A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 10, 2018

The key to future-proofing education is to empower students to not only think, but to apply their thinking in relevant ways to demonstrate what has been learned. More often than not I do not see opportunities for student reflections through countless walk-throughs, lesson plan reviews, or audits of how digital tools are being used.

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Pedagogy Lesson Plan Critical Thinking Research 402

Studies Weekly

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Consider doing fun, educational songs, rhymes, chants, hand jives, and other movements. Tip #4: Have Realistic Expectations With classroom management, it’s important to know developmentally how long instruction times can be and what you should expect from your students. Choose “Connect with Teacher Advocate” in the form.

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Primary Sources Classroom Management Lesson Plan Professional Development 98

Passion for Social Studies

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

MLK vs Malcolm X Lesson There is so much fascinating information to learn when studying MLK vs. Malcolm X. So, this lesson plan provides teachers with the necessary tools to educate students about the intricacies of the Civil Rights Era. On top of this, there are needed video links, a lesson plan, and answer keys.

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TCI

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

By choosing and implementing HQIM, district administrators can drive deeper student engagement, improve academic outcomes, and ensure long-term success in social studies education. Teacher Support Materials: Lesson plans, pacing guides, and professional development resources are often included.

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Social Studies Primary Sources Civics Professional Development 98

Becoming a History Teacher

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

In this situation, Seb’s lesson plan is thwarted from the get-go by his preoccupation with the HOW rather than the WHAT and the WHY. All too often beginning teachers are attracted to the pedagogy as an end itself, rather than as the vehicle to that end. They struggle to distinguish between high value and low value tasks (Hall, 2021).

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Catlin Tucker

JUNE 28, 2021

That leaves a small window of time for all of the other tasks and responsibilities that teachers have to juggle, including planning and designing lessons. . Planning is critical to creating meaningful learning opportunities for students. This guest blog was written by Amy Tobener-Talley.

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Tradition Lesson Plan Middle School Teaching 218

Digital Promise

MARCH 16, 2022

Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems are becoming more prevalent everywhere, including in education spaces. Educators may sometimes wonder, “What is AI?” Educators Must Be Involved in the Design of AI Systems. It is important for classrooms and educators—the end-users—to be involved in the design of AI systems.

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Classroom Management Tutoring Lesson Plan Humanities 159

Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Given the rapid advances in AI and the momentum in the education field to understand how these technologies can support teaching and learning, last year the Gates Foundation launched a pilot initiative to provide funding to test new AI ideas that are in support of equitable K-12 mathematics outcomes.

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Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

My days fly by in a blur of driving the kids to school, working, making dinner, cleaning up, packing lunches, lesson planning, and grading. I am writing this blog because the lack of balance in my own life has left me feeling exhausted. I’d love to learn from the wisdom of other educators.

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Teaching Lesson Plan Humanities Education 166

Digital Promise

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Given the rapid advances in AI and the momentum in the education field to understand how these technologies can support teaching and learning, last year the Gates Foundation launched a pilot initiative to provide funding to test new AI ideas that are in support of equitable K-12 mathematics outcomes. Check out last week’s post here.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 24, 2022

Some edtech entrepreneurs are eager for Web3 to arrive and change education. Among them: Are crypto-entrepreneurs imagining better systems for education—or just systems that pay off better financially for themselves? Before forging our own ponderous chains, then, let’s explore what Web3 innovators might have in store for education.

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Education EdTech Government Tradition 125

Catlin Tucker

MARCH 30, 2020

For teachers using StudySync in combination with Google Classroom, I’ve described three strategies that educators can use to capitalize on the activities in the StudySync First Read lesson plans to engage students in online discussions, collaborative research projects, and online vocabulary review. #1

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Lesson Plan Research Skills Research Teaching 148

Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

As educators, how do we empower ourselves to create boundaries both inside and outside the classroom? As an educator with 16 years of teaching experience, I have dedicated the last several years to training, coaching, and supporting teachers. In each episode of The Balance , I’ll talk with a different thought leader or educator.

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Lesson Plan Professional Development Cultures Teaching 145

Digital Promise

MARCH 26, 2019

The infusion of technology into our culture is the greatest change that our educational system has ever experienced. Not long ago, many schools required teachers to include the use of technology in their daily lesson plans. Read edtech-focused blogs. Reading the posts on these blogs can help you uncover many good ideas.

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EdTech Project-Based Learning Lesson Plan Educational Technology 132

Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 21, 2019

Most of the schools where I coach have a wonky Wednesday schedule that I have to navigate with teachers when we co-lesson plan together. In a recent comment to one of my blogs, Andi Jackson shared a strategy for maximizing the short Wednesday schedule called “Power Hour.” 2 Flex Your Metacognitive Muscles.

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Catlin Tucker

MAY 13, 2020

In 2019, Rachelle received the Making IT Happen Award and a Presidential Gold Award for volunteer service in education. She is a Buncee Ambassador, Edmodo Certified Trainer, Nearpod PioNear, Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert, and Google Certified Educator. She also writes a blog and produces her own podcast.

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Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

During the conversation, we discussed AI’s potential to transform education. They demonstrate the efficiency and simplicity with which these tools generate lists of questions, create quick assessments, and plan lessons or entire units. I can appreciate the excitement since lesson planning is a time-consuming endeavor.

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EdTech Lesson Plan Humanities Teaching 155

Becoming a History Teacher

MARCH 11, 2025

I have previously talked about pace targets 1, 2 & 3 in a blog exploring how a mentor could go about targeting their mentees transitions to help them move more smoothly between lesson phases. One of the more complex meanings of the pace target relates to the balance of abstract and conceptual thinking included in the lesson.

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Passion for Social Studies

JANUARY 30, 2024

There are even games over crime, deviance, and education. However, preparing thought-provoking, engaging lessons takes a lot of trial and error. The projects allow students to explore essential concepts, such as education, gender, socialization, social and racial stratification, and crime. Sociology Review Games $ 7.00

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Sociology Lesson Plan Social Studies High School 130

Becoming a History Teacher

JUNE 11, 2024

They understood the need to prioritise and advocate for lesson planning as an important aspect of beginning teacher’s training despite it being in conflict with wider school developments. Retention matters because a successful education system is about a whole lot more than just putting qualified staff in front of pupils.

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Education K-12 Leadership Lesson Plan 88

Digital Promise

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

My experience with Nic is constantly in the back of my mind; rather than working with educators to do this for their learners, I work to encourage teachers to bring students into the learning process—not just as bystanders, but as active partners. Educators must purposefully cultivate both sides of learner agency.

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Education Lesson Plan Learning Science Teaching 115

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 11, 2020

The threat of COVID-19, the novel coronavirus, is forcing educators across the country to think about what they’ll do if they have to close their schools for weeks or even months at a time. State and federal agencies have advised schools to create online learning plans to minimize the disruption to student learning. Higher Education.

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Dr. Shannon Doak

AUGUST 18, 2023

In the ever-evolving education realm, staying up-to-date with new teaching techniques, technological breakthroughs, and best practices is absolutely essential. In this blog post, we’ll delve into how Web 2.0 Think blogs, social media hubs, wikis, and other interactive online tools that form the heart of Web 2.0.

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Professional Development Lesson Plan Cultures Teaching 88

Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Part II: Transitioning from Whole Group to Small Group to Achieve Equity in Education The first blog in this series, “ Time Efficiency vs. Equity in Education ,” explored two major barriers teachers face when shifting from whole group, teacher-led, teacher-paced model to student-centered blended learning models.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 8, 2017

So I explained to my class that Open Educational Resources (OER) could be most easily defined as “free stuff on the Web.” Teachers have been surfing the Web for lesson plans and ideas for their classroom for years. If you want to integrate OERs successfully, I’d suggest starting here…. Talk to my librarian.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 27, 2019

This blog post is the first of a two-part series discussing relationship building in edtech selection and purchasing. In this first blog post, we’ll address how educators can build and maintain good working relationships with edtech developers. Ask about the learning sciences research used to design and build edtech products.

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EdTech Learning Science Lesson Plan Research 125

Passion for Social Studies

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Thankfully, using these resources will help ensure students are ready to make an educated vote once they are old enough to register. If you do not want to miss any of the upcoming lessons, join my email list to be notified of all the interactive lessons coming up! Political Socialization Lesson $ 6.00

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Teaching Government Social Studies High School 130

World History Teachers Blog

APRIL 30, 2022

Here's an interesting lesson plan from another teacher, Shane Markowitz, an educator in Europe. The goal is to "improve the enforcement of legal and administrative rules" like " f ood safety infringements, environmental damage, or wage arrears."

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Lesson Plan Education 130

Digital Promise

APRIL 30, 2019

Across the United States and around the world, educators are being called on to help their students prepare for futures in an increasingly computational world. Integrating computational thinking into activities, lessons, and curricula not only supports building new skills, but also enhances learning and engagement in every discipline.

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Lesson Plan Social Studies Learning Science Humanities 134

ED Surge

APRIL 11, 2023

It’s a sentiment shared by many teachers, at a time when adequately staffing classrooms is already a challenge : Tens of thousands of teaching positions sit vacant this school year, and multiples more are filled by “underqualified” educators. Most educators have not left, and many never will. labor force, at 44 percent.

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Teaching K-12 Lesson Plan Elementary School 130

Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 31, 2017

Some folks know that I started my education career as a middle school Social Studies teacher in Charlotte, North Carolina. And, if I was stuck for an idea for class, I could access the Social Studies lesson plans at Educade or the 400+ lesson plans at the EDSITEment! Washington University in St.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 13, 2021

When suddenly propelled into distance learning last spring, educators rose to the challenge to meet the needs of students and families. Instructional technology is now undeniably viewed as an essential component to every district’s instructional plan, and with that, so should instructional technology coaches.

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Moler's Musing

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Between managing the chaos of lesson planning, keeping up with my students, and coaching, it’s been a whirlwind. With everything happening, I decided to take my weekly activities, add a quick description, and let AI handle the blog writing. Honestly, I’ve been feeling like a first-year teacher again!

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Primary Sources Artifacts Geography Lesson Plan 128

Studies Weekly

MAY 2, 2024

A Teacher’s Guide to Celebrating Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month May 2, 2024 • Studies Weekly Diverse perspectives strengthen education, according to Heather Singmaster’s EdWeek article from November 2018. They broaden students’ view of history and teach them to respect people from different cultures.

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Living Geography

APRIL 5, 2025

Here is the blog entry that I wrote for Rex on my GA Presidents blog. He was at the heart of many GA initiatives as well as guiding the work of the RGS-IBG to support education. Running alongside the Young Geographer of the Year award, which is aimed at students, there is one for early career teachers: the Rex Walford Award.

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Geography Lesson Plan Economics Teaching 52

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 20, 2017

Chun’s district is at the forefront of a national movement to turn K-12 librarians into indispensable digital mavens who can help classroom teachers craft tech-savvy lesson plans, teach kids to think critically about online research, and remake libraries into lively, high-tech hubs of collaborative learning — while still helping kids get books.

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Library K-12 Digital Resources Advocacy 111

Digital Promise

AUGUST 17, 2016

Former educator colleagues have apologized to me for accidentally calling me a “vendor,” knowing that I spent 20 years working alongside them. It is a seminal moment in education. As educators, we feel the grave responsibility of making decisions with taxpayer dollars and our children’s future.

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