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8 Creative Ways to Get Reluctant Readers to Read
By Dustin Le on March 30, 2015
According to a study led by Lee Rainie of the Pew Research Center, about 23% of 1005 participants (randomly called via landline and cell phone)...
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How To Use Google Voice Commands In Google Drive
By Aiden Wolfe on March 27, 2015
Editor’s note: This is a revised version of an article we originally ran on March 22nd, 2014, updated to reflect the latest Google innovations. Since...
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How to Be an Effective Ally to Parents
By Leigh Ann Whittle on March 21, 2015
It’s been said that it takes a village to raise a child, and the importance of a good parent-teacher relationship proves this adage true. Because...
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7 Ways to Hack Your Classroom to Include Student Choice
By Amanda Ronan on March 20, 2015
For a long time, when educators discussed differentiating instruction and meeting students’ individual needs, they did so through the framework of Learning Styles. However, in...
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How to Crowdfund Your Classroom
By Amanda Ronan on March 18, 2015
If you’re like most teachers, you spend a crazy amount of your own money on your classroom. In fact, this Forbes article explains that teachers...
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4 Ways to Turn Distracted Students into Engaged Learners
By Rony Zarom on March 6, 2015
Seven out of 10 academic leaders agree that online learning is critical to the future of education. That’s why the number of students enrolled in...
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How to Use Reduce Procrastination: Reverse Engineering
By Dustin Le on February 28, 2015
In the real world, as in the classroom, there are often complex projects that are not as simple as a sheet of math problems that...
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How to Use The Now Habit to End Student Procrastination
By Dustin Le on February 18, 2015
The Now Habit is a book written by Neil Fiore, Ph.D., who is a licensed psychologist, author, and former president of the Northern California Society...
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How to Fight Plagiarism in Your Classroom
By Leigh Ann Whittle on February 13, 2015
In 2011, Edutopia published an article discussing how to combat plagiarism. Four years later, we are still looking for ways to fix this problem. In...
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The Most Effective Way to Take Notes in Class
By Dustin Le on February 6, 2015
Notetaking is a skill that students will take with them into their careers. Whether they are in meetings, participating in brainstorming sessions, or making annotations...
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An Effective Approach to Reduce Students’ Stress
By Leigh Ann Whittle on January 29, 2015
It’s no secret that students are facing increasing psychological and emotional stresses at school both academically and socially. Fortunately, meditation can help resolve some of...
Guide to Student-to-Student Teaching
By Edudemic Staff on January 27, 2015
You may already be using video to support your lessons, but have you considered encouraging your students to create them? Student-to-student videos enhance student understanding...
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5 Ways to Keep Creativity Alive in English Class
By Amanda Ronan on January 22, 2015
The Common Core State Standards have generated a lot of new buzzwords in English classrooms. All of a sudden it’s not enough for students to...
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How to Use Recycled Tech Devices as Learning Tools
By Edudemic Staff on January 19, 2015
The idea of dissection in the classroom is nothing new. Science teachers have been delighting (and occasionally sickening) students for decades by giving them hands-on...
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How to Empower Students to Create Change
By Leigh Ann Whittle on January 16, 2015
It is a great misconception to assume that social change can only be implemented by those who have already reached adulthood. In fact, many young...
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How to Use Social Media as a Learning Tool
By Edudemic Staff on January 12, 2015
Social media is an ingrained part of today’s society. Our students are constantly on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and likely many sites we’re not hip enough...
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How to Turn Computer Games into Lesson Plans
By James Hinton on December 29, 2014
I was a child of the ‘80s. I started kindergarten in ’77, and proceeded to have the typical educational experience throughout the entire decade to...
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10 Ways iPads Teach Kids With Learning Disabilities
By Leah Levy on December 22, 2014
By now, saying that “the iPad is a great tool for customizing the classroom” wouldn’t exactly be breaking news. But while this holds true for...
A Guide to Student-Led Conferences
By Edudemic Staff on December 18, 2014
Parent-teacher conferences provide parents with updates on their child’s progress and opportunities to see their student’s work. They also open communication between school and home....
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5 Ways to Incorporate TED Talks into Learning
By Leah Levy on December 15, 2014
Photo Credit: Mike Linksvayer With a motto like, “Ideas worth spreading,” it’s almost like TED Talks were made for the classroom — after all,...
Using the Scaffolding Technique in Your Teaching
By Edudemic Staff on December 5, 2014
When you think about scaffolds, you probably visualize the structures used during construction to support workers and materials. Scaffolded instruction is very similar, in that...
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15 Top Resources On Digital Citizenship for 2014
By Edudemic Staff on December 4, 2014
A lot of the facts you teach your students will be long forgotten by the time they reach graduation, but the hope is that the...
How to Foster a Creative Mindset in Your Students
By Edudemic Staff on December 3, 2014
In an article published earlier this year, we said “public schools’ focus on teaching to the test may be squelching students’ creativity.” Bright students don’t...
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How to Help Extroverts Thrive in the Classroom
By Leah Levy on November 25, 2014
Over the past several years, there has been a great effort in the popular media to redeem the term “introversion” from something that almost feels...
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10 Creative Ways to Use Your iPad in the Classroom
By Leah Levy on November 24, 2014
If you’ve had an iPad (or several) in your classroom for any extended period of time, you’re probably familiar with the many practical ways this...