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March 8, 2018
Rethinking Professional Development So It Actually Improves Teaching
Jarod Bormann on episode 269 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast
From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis
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Teachers need to have say in their own PD, but how do you help teachers become intrinsically motivated to learn? Today, Jarod Bormann, author of Professionally Driven: Empower Every Educator To Redefine PD talks about designing PD that works and interests teachers.
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March 7, 2018
Don’t Save Time, Savor Time
Day 57 of 80 Days of Excellence
From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis
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My Mom grew up making incredible cinnamon rolls. I would say here in Mitchell County, some people would even call them “famous.” I used to eat them for breakfast in college and at home. There were even times I got so tired of them that I would pass them up.
Now, Mom can’t make them anymore. Sometimes my sisters will make a pan and when we have them, I get the middle cinnamon roll (j...
Game Based Learning in Action
Matthew Farber on episode 268 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast
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Game-based learning might not be what you think. On today’s show Matthew Farber, author of Game-Based Learning In Action: How an Expert Affinity Group Teaches with Games, talks about how to use games in the classroom effectively. He shares a four-part model including playing the game, debriefing, reflecting, and then creating.
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March 6, 2018
Why Pursuing the Truth is Hard But We Should Anyway
Day 56 of 80 Days of Excellence
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Abraham Lincoln said, “No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.” But wow, some people sure do try. They lie on resumes. They lie about what really happened. And then, when situations are too hard to face, sometimes they’ll lie to themselves. In fact, they lie to themselves so long that they can even create false memories.
False Memories Are Real An article in Psychol...
Podcasting How To’s and Tips with Jeff Bradbury and Vicki Davis
Jeff Bradbury on episode 267 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast
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Jeff Bradbury, IT Coach and Podcaster at the Teachercast Network and I talk about education podcasting and how it all works.
Advancement Courses has more than 200 graduate level online professional development courses for K-12 teachers. You can take these courses for continuing education, salary advancement, or recertification. They are practical cou...
March 5, 2018
Warm to Change: Don’t Be Abominable
Day 55 of 80 Days of Excellence
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The Abominable snowman lives. Sometimes it’s a snow woman. Frozen, this beast refuses to change. Frozen behaviors. Frozen methods. Frozen content.
When you’re green, you’re growing. When you’re ripe, you rot. That is it. There is no stasis. When you stop growing, you start shrinking. If you’re not adding new neural networks in your brain by learning new things, you’re losing them du...
Blessings for the Broken Teacher: Students, Kintsugi, and Inspiring Life Lessons
Aimee Ross on episode 266 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast
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Award Winning teacher Aimee Ross talks about how she’s learned from her students through struggle, brokenness and the ups and downs of life. Today’s show is an inspiring look into the journey of teaching, being recognized for your work, and realizing that the students are why we teach.
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March 3, 2018
Success Tip: Take Time for Your Weekly Review and Plan the Week Ahead
Day 54 of 80 Days of Excellence
From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis
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I got busy last weekend and didn’t plan this week. I felt it all week long. I was rushed. I had to do some last minute work on things I almost forgot. I felt winded all week long.
Then, I sit down to plan this week and I realized that I hadn’t prepared ahead of time for something on Sunday – that’s tomorrow!
Spending time in a weekly review is not a nice to do but a MUST DO. Make a...
March 2, 2018
Success, Supercaves, and Fighting Deep Stress
Day 53 of 80 Days of Excellence
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James M. Tabor writes fiction and nonfiction about “supercaves.”* A supercave is thousands of vertical feet deep. Often those who explore such supercaves must be master spelunkers and scuba divers. But they also need more… a keen attention to their own mental state.
Supercave explorers are at risk for an illness called “the rapture” – an extreme reaction to darkness and depth. Those...
5 Ideas to level up Elementary Math with Technology
Kelly Gary on episode 265 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast
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Elementary Math can be exciting. Check out these five ideas to use technology to make math exciting.
