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What Time Management Can Do for You
There never seems to be enough hours in the day. We’re constantly caught in the daily rat race of trying to balance work, home, personal...
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How to Build Stronger Bonds with Fellow Teachers
According to a recent study by the Conference Board, less than half of American workers are happy in their jobs. Of the satisfied minority, an...
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How Do We Prepare Students for Jobs that Don’t Exist Yet?
With so many drastic changes permeating the global economic landscape, it’s easy for educators to become overwhelmed by the enormity of the task entrusted to...
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12 Unexpected Ways to Use LEGO in the Classroom
LEGO Bricks are toys. They’re items that students willingly seek out to play with and get excited to receive as gifts under the Christmas tree....
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21 Great Special Education Blogs and Apps
Teaching is a challenging field, there is no doubt about it. On a daily basis, teachers work with twenty or thirty students, each one with...
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Three Critical Elements to Ensure Online Learning Programs Remain Fresh
Freshness. Freshness means different things to different people. For me, it is a break of dawn, blue sky, 67° degree bike ride, crunchy green grapes,...
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How Meditation Can Help Students Master Life
Some of the most successful people in the world meditate, including Josh Waitzkin, the only person to have won a championship in every category of...
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The Educator’s Guide to Pinterest
Your classroom probably has a bulletin board. It’s the perfect spot to organize information and show off great work. Increasingly, learning is happening online, and...
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A Teacher’s Guide to Using PowerPoint
Different people learn differently. That’s always been true, but only in recent years have teachers had access the tools that allow them to really accommodate...
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The State of the Education Industry in 2015
On a micro level, education is very simply about helping students learn the concepts and knowledge they need to know. When you zoom out from...
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The Go-To Tablet Activity Starter Kit
This is a follow up to my previous tablet-focused article, which aimed to ease the nerves of our generation of teachers who were trained in...
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7 Reasons to Keep Poetry Instruction Alive
For centuries, poets have turned to the written word to express emotions and symbolize important events. And likewise, for a very long time, the study...
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Top 10 Best Free Math Resources on the Web
For many students, the words “math” and “fun” don’t seem to have much overlap. Math is often thought of as a dry subject – equations...
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How to Help Students Overcome Social Anxiety in the Classroom
Sure, we all get nervous, but what happens when that nervousness becomes serious, even debilitating? This is the case for people with social anxiety, a...
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Makerspaces in the Media Center
For most people when they hear the words location, location, location they think real estate. I think of school library media centers. In almost all...
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Why Teachers and Students Should Blog
Blogs have the potential to expand student creativity, not to mention their writing skills. Language Arts and Reading specialists will love that, right? But how...
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4 Steps to a Useable and Used LMS
The term learning management system (LMS) means many different things to teachers, administrators, students and parents. For some, it’s an essential part of their teaching...
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Edudemic’s Question of the Month: March Recap
Implementing new technology in the classroom can be difficult. It’s not all that different from adopting a brand new curriculum. Teachers need time to explore...
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Creating a Free Virtual Classroom for International Learning
Many teachers are inspired by the idea of free and accessible education through cutting edge technology, and by the ability to bridge the gap between...
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The Best Ways to Use Google In the Classroom
Maybe you’re using Google for your personal email or to look someone up, but have you considered the many ways you can use this web...
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Ten Creative Ways Students Can Have a Better Summer Break
School breaks are an exciting time for students. With (usually) no homework and lots of free time, they’re pretty much the ultimate kid fantasy. The...
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How to Get Free Classroom Supplies and Teaching Materials
Increasingly, Lilliputian budgets force teachers to reach into their own pockets to buy school supplies and teaching materials. In fact, according to a recent Forbes...
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Best of the Best: Apple and Google Educator Programs
Can you imagine life without Google? How about without your iPad? Both Apple and Google products have become indispensable to many teachers. And both companies...
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Coding in the Classroom: 16 Top Resources
As cool as technology is, its intricacies and inner workings are sometimes intimidating, especially for young people who may be more interested in what technology...
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Inquiry in the Classroom: 7 Simple Tools To Get You Started
We know certain characteristics can be encouraged, but not taught, like curiosity. But teachers who use an inquiry based approach can provide techniques that help...
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Affordable Online Colleges in America: 2018 Rankings
At long last, online learning is maturing to the point of being a viable option for many. Let's uncover the truth about cheap online colleges and if they're right...
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