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March 21, 2017
Formative Assessment Tools and Tips from Monica Burns #FormativeTech
Episode 37 of The 10-Minute Teacher Podcast
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Monica Burns, author of #FormativeTech, shares essential tools and tips for effective formative assessment. Learn how to get results. Pick some tools. Accelerate learning. Monica’s book comes out today!
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March 20, 2017
Give Kids What They Deserve #MondayMotivation #kidsdeserveit
Adam Welcome on episode 36 of The 10-Minute Teacher
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Today Adam Welcome @awelcome inspires us to treat kids in positive ways. As co-author of Kids Deserve It, Adam gives us all a task to do at school today. He also shares the shocking mistake he made when he started teaching. It was based on what he considers bad advice from a colleague. He discusses home visits and more.
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March 17, 2017
5 Ideas to Amp Up Chromebooks
John Sowash shares ideas on the 10-Minute Teacher Episode 35
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Today John Sowash @jrsowash talks formative assessment, multimedia, and the must-have apps for Chromebooks. Today he gives us five ideas to amp up our Chromebook classroom. Many of these tools and tips will work for any device that can access the Web.
March 16, 2017
GIVEAWAY: The Chromebook Classroom Book by John Sowash
A 10-Minute Teacher Show Giveaway
From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis
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John Sowash will be on the 10-Minute Teacher show on Friday morning sharing his ideas for a Chromebook classroom. As part of our ongoing celebration of the launch of the show, John has agreed to give away two copies of his book The Chromebook Classroom.
For this giveaway, I’m testing a new tool, Gleam, to run this giveaway competition. Many of you have already shared the show. Tha...
How Perla Zamora and Her students in Mexico are Tearing Down Walls
Episode #34 The 10-Minute Teacher on Global Collaboration
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Today Perla Zamora @pzamoraats from Tampico, Mexico is tearing down walls. For thought leader Thursday, today, ask yourself how you’re connecting your classroom to the world.
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March 15, 2017
Powerful Language Learning in the 21st Century
Rachelle Dene Poth talks language learning and STEAM on 10MT
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Today Rachelle Dene Poth @rdene915 talks about teaching Spanish and STEAM with technology, student choice, and project based learning. For Wonderful Wednesday, take a trip inside her classroom to learn how she does it all.
March 14, 2017
Epic Ways to Celebrate Pi Day
Episode #32 with Scottish Maths Teacher Chris Smith
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Chris Smith @aap03102 is a Maths teacher from Scotland where his irrational passion for Pi earns him geeky renown. He is an enthusiastic ambassador for the beauty and usefulness of Mathematics and shares this message with his anyone who will listen.
March 13, 2017
Kevin Honeycutt inspires us to reach troubled kids in poverty #mondaymotivation
10-Minute Teacher Episode #31 | 10MT
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Today Kevin Honeycutt @kevinhoneycutt grew up in poverty and attended school in many cities across the United States. As he witnessed education around the country he collected powerful experiences that still influence his conversations and his work with educators.
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5 Ideas to Level Up Language Arts #5ideaFriday
Episode 30: Excellent Language Arts with Teacher Alex Corbitt on the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast | 10MT
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Today teacher @Alex_Corbitt from the Bronx has 5 created ideas to help improve and make language arts learning fun.
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Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality in the Classroom
10MT | #29 Steven Anderson talks technology trends
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Augmented reality and virtual reality. Are these buzzwords or are they things that can be used to improve learning? Today Steven Anderson@web20classroom brings back the veil and helps us learn about these emerging technologies.
