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Want to Rethink Education After COVID-19? Creative Solutions Mean Taking More Risks

Edsurge

The problems these educators wrestle with daily are no longer merely academic exercises. More problematic, these issues also include how to educate students who cannot learn online, such as students with special needs, English language learners and early elementary children. Public education will never be the same.

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The Power of See, Think, Me, We

Catlin Tucker

Using See, Think, Me, We…at the Elementary Level Analyzing a Picture Book See: The teacher shows an illustration from a picture book and asks the children what they see. Me: Students relate the scientific concept to personal experiences, like how cellular respiration is related to exercise or the water cycle to their local climate.

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3 Pillars of High-quality Blended Learning

Catlin Tucker

For instance, in an elementary science class, a teacher designing a unit focused on ecosystems can empower students by allowing them to choose an ecosystem they are genuinely interested in exploring. When students have a voice in their education, they become more engaged and invested in the process.

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Adolescents Need More Proactive, Preventative Mental Health Supports in School

Edsurge

Typically, we tend to associate SEL programs with elementary-aged students. According to a nationally representative RAND report published in 2020, elementary teachers reported higher levels of school support for SEL than secondary teachers did. This tracks with what the research shows.

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How to Help Your Students Learn Healthy Communication Skills

Waterford

Classroom activities like reflective writing in journals is a great way to teach communication skills to PreK, elementary, or secondary students. Everyday class assignments and creative writing exercises , like sentence starters, are another effective entry point to teaching written communication.

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Civics Education Is Essential for Creating Engaged Citizens. I’m Hopeful It's About to Make a Comeback.

Edsurge

This is especially evident in the elementary grades, which on average only teach social studies 30 minutes a week. Secondary students can investigate what factors determined citizenship through historical case studies centered on both national and local narratives. Democracy isn’t a spectator sport.

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ChatGPT Teacher Tips Part 3: Personalized Learning

EdTechTeacher

Each post will focus on a practical strategy for using ChatGPT and will include ideas for both elementary and secondary school teachers. Secondary school students can benefit from ChatGPT’s advanced support in history, science, and literature, among other subjects.