A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 22, 2016

BYOD enhances learning, increases productivity, allows students to grow their research skills, and gives teachers the chance to teach appropriate digital responsibility. Employing the energy surrounding personal devices allows them to use the tools that help them do what they do better.

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Artifacts Research Skills Teaching Research 253

ED Surge

JUNE 10, 2024

So, we incorporated principles like Universal Design for Learning (UDL) to ensure cultural relevancy and inclusivity, created project prompts around climate change and mental well-being and designed professional learning and curriculum supports to emphasize our district’s priorities.

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Project-Based Learning Pedagogy K-12 Research Skills 126

Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

This evidence can be drawn from various sources, such as research articles, data sets, personal observations, or historical examples. This phase underscores the significance of critical evaluation, research skills, and reasoning.

Critical Thinking 165

Critical Thinking Research Skills Humanities Cultures 165

C3 Teachers

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Almost ten years ago, I started off teaching and I truly believed that I didn’t need to teach Black History Month or any other cultural month (Hispanic Heritage, Native American History Month, etc.) Frustrated, I asked myself, “how is this celebrating the richness of historically oppressed peoples and cultures?” for that matter.

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Heritage American History Pedagogy History 52

Anthropology News

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

For six weeks, we spent 40 percent of our time at the American Anthropological Association (AAA) office and 60 percent of our time at partner institutions: the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage (CFCH) and the Naval History and Heritage Command (NHHC). We have learned and grown so much through the internship.

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Anthropology Heritage Museum Archaeology 52

Digital Promise

JULY 20, 2015

It makes sense, then, that many consider themselves lifelong learners, and are motivated to find new research-based solutions to improve their practice. told us, “I work in a very diverse, research driven field. I cannot do my job without research. Instead, districts can identify a research leader or “champion.”

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Research Research Skills Cultures Professional Development 129

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Over the course of the semester-long class, students research their own family histories, tracing one line back as far as they can through birth, death and marriage records, Census records, and church records, primarily. Brunelle taught the students how to do genealogy research online, in libraries and at the local city hall.

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History Ancestry Heritage Project-Based Learning 139