Digital Promise

OCTOBER 8, 2024

The OpenStax team focused on understanding the value that GenAI brought to teachers seeking resources in its free library of high-quality educational content. Researchers at OpenStax developed two prototypes for finding high-quality, free teaching materials within OpenStax’s content library.

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K-12 Tutoring Library Humanities 156

History Tech

MARCH 15, 2023

I’ve had the chance to meet a lot of people who work at the Library of Congress. And they’ve all been awesome. I’m sure there’s probably one or two who work over there who are Las Vegas Raiders fans or who will tell you that they don’t like Kansas City Joe’s burnt ends. And other […]

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Library Research Primary Sources Lesson Plan 130

Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 31, 2017

Like many teachers, I would tap into the the Library of Congress, which would give me tips for teaching with primary sources , including quarterly journal articles on topics such as integrating historical and geographic thinking. Washington University in St. Louis has an amazing collection of interviews from the Great Depression.

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Social Studies Teaching Archiving Geography 76

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 20, 2017

Traci Chun, a teacher-librarian at Skyview High School in Vancouver, Washington, and junior Ulises Santillano Tlaseca troubleshoot a 3D printing job in the library’s maker space. When my library is quiet, that’s a red flag,” said Chun. Wayne Grimm, Library Instructional Technology Teacher at Westview High School, Beaverton, Oregon.

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Library K-12 Digital Resources Advocacy 111

History Tech

JULY 13, 2023

I’m spending a few days with some of the amazing staff at the Library of Congress (I’m looking at you, Cheryl), learning more about their super cool primary sources and more ways to use them. Yesterday I had a bit of chit-chat with the people in the LOC Newspaper Division that included some tips about […]

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Primary Sources Library Lesson Plan History 130

ED Surge

AUGUST 29, 2022

They set up their classrooms, consult the curriculum, make lesson plans and determine their routines. Very often, teachers make well-intentioned and thoughtful plans to encourage their students to read daily in order to practice skills and strategies taught in class, as well as to build a lifelong reading habit.

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Library Lesson Plan Elementary School Cultures 110

Catlin Tucker

JUNE 5, 2023

Those benefits are attractive, but teachers often struggle to conceptualize the linear lesson plan in a more circular rotation where groups of students start in each station. I encourage teachers to reflect on specific questions when reviewing a lesson plan.

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Lesson Plan Tradition Tutoring Library 105

ED Surge

MARCH 18, 2024

Hau shared that K-12 educators are using the technology to improve efficiency in a number of ways, including to draft individualized education programs (IEPs), create templates for communicating with parents and administrators, and in some cases, to support building lesson plans.

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K-12 Education Museum Lesson Plan 139

ED Surge

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Now, we're ready to help teachers seamlessly create lesson plans and send them out to all students — even those who don't have broadband. We will package all of that content, whether it's an ebook or an educational video, along with the notes from the lesson plan and send it where it needs to go. Can you explain that?

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K-12 Lesson Plan Library Government 112

Digital Promise

JUNE 8, 2017

Teachers have been surfing the Web for lesson plans and ideas for their classroom for years. At Follett, we wanted to make it easier for librarians and teachers to search for OERs right from Destiny , the most popular library management system in K-12 schools.

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K-12 Education Library Digital Resources 90

ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Unity Learn Educator Hub The Educator Hub on Unity Learn is a one-stop library of free teaching resources, including professional development courses, syllabi, lesson plans, scope and sequences, standards alignment (including ISTE) and more.

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Teaching Lesson Plan Library Professional Development 113

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

As teachers develop lesson plans, they also face lingering questions, in Maine and nationally, over the possibility of a return to remote learning and concerns about ensuring all students have access to the devices and high-quality broadband they need to do classwork and homework. But there is only so much that the schools can do.”.

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K-12 Library Lesson Plan Professional Development 145

Cult of Pedagogy

OCTOBER 27, 2024

Curating the kind of library that truly reflects the diversity of human experience takes time, intention, money, and good tools. She is the co-author, along with Valerie Tagoe, of the 2022 book Liven Up Your Library: Design Engaging and Inclusive Programs for Tweens and Teens ( Amazon | Bookshop ). It’s a win-win-win-win-win.”

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Library Social Justice Pedagogy Humanities 254

ED Surge

AUGUST 4, 2023

As dean of the College of University Libraries and Learning Services at the University of New Mexico, I lead a team of over 120 faculty and staff members. It’s not indicative of weakness or failure. Recognizing and addressing these fears is crucial in smoothly navigating a major shift in education.

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Humanities Psychology Education Library 98

Dr. Shannon Doak

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

By fine-tuning the prompt, teachers could use the bot to generate custom vocabulary lists that catered specifically to their current lesson plans, allowing for a more targeted and effective approach to language acquisition. Has a passion for IB (PYP & Secondary) but enjoys all curriculums.

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Education Lesson Plan Library Interactive Learning 87

ED Surge

JANUARY 5, 2023

The truth, she realized, is that she often deviates from lesson plans and works outside her job duties, to prepare her students “to change the world, to navigate the unpredictable with critical thinking and resilience.” In this piece, she describes what parents and lawmakers would really see inside her classroom.

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K-12 EdTech Lesson Plan Library 105

Cult of Pedagogy

OCTOBER 22, 2023

Lesson planning : Do they come up with interesting activities to teach their content? You’ll get access to our members-only library of free downloads, including 20 Ways to Cut Your Grading Time in Half , the e-booklet that has helped thousands of teachers save time on grading. Do they ask challenging questions?

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Pedagogy Lesson Plan Library Leadership 130

ACRE

APRIL 15, 2024

This one-day lesson plan was developed in Spring 2024 by Dr. Marcus Witcher and covers the 1932 election, the transition of power from the Hoover to FDR administration, and early economic policies designed to combat the Great Depression. The election would mark the first of Franklin D.

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Economics Lesson Plan Civics Policy Impact 52

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 17, 2023

There, he tutored fellow undergraduates the old-fashioned way, in person, in the library. But Salvatore is finding that so many students lack basic background knowledge that he sometimes teaches a mini lesson from instructional materials that he discovers online. Salvatore moved in with his mom in Brooklyn, New York.

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Tutoring Lesson Plan Library Elementary School 117

ED Surge

JANUARY 2, 2023

If the textbooks, courseware, lesson plans and worksheets used in schools reflect all students’ realities, the argument goes, it will set all students up for real learning. And the historic low scores recorded by the NAEP assessment —which showed some disparate gaps—have only added to that.

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K-12 Social Studies Lesson Plan Library 101

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2016

Lillian Agard looks on as her 3-year-old granddaughter Siena paints and colors at the art table during free choice at the Y’s pop-up preschool in the Hillview library in East San Jose. Just an hour earlier, this room in the Hillview neighborhood library of East San Jose, California, was completely empty. Photo: Kathryn Baron.

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Library Museum Lesson Plan Government 75

Doing Social Studies

APRIL 13, 2020

For a copy of my lesson, follow this link. For a copy of a completed student version of this lesson, follow this link. I was able to locate Topeka’s “shut down” order through the Library of Congress’ Chronicling America. This is because we need to get rid of it faster so we can be off of lockdown already.

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Lesson Plan Charter School History Library 67

Civics for All of US

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum to learn how citizens and government officials used the tools of democracy to challenge racial discrimination in voting. Attendees will receive a digital Voting Rights Photo Book, access to 1963: The Struggle for Civil Rights microsite and a variety of civil rights related activities and lesson plans.

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Primary Sources Museum Lesson Plan Library 52

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 22, 2018

PORTLAND, Maine — On a recent fall morning in the library of King Middle School here, four seventh-grade girls interviewed an immigrant from Peru named Luis Millones, now a Spanish professor at Colby College. Young gets the utility of online lesson plans geared to math standards and targeted to students at any level.

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Middle School Library Elementary School Tradition 111

Cult of Pedagogy

OCTOBER 1, 2023

You’ll get access to our members-only library of free downloads, including 20 Ways to Cut Your Grading Time in Half , the e-booklet that has helped thousands of teachers save time on grading. Come back for more. Join our mailing list and get weekly tips, tools, and inspiration that will make your teaching more effective and fun.

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Pedagogy Library Lesson Plan Classroom Management 130

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 27, 2017

ATLANTA — School had already let out for the day, but the teachers at Hollis Innovation Academy in northwest Atlanta were gathered around tables in the library, laptops open, strategizing. He has already been structuring his pacing and lesson plans based on this early prep. Photo: Tara García Mathewson/The Hechinger Report.

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Public School Middle School Lesson Plan Psychology 85

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 11, 2016

Jamil Maroun, a former district supervisor for science, social studies and library/media services, partnered with Lake last school year to develop the semester-long class, which examines 9/11 in historical context. Last school year, the district piloted a new set of lessons created by the Newseum , a museum in Washington, D.C.

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History Social Studies Museum Civics 75

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 17, 2018

That training time is also when teachers work on their “albums,” or lesson plans. Paved pathways weave between flowers and grassy areas to connect the six different cottages that house the school’s early childhood through middle school classrooms, library, and administrative offices.

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Library Middle School Teaching Tradition 111

Studies Weekly

JUNE 6, 2024

Classroom Layout and Furniture Flexible Seating Incorporate a variety of seating options, like traditional desks for seat work time, bean bags for the class library, other types of seating for listening, art, and science centers, and floor cushions to accommodate different learning styles and other center activities. Submit your info by Aug.

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Heritage Primary Sources Library Lesson Plan 52

The Hechinger Report

JULY 30, 2018

Jaguar Academy is often library-quiet. Prepackaged lessons from an online curriculum provider comprised about 80 percent of students’ work in the first year. This summer, Northern Cass teachers and administrators have continued rewriting lesson plans and assessments, including those for “habits of work.”

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Tradition Charter School High School Cultures 111

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 7, 2017

In a windowless room in the library, first- and second-graders experiment with a strange teaching device that’s half computer and half wooden play table. Yannier began with two lesson plans: one given to kids only on the computer; and one given to a different group of kids using her mixed-reality contraption.

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Elementary School Museum Tutoring Humanities 82

Studies Weekly

JANUARY 30, 2024

Reading groups, library and computer time, literature, science, math, geography, art, and even holidays can all help our students learn about human society. Her perspective on Social Studies taught me that it is not an isolated area of study but exists in everything we teach. Every subject, discipline, and activity teaches Social Studies.

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Social Studies Geography Lesson Plan Library 59

The Hechinger Report

MAY 13, 2018

And, when teachers share lesson plans with one another in closed or proprietary online learning platforms, they may be ceding ownership of their lessons to the technology providers, depending on the agreements made between their school and the provider.

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K-12 EdTech Lesson Plan Library 58

Rosie the History Teacher

DECEMBER 14, 2019

Student Self Care Bingo for Winter Break I’m actually working on one of my self care activities right now by enjoying the afternoon in my local library writing this blog post, and I checked out a book on making paper quilling projects to do over winter break!

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Global Perspectives Library World History History 52

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 3, 2016

It breaks up traditional courses into specific skills and abilities, called “competencies,” that students master through a personalized blend of traditional lesson plans, offline projects and real-world experiences. Delaney volunteers at the library, works as a counselor in a nearby nature camp and teaches skiing all winter.

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Education Charter School Middle School Museum 0

History Tech

OCTOBER 10, 2024

I got the chance this week to chat a bit with my kids – both now in Minnesota. And during the convo with the youngest, we ended up talking about a letter written by a Norwegian ski instructor in 1943. The guy was teaching US and Canadian special ops guys to ski as part of […]

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Primary Sources Teaching Lesson Plan Artifacts 100

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 21, 2019

If you brought a pencil to class or not, that would be factored into your grade,” the high school senior said during a study period in the library. . — Remi Savard is one of the last students at Montpelier High School who remembers what class was like before the school switched to a proficiency-based model three years ago. “If

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