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10 Ways to Motivate the Undermotivated

Ten ways to motivate the undermotivated

Adding elements of surprise and choice into our classrooms is a great way to motivate the unmotivated.

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Build Questioning Skills in Math

Music

Engage students with music and technology, a student's perspective.

5 Ways to Create an Impassioned Classroom

5 Ways to Create an Impassioned Classroom

Helping all students learn

Build communication skills in students with physical disabilities.

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5 Ideas to Better Engage with Your Students

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Fostering Gratitude

Cup of Time

Find more time for technology integration

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50 Activities for 2nd Grade

Student project

Student-created grammar tutorials

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Making Poster Sessions a Success

Phillip Kovacs

Match policy with local initiatives

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Grow Your Teaching by Presenting

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50 Activities for 6th Grade

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The Case for Gaming in Learning

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Get Started with Place-Based Learning

Student project

Exploring history through animation

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Teaching Tolerance, Teaching Diversity

Team planning

Strategies for effective technology implementation

Big 6

Combine the Big6 with making

Portfolio

Change the face of assessment with digital portfolios

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10 Creative Ideas for Back-to-School

Student project

A tool for authentic learning

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Operationalizing Flexible Professional Learning

Action Research

Your first action research cycle

Jason Ohler

ARt as response to experience with Dr Jason Ohler

Keyboard

Create a memorable learning archive

'What's Your Story' words written on a blackboard

Why Your Story Matters

Student project

Students work to improve local parks

10 Ideas for truly active learning

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50 Activities for 3rd Grade

Speaking

Find and measure hidden objectives

Helen Barrett

Lessons from a digital portfolio pioneer

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Supporting Cognitive Development in Early Childhood

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50 Activities for 6th Grade

Student project

Creating Websites Builds Excitement for Research

Dick Sagor

An interview with Dick Sagor, action research leader.

Flip

Flipping the elementary classroom

Greek temple

Making modern myths with Wixie

Student director

A student's turn to flip

Paper

The beauty and the value of paper

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Five steps to student-centered learning

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50 Activities for 5th Grade

Add Creativity to Intermediate Math

Add creativity to intermediate math instruction

Podcasting

Podcasting: A powerful avenue for student voice

Digital Portfolios

Building digital portfolios

Action research.

Embrace action research

Devices

Meet the needs of digital learners with BYOD.

David Thornburg

An interview with futurist David Thornburg

Digital primary sources

Use digital primary sources to entice students to question and analyze

Reach ALL students

Reach all students with digital media

Student project

Students explore ancestry in "Suitcase Stories"

EdJourney

A Roadmap to the future of education

Encourage student voice and choice.

10 ways to encourage student voice and choice

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Museum Makers: Bringing History to Life

Student project

Teaching across the curriculum with a race around the world

Sharing with grandparents

Make parents an integral part of academic success

Diverse students

Get started with differentiated instruction

One Tech Period

How to make the most of one tech period a week

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Open-Ended Questioning with Bloom's

Students using technology

From acceptable use to responsible use

Landing your First Teaching Job

7 steps to ending up in the right place

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Model the Change You Want to See

IDEA

How to make a difference through your service

Super simple

Keep it super simple, and meaningful.

Whiteboard

Ideas for using Pixie on an interactice whiteboard

Summer School

Use summer school to foster technology integration

choices

Let it go: Giving students choices

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6 Tips for Submitting a Successful Presentation Proposal

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Afraid to flip? Try a somersult

Student project

Diving in to digital projects

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50 Activities for 4th Grade

Undermotivated

10 ways to motivate the undermotivated

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Preparing for a Secure Financial Future

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50 Activities for 1st Grade

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50 Activities for Kindergarten

Student project

Involving students in assessment

More sites to help you find success in your classroom

Wixie

Share your ideas, imagination, and understanding through writing, art, voice, and video.

Rubric Maker

Create custom rubrics for your classroom.

Pics4Learning

A curated, copyright-friendly image library that is safe and free for education.

Wriddle

Write, record, and illustrate a sentence.

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