A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 8, 2024

A few weeks back, my friend Monica Burns reached out and asked to share some insight on my favorite artificial intelligence (AI) tool for a blog post she was writing. Since she was gathering perspectives from numerous educators, I wanted to avoid the well-known tools such as ChatGPT and Gemini. Thus, my decision was easy as I was able to zero in on one that I use routinely, which not only helps me when coaching, but also can be invaluable to practicing school leaders.

Leadership 306

Leadership Education Advocacy Library 306

Cult of Pedagogy

DECEMBER 8, 2024

Listen to my interview with Claire English ( transcript ) Sponsored by Alpaca and Scholastic Magazines+ This page contains Amazon Affiliate and Bookshop.org links. When you make a purchase through these links, Cult of Pedagogy gets a small percentage of the sale at no extra cost to you. What’s the difference between Amazon and Bookshop.org? The year started off beautifully: You had your routines in place, made your expectations clear, and for a while, your students were behaving just fine.

Classroom Management 228

Classroom Management Pedagogy Library Teaching 228

TeachThought

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Harnessing Kairos: Balancing Structured Time and Learning Velocity in K-12 Classrooms Time in education is about more than minutes on the clock or adhering to rigid schedules. Its about how students experience time cognitively and emotionally in the learning process. A deeper dive into these ideas reveals actionable ways to create meaningful learning experiences for students.

Lesson Plan 199

Lesson Plan Critical Thinking K-12 Teaching 199

Teaching Anthropology

DECEMBER 13, 2024

MerrillSinger, PhD, University of Connecticut The COVID-19 pandemic brought enhanced global attention to the anthropological concept of syndemics. A pivotal moment occurred when Richard Horton, Editor-in-Chief of The Lancet , one of the worlds highest-impact academic journals, declared: COVID-19 is not a pandemic. It is a syndemic. When this assertion by an eminent health scholar appeared in the midst of the global spread of a deadly disease, it garnered widespread interest.

Teaching 130

Teaching Anthropology Archival Research Psychology 130

Digital Promise

DECEMBER 10, 2024

The post How Frugal Innovation Inspires Students Resourcefulness and Creativity appeared first on Digital Promise.

124

124

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 9, 2024

High school students in a calculus class. A 2024 survey of college admissions officers shows that many give extra weight to applicants with calculus on their transcripts. Credit: Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images) Calculus can be a miserable slog for many high schoolers. Its estimated that 20 percent of students (about 800,000 a year) take the subject, generally when they are seniors.

High School 140

High School Research Education 140

TeachThought

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Use Classroom Management Platforms and Other Tools to Overcome Barriers in Learning a Language contributed by Al Kingsley, CEO of NetSupport Teaching a language, whether for ESL students or those learning something new like French or Spanish requires largely the same teaching skills as any other subject. Yet, in some critical ways especially for ESL students the challenges are magnified by the comprehension barrier.

Classroom Management 138

Classroom Management EdTech Government Cultures 138

Digital Promise

DECEMBER 12, 2024

The post District to District Collaboration Drives Innovation for Computational Thinking Pathways appeared first on Digital Promise.

98

98

The Effortful Educator

DECEMBER 13, 2024

Attention Contagion in the Virtual Classroom Attention contagion is the spread of attentive and/or inattentive behaviors among students in a learning environment (1). Classroom teachers are very familiar with this phenomenon; especially when its the spread of inattentive behaviors. It looks like one student feeling and hearing the buzz of their cellphone in their backpack and those around losing focus on the lesson.

Tradition 79

Tradition Psychology Research Teaching 79

Women's History Network

DECEMBER 9, 2024

During the late 18th and early 19th centuries, American Protestant churches prohibited women from preaching or becoming ordained ministers.

113

113

Sapiens

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Anthropologists from around the globe brought dazzling insights and deeply reported concerns to the digital pages of SAPIENS magazine. We are honored to have collaborated with dozens of anthropologists this year who shared compelling essays, opinion pieces, poems, and podcast episodes at SAPIENS. It is no small task for academics to transform their research and experiences into pieces that are evocative, insightful, and persuasive.

Archiving 67

Archiving Human Rights Humanities Cultures 67

Digital Promise

DECEMBER 11, 2024

After attending a convening hosted by the Center for Inclusion Innovation in 2023, an education researcher transformed her practice to center student voice and leadership.

Research 89

Research Education Leadership 89

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 8, 2024

Isela Guadalupe Bonilla pored over cryptic instructions and what felt like an endless series of questions about her familys income as she struggled to fill out the notorious federal form that students are required to complete to unlock college financial aid. Several of her classmates just gave up. It was always because of money, said Bonilla, now a 20-year-old junior at Washington State Universitys Vancouver campus.

Advocacy 71

Advocacy High School Humanities Education 71

ED Surge

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Artificial intelligence is rapidly changing society, workplace and education. To be prepared for the college and career opportunities of today and the future, students must learn to be AI Ready. AI readiness ensures that students can thrive in the future as informed users and developers of emerging technologies, including AI. Gwinnett County Public Schools (GCPS) embraced AI technology by launching a K-12 AI Ready pilot in 2019, embedding AI Ready learning across content areas through the lens o

K-12 78

K-12 Public School Education Educational Technology 78

Zinn Education Project

DECEMBER 12, 2024

The 2024 election revealed a troubling reality: Widespread miseducation and fear-mongering continue to shape political outcomes at the expense of people of color and marginalized communities. This is why the right launched a nationwide anti-CRT campaign and book bans restricting teaching about systemic racism, and erasing the histories of immigrant and LGBTQ+ communities.

Critical Thinking 52

Critical Thinking History Teaching Education 52

Digital Promise

DECEMBER 9, 2024

The post 6 Strategies for Schools to Maximize Learning by Minimizing Device Repairs appeared first on Digital Promise.

87

87

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Esta historia fue publicada originalmente en ingls por CalMatters. Suscrbete a los boletines de noticias This story was translated by CalMatters. Read in English. En 1953, Brbara Flores entr al knder en la Escuela Primaria Washington en Madera, California, una pequea ciudad en el Valle Central rodeada de campos agrcolas. Su madre y su abuela le haban dicho que iba “a aprender mucho y que le iba a gustar” Flores, una nia que algn da se convertira en maestra, estaba emocionada y les cr

K-12 68

K-12 High School 68

C3 Teachers

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Engaging with inquiry in the social studies classroom can feel like stepping onto a tightropebalancing time, standards, and student needs all at once. But heres the thing: you dont have to dive headfirst into a full-scale investigation to get students curious and thinking critically. Small, manageable inquiry moments can transform your lessons, building student confidence and sparking their love for exploring big questions.

Social Studies 52

Social Studies Critical Thinking Cultures 52

ED Surge

DECEMBER 10, 2024

The idea of being bad at math or not a math person is deeply entrenched in American education for students and teachers alike. But it doesnt have to be, says Phonisha Hawkins, director of instructional excellence for secondary math at KIPP Texas Public Schools, a branch of the national KIPP charter network. If we encourage teachers to be more confident in their own math abilities, Hawkins believes, the next generation of students will have stronger skills and greater confidence in math as well.

Middle School 91

Middle School Teaching Pedagogy Lesson Plan 91

Digital Promise

DECEMBER 9, 2024

The post Digital Promise Launches First-Ever Regional Cohort for Computational Thinking Pathways appeared first on Digital Promise.

72

72

Let's Cultivate Greatness

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Its easy to focus on just the President when teaching the Executive Branch, but its important also to stress the role of the four million other people who make up this branch of government. With a few targeted activities, though, you can cover the president and the operations of the whole branch in just a couple of weeks. Here are some of my favorite lessons and activities for teaching the executive branch in my high school Civics and Government class.

Civics 52

Civics Government Critical Thinking Social Studies 52

Institute for Citizens & Scholars

DECEMBER 10, 2024

The final blog in this series examines how we can redefine citizenship in a modern context through a pilot survey of Gen Z.

59

59

ED Surge

DECEMBER 11, 2024

My favorite part of my job is not actually part of my job. As a public high school teacher in a state and district with a teachers union, my contract entitles me to a duty-free lunch. Over the years, however, I have willingly and somewhat proudly developed a lunch crew. Many teachers have a lunch crew that same group of students who choose to make their classroom a home base during the week.

K-12 62

K-12 Cultures High School History 62

Living Geography

DECEMBER 8, 2024

Thanks to Brendan Conway for sending me a link to a BBC Future page. Some years ago, I wrote a book about tzi the Ice Man. I've since posted regular blogs when a story appears which updates the knowledge that we have about him. The BBC Future article looks at the archaeology being revealed by melting glaciers. There is even an Alpine German word for the process of things emerging from glaciers: "ausgeapert", meaning something is exposed by melting snow or ice.

Archaeology 52

Archaeology History 52

APSA Educate

DECEMBER 9, 2024

December 4, 2024 | How are political science experts reflecting upon the results and administration of the 2024 election? What can we learn about U.S. electoral behavior and American politics from this election? What should we expect from the incoming … The post Post-Election Reflection: An Experts Roundtable appeared first on APSA.

Political Science 52

Political Science Teaching 52

ShortCutsTV

DECEMBER 9, 2024

In which Ben Ambridge takes 15 minutes out of his very busy life (probably. Im speculating. I dont actually know.

Psychology 52

Psychology 52

Political Science Now

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Enhanced Outcomes, Improved Feedback: Maximizing Success Through Collaborative Final Projects in Quantitative Methods Courses By Michael A. Hansen , University of Turku Teaching quantitative methods in political science often presents challenges due to student apprehensions, the complexity of the material, and the time demands on instructors. This study advocates for incorporating collaborative final projects to address these issues.

Political Science 51

Political Science Teaching Education 51

Living Geography

DECEMBER 13, 2024

The final Monday night lecture for this term was held at the RGS on Monday night this week. The speaker was Tim Marshall - best-selling author of 'Prisoners of Geography' - and a fellow Leeds United fan. The Ondaatje Theatre was packed out and there were a similar number joining online. He told us that 'Prisoners of Geography' had now passed the three million mark in terms of sales.

Geography 52

Geography History 52

Sapiens

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Black African women in former colonial centers such as London gesture to subversive ways of communicating with those imprisoned in archives across generations. despite the Maangamizi,( Maangamizi is a Kiswahili term that means the intentional destruction and dispossession of peoplehood, nationhood, and relationships to Ancestral Lands that has occurred as a result of the continuum of Afrikan chattel enslavement, colonialism, and neocolonialism.) you survive. no paraffin lamps, no sizzling meat

Archiving 59

Archiving Museum Heritage Cultures 59

Life and Landscapes

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Harlan (1900-1988) and Anna ( 1902-1986) Hubbard were interested in what was really out there, and how to live more fully within it. Painters, writers, musicians, and shanty boat river warriors, these two lived their natural lives as close to the river as a salamander might do near its home pond waters. They married in 1943, immediately building a shanty boat and commencing an eight year voyage down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers.

History 40

History 40

Political Science Now

DECEMBER 13, 2024

How Do Simulations Affect Career Decision Making? The Case of Model Turkish Diplomacy By usta Carranza Ko and Michael Shochet , University of Baltimore Diplomacy is undeniably one of the best-known IR degree jobs. What do IR students think about the challenges associated with the diplomacy profession? What is their perception of diplomatic skills? Lacin Idil Oztigs article titled How do Simulations Affect Career Decision Making?

Political Science 44

Political Science Teaching Education 44

Living Geography

DECEMBER 7, 2024

Australian site 'Science of the Surf' contains some useful information on coastal processes.

52

52

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Having covered the child care industry for nearly a decade and experienced the ins and outs of different types of care with my own two sons, I thought I had seen just about everything. But a little over a year ago, I came across a news story that stopped me in my tracks. In an attempt to address child care shortages, lawmakers in Wisconsin were proposing putting teenagers as young as 16 in classrooms as teachers, potentially in charge of group sizes that would be larger than ever before.

Research 120

Research Education 120

Life and Landscapes

DECEMBER 7, 2024

Dr. Reggie Van Stockum with Dr. Lucas Wilder discussing Kentucky’s Civil War in the Cumberland Gap region!

American History 40

American History History 40

Political Science Now

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Exploring Open Education Pedagogy in Research Methods Classrooms: Diversifying Methods By usta Carranza Ko and Michael Shochet , University of Baltimore Despite the known benefits of open pedagogy that involves collaborative and interactive creation of knowledge and learning experiences, it remains underutilized as a framework for teaching in research methods classrooms.

Pedagogy 41

Pedagogy Political Science Research Social Justice 41

Living Geography

DECEMBER 7, 2024

I missed this exciting additional option for creating visually beautiful towns as a mindfulness or creative exercise. Townscaper is a game created by Oskar Stlberg. I have the original STEAM game which was launched in October 2021. The game can also be played in a browser. The only restriction is a smaller grid and no save function other than that you can let your imagination go wild.

52

52

Teaching Anthropology

DECEMBER 13, 2024

This Special Issue grapples with the challenges of working with, on, and alongside trauma in anthropology. It shares experiences from doctoral and postdoctoral researchers, early career scholars, and established academics to reflect on our practices. We consider the needs of students, research participants, and our own wellbeing, and consider new ways of engaging traumatising topics.

Anthropology 130

Anthropology Research Teaching 130