The Best Intervention for Your Students This Year
Intervention is on every educator’s mind this fall, and with good reason. Our students are likely to come back with unfinished learning because of the COVID-19 pandemic. So how can we more effectively scaffold instruction…
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How to Move Culture from the Trunk of Your Car to the Front Seat
Language learning is a journey, so I invite you to take a trip with me today. Let’s explore a path that would allow students to experience culture as an integral part of their language-learning process.…
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Reflections of the Way…
There is an old song from the 60s that talks about reflections. You might even know it. In fact, it may have even started playing in your head when I mentioned it! When I…
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Summer Break around the World
“What did you do on your summer break?” We’ll hear and ask this question left and right on the first day back to school. Have you considered how you can turn this into a culturally…
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Context Over Correctness: Giving ELA Students the Freedom to Think
This is Part 3 of our Shaping the Future of Learning series, in which we explore how various innovations and trends have shaped, and will continue to shape, the educational landscape. Part 2 explored the role of…
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Want Brain Power in Your Classroom? Practical Suggestions Backed by Cognitive Science
A teacher’s job is to inspire the cognitive operations that result in learning that lasts a lifetime and transfers to novel situations. But what are these mysterious “cognitive operations,” and how do we link them…
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21st Century Evidence: How to Use Ed Tech to Analyze Student Learning
How do you tell the difference between productive struggle and unproductive struggle? And how do you make that assessment and respond effectively when you’re keeping an eye on 30 students at a time, 150 students…
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