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This School Librarian Thinks Her Job Is the ‘Best-Kept Secret in Education’

ED Surge

Beyond her work with students, Rhue is also committed to collaborating with their teachers, helping, for example, to impart her own knowledge of media and information literacy so they can pass it along to learners in their care. We're information specialists. You get to interact with everybody. Its a treat. I also teach typing.

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Stop Taking Grading Home

Catlin Tucker

This paper took them about 3 weeks to write from the time they started their research to when they finished their final draft and works cited page. We spent a significant amount of class time working on these papers.

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3 Ways to Build Student Agency into Your Lessons

Catlin Tucker

For example, if we are researching Elizabethan England to complement our reading of Romeo and Juliet , I invite students to decide what aspect of that period most interests them–the plague, entertainment, fashion, gender roles, musical instruments, the monarchy–and research that topic.

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3 Strategies to Engage Students Remotely with StudySync Using Google Classroom

Catlin Tucker

2 Create Collaborative Online Research Activities with Building Background Activities. Despite having access to unlimited amounts of information, many students struggle to research effectively. They need to think critically about the quality of an online source before they take information from that website.

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How One District Takes STEM Learning to the Next Level

ED Surge

Students addressed their own climate anxiety by applying their research skills in designing climate solutions and writing defending arguments to local politicians. This required students to not only read instructions but also to analyze information and synthesize research to communicate their ideas effectively.

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The Power of Claim-Evidence-Question

Catlin Tucker

This evidence can be drawn from various sources, such as research articles, data sets, personal observations, or historical examples. Teachers can use this step to encourage students to assess the credibility of their evidence and select information that effectively strengthens their claims.

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Boosting Digital Literacies for a Purpose

Digital Promise

The Tech Team ministry provides ample opportunities for learners to develop skills across the four broad categories of digital literacy as defined by Dudeney, Hockly and Pegrum (2013): language; information; connections; and re-design. Information Literacies. Language and Communication Literacies.

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