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Beyond English: Why Writing Belongs in Every Classroom

Catlin Tucker

All of these aspects of writing benefit from dedicated class time, access to peer support, and teacher feedback. Adolescents today have unprecedented access to one another and spend significant time communicating on their devices. Handbook of Writing Research , 2, 194-207. ” Dr. Novak and I wholeheartedly agree!

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To Raise a Reader

Reading By Example

Layne and The Read-Aloud Handbook by Jim Trelease. Some hospitals will send The Read-Aloud Handbook home with new parents. Educators feel the same way when we discover a new strategy or method and then think about all of the students we had in the past who did not have access to this better practice. Two words: Public library.

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5 School Website Design Mistakes

Gaggle Speaks

More and more of your website visitors use their smartphones or tablets. Consider a responsive web design so that your website adapts to whatever device accesses it. K-12 Website Success Handbook. Access Now >>

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Goodbye 1996: Why Your School’s PDF Newsletter is Antiquated

Gaggle Speaks

PDFs contain a lot of information, which makes it extremely hard to consume content on a tablet or smartphone screen. Responsive design certainly cuts down on zooming and panning, but more importantly, responsive content adjusts to whichever device it’s accessed on. K-12 Website Success Handbook.

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4 Keys to Successfully Plan and Design Your School or District Website

Gaggle Speaks

Website visitors get the optimal experience whether they’re on a desktop, tablet or smartphone. K-12 Website Success Handbook. Access Now >> Responsive design allows your website to adapt to the devices that visitors are using. The result? Have a clean and useful home page.

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How Online Book Read-Alouds Can Help Students’ Literacy and Connection During Social Distancing 

MindShift

Most publishers are now granting access to educators, as long as they follow a few rules that vary among publishers. His popular book now in its seventh edition, The Read-Aloud Handbook , shares research and best practices for both parents and educators. Find the complete list of publishers’ permissions and online reading rules here.).

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AI in the Classroom: A Complete AI Classroom Guide

The CoolCatTeacher

It's not as powerful or robust as Midjourney or DALL·E , but it's accessible to students. It’s a Whole New World But Nothing New” 00;21;11;07 – 00;21;28;18 Brad Weinstein So it's going to be a new way of monitoring things, a new way of looking at discipline, a new way of, you know, our school policies and procedures and handbook.

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