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December 21, 2017
How to Keep Children Busy, Learning, and Inspired During (and Beyond) School Vacations with Jam.com
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Jam.com is a website that will change your child’s life. Many of us who focus on enriching our child’s experience are always looking for things that will really spark his or her curiosity. The problem I’ve always had is that sometimes my children are interested in things that I don’t know how to help them do.
7 Tools Improving Learning in My Classroom Now
A Global Bloggers Special Topic
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Teaching is about the relationship. But there are tools that improve that relationship and help us teach better, faster, and have more fun as we’re doing it. As part of Cathy Rubin’s Global Search for Education, I’ve been asked to write this month on the tools that have dramatically supported and improved learning in my classroom over the past few years.
23 GSuite Ideas to Excite Kids About Learning
Eric Curts on episode 214 [A special encore episode] of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast
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Eric Curts @ericcurts teaches us twenty-three ways to use Gsuite tools in our classroom. With ideas for Google Docs, Slides, Sheets, and Drawings for all subjects and ages, you’ll want to scroll down and follow the links in our enhanced show notes.
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December 20, 2017
5 Ways to Be an Unforgettable Teacher
Chuck Poole on episode 213 [A special encore episode] of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast
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Chuck Poole shares five ways to be an unforgettable teacher or an unforgettable coach. He also gives us links to some free cards he shares with students and parents. Get inspired by some fantastic advice on reaching students.
December 19, 2017
Classroom Videos: How-to Tips and Tricks
Tim Betts on episode 210 [A special encore episode] of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast
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Videos are the modern essay. If you can’t create them, you can’t start a movement, can’t sell a product, or promote an idea. Of all the things I teach, helping kids tell digital stories through video is probably one of the most important. Today’s guest is a perfect guide for those of us who want to make videos with students. Simpl...
December 18, 2017
5 Ways to Teach How the Brain Learns
Ramona Persaud on episode 211 [A special encore episode] of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast
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Today Ramona Persaud @ramonap director of the film, Grey Matters, talks about how we can teach kids the way the brain learns.
December 15, 2017
Unleashing the Potential of Every Child
Tom Loud on episode 212 [A special encore episode] of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast
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Tom Loud dropped out of high school because he didn’t connect with his teachers. Somehow, he connected with books though and became a high school and college graduate. Now, Tom is a 10-year classroom veteran who is working to make his classroom (and help others) connect with kids in new ways. Today we’ll talk about unleashing the p...
December 14, 2017
Thinking Routines in the Classroom
Karen Voglesang on episode 209 [A special encore episode] of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast
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Today Karen Voglesang @NBCTchr teaches children to use thinking routines in her classroom. After participating in Harvard’s Project Zero, she is applying and using the methods in classrooms and with teachers. Learn some thinking routines and how to apply these valuable techniques in your classroom. Karen was the 2015 Tenness...
December 13, 2017
Helping Autistic Students Travel by Making Books
Brett Bigham on episode 208 [A special encore episode] of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast
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Autistic children can struggle with unfamiliar places. However, one teacher of the year has found a way to help improve traveling experiences for autistic children and their families. Brett Bigham has created a way to use books to help special needs and young children prepare to go to new places. Learn about this technique and...
December 12, 2017
3 Things Great Teachers Do
Joe Fatheree on episode 207 [A special encore episode] of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast
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Global Teacher Prize finalist Joe Fatheree talks about what great teachers do. He shares his observations and also his hopes for improving the profession. This encore episode is the number fourteen episode of 2017 on the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast.
