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10 Ways to Get the Most Out of Ed Tech Training
Scenario: There is a Tech Expo and Workshop Day in your state, and your school decides to send you. Which description best fits you? You spend the day deeply involved in workshops, hit every vendor table that your fellow teachers … Continue reading
EdSurge Summits: Connecting Developers with Teachers
EdSurge is a free independent information resource for people using or developing educational technology. With a dual website—the Instruct site for educators and the Innovate site for developers—they work to build open communication between the classroom, administration, and tech developers … Continue reading
Pinterest-Inspired Winter Art and Activities for Back-to-School
Part of our Counselor’s Corner series. Click to read other posts in the Counselor’s Corner. Even after the holiday season is over, you can have a festive classroom by decking your walls with winter-themed artwork and activities. Below I share … Continue reading
Cash in on Learning: Homework and the Gifted Learner
Few topics in education can stir more conversation and controversy than that of homework. Typically, we consider homework any practice that is done outside of the school day or classroom. Most often, homework is practice of what was taught during … Continue reading
Teach the Way They Learn
By Susan Winebrenner, author of Teaching Gifted Kids in Today’s Classroom “If they are not learning the way we are teaching them, we must teach them the way they learn!” This quote from Kenneth Dunn, a leader in the study … Continue reading
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