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Funding Technology in Your Classroom
By Eric Braun, coauthor of The Survival Guide for Money Smarts Educational technology (ed tech) can be a boon to classroom learning for myriad reasons. Tech can provide tools for production (like word processing, presentation, and blogging platforms), research (with … Continue reading
Cash in on Learning: Inexpensive Field Trips to Engage and Enrich Gifted Students
Now that the school year is well underway, you may be noticing that some of your brightest students are flying through the introductory information or reviews that are prominent in the early fall. In celebration of National Go on a … Continue reading
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Counselor’s Corner: 4 Ways Educators Can Soak Up Knowledge This Summer
If you have been watching or listening to any news media recently, you have heard lots of talk about “brain drain,” the loss of learning that occurs over the summer months when children are not in school. Many sources, including … Continue reading