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15 Real-World Lessons You Can Teach Kids NOW

The CoolCatTeacher

Students create budgets, shopping plans, and comparison shopping while learning about the effective use of credit. If you’re ready to help elementary-aged children understand financial literacy, Vault is the perfect course for you. Grade level: elementary grades. Grade Level: Elementary School. Grade Level: 9-12.

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K–12 Leaders Get Creative to Make the Case for Network Upgrades

EdTech Magazine

Two years ago, IT Services Director AJ Phillips needed to persuade her school board to purchase new network infrastructure, so she tapped her prior experience as an elementary school teacher and presented a show-and-tell. Educate Stakeholders About Cost Comparisons and Success Stories. Thu, 06/20/2019 - 12:02.

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Why Bloomz is the Best Parent-Teacher Communication System for Me (and Probably You)

The CoolCatTeacher

In this blog post, I’m going to share three things: Comparison with Other Apps – How does Bloomz compare to other tools? See a full comparison of every feature. The best resource with a side-by-side comparison of Remind, Bloomz, Class Messenger and other tools is the comparison chart from Jessica Meacham.

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The Power of Claim-Evidence-Question

Catlin Tucker

Using Claim-Evidence-Question at the Elementary Level Literature Analysis: After reading a story or book, students make a claim about a central theme or main character’s motivations, provide evidence from the text, and pose questions about the main idea or character.

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Podcast pedagogy: Leveraging audio programs for learning

Neo LMS

For students from elementary to high school, We Are Teachers offer suggestions. You can read comparisons of some of the top contenders here. Fatherly recently published a list of their favorite podcasts for kids. Another option is to use the Leela Kids app to search for podcasts based on age level and other criteria.

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8 Ways to Teach Financial Literacy

The CoolCatTeacher

Consumer Skills – Learning to comparison shop for cars, houses and being an informed consumer. Managing Credit and Debt – Students need to understand the true costs of credit cards before they receive that first mailing in their college post office box their freshman year.

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Digital humanities in the K-12 classroom

Neo LMS

There are a number of analogue printables aides online that will help elementary school teachers bring a new dimension to story-time. Subtle historical differences in correlated phrases also make for interesting comparisons — try comparing phrases such as climate change with global warming , or feminism and emancipation.

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