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Are Students Off-Task in Class on Phones? There's an App for That!

A Principal's Reflections

As teachers and administrators, grappling with off-task behaviors and distractions when it comes to student phones in the classroom has occurred at some point. This should help teachers who integrate phones as educational tools keep their students on task. Students can download the Pocket Points app for free from the app store.

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It is Time For Schools to Seriously Consider BYOT

A Principal's Reflections

As I download all of the apps on these devices, the majority of their time is spent engaged in games that require thought, creativity, and sometimes collaboration. Image credit: [link] As society continues to move forward in terms of innovation, technology, and global connectivity, schools are being stymied by relentless cuts to education.

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A System for Meeting Absent Students’ Needs (and Everyone Else’s Too)

Cult of Pedagogy

It worked for me at Eastern, it has worked for thousands of educators worldwide, and it can work for you. It sure seemed that way to me, and it has been a challenge for many of the thousands of educators that Ive now seen implement the Modern Classroom model in their own classrooms. Fortunately, I have a solution.

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Teaching Executive Functions to All Students

Cult of Pedagogy

Back then we didn’t know the term executive functions , which is a set of skills we all use to control our attention, initiate tasks, manage time, and keep ourselves organized. Some of us pick up these skills from the people around us, some of us develop them naturally, and some of us really struggle with them.

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TEDx Talk – Education Reimagined: Student-led Learning

Catlin Tucker

This belief is what drove me to develop my TEDx Talk titled “ Education Reimagined: Student-Led Learning.” Right now, we are facing an educational crisis with more teachers leaving the profession than new teachers are entering the field. Implement the practical strategies, experiment with the ideas, and observe the impact.

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Meeting the Core Human Needs of a Teacher

Cult of Pedagogy

Since then, I feel like the changes in the world, the changes in the education system, the crises in the world demand that we speak more holistically, that we really address every dimension of being an educator, including the emotional, the physical, perhaps even the spiritual.” But right now I’m not able to do my job.

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Teaching with Primary Sources in Social Studies

Studies Weekly

Primary Source Analysis Worksheet: Photograph Analysis Start Learning with Primary Sources Start engaging with primary sources with our free downloadable Primary Source Analysis Tools.