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Students matter: 3 Steps for Effective Differentiated InstructionDifferentiated instruction (DI) is a vast system in which it is difficult for many teachers to find a foothold for supporting students in a meaningful way. Teachers want and expect everyone to succeed, yet the means to that end can be foggy at best. How can we ensure that planned learning experiences have a significant and positive impact on student learning? Click here to read the entire article which was recently posted on edutopia.org Kids react to old computers....Tell us how you think your students would react it they were in this video!Check out this great article.... Growth Mindset is the idea Professor Carol Dweck, the Lewis and Virginia Eaton Professor of Psychology at Stanford University. Dweck has conducted a lifetime’s research into mindsets and established an opposition between a fixed mindset (the belief that intelligence is fixed) and a growth mindset (the belief that intelligence can grow). The differences Dweck establishes are well illustrated in this helpful infographic by Nigel Holmes. Check out this article from eSchoolNews about how gaming is changing teaching and learning. Links to 8 examples are also provided and make it something we should all be thinking about when teaching kids of all ages...Click here to read the article. Although the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) have not yet been fully implemented, more and more states are signing up as early adopters. The NGSS call for a conceptual shift in teaching and learning. Click here to read the article published on Edutopia... Gaming, including Minecraft, has important implications for studentsGaming is gaining more and more momentum in education, and one of the most popular games today is Minecraft, which educators are using in innovative ways in classrooms across the country. Click here to read the article that was just posted today... Classroom is a new product in Google Apps for Education that lets teachers create and organize assignments quickly, provide feedback efficiently, and communicate with their classes with ease. |
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