in […]
5 Great Games That Teach Responsibility
Responsibility isn’t something students develop overnight. It takes lots of practice to show self-control when things don’t go our way, to be accountable for our decisions, to finish what we start, and to keep trying even when we want to give up. Our middle and high school students need lots […]
The Art of Slow
From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter /*! elementor – v3.8.0 – 30-10-2022 */ .elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-capbackground-color:#818a91;color:#fff.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-capcolor:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-capmargin-top:8px.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letterwidth:1em;height:1em.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-capfloat:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letterdisplay:inline-block Some things are just better done slowly. In this world of Rush! Rush! Rush! It is time to slow down. It is […]
Much ado about NAEP | @mcleod
‹ Previous Congratulations, Silver Lining for Learning! Next › Thinking about NAEP in Colorado and the Denver Public Schools Scores on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) are down after the pandemic. Surprise! Four big thoughts on all of this… 1. Below is the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention […]
Five Decisions That Demand High-Quality Assessment Data
The following blog was contributed by NWEA. Many conditions that contribute to student skill and knowledge gaps are beyond an educator’s control. Learners bring to the classroom outside factors such as socioeconomic status, vocabulary deficits, and even past traumas. The obstacles are real but not impossible to overcome. A 2018 NWEA® […]
Resourceaholic: Easy Multiples
In 2018 I decided to write a series of short posts about approaches or methods that teachers might not have seen before. When I share these posts, I am well aware that there will be many people who already know the thing I’m blogging about, but I figured that it’s […]