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Simple Exercise: Help Students Analyze Their Growth Over Time

Catlin Tucker

I encourage teachers to dedicate class time to an exercise that requires students to compare two pieces of work from two different moments in time using the Google Document below. When I have done this exercise in the past, many students exclaim, “Oh my gosh! AnalyzeGrowth. I cannot believe I wrote this!”

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Vision Boards: Start the Year with a Visual Goal Setting Exercise

Catlin Tucker

I found the exercise powerful. I remember laying my big piece of butcher paper on the floor and contemplating my future. The images on my vision board ranged from personal hopes to future professional aspirations. It required that I have complete clarity about my goals and what I actively wanted to work toward.

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SEL and Physical Exercise – 8 weeks of Free Lessons

The CoolCatTeacher

I believe that in order for students to truly succeed when they grow up, we need to teach them the subject of self in schools.” ~ Rupa The post SEL and Physical Exercise – 8 weeks of Free Lessons appeared first on Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis @coolcatteacher helping educators be excellent every day.

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Can Early Adoption of Esports Help Students Learn to Cope with Stress?

EdTech Magazine

According to a study by Queensland University of Technology’s School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, esports athletes experienced less stress when faced with factors outside of their control. Students who participate in esports clubs may learn skills to cope with stressors, especially if they practice those skills from a young age.

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With a Virtual Reality Assist, Video Games Get K–12 Students Moving

EdTech Magazine

An often-heard lament from parents and teachers is that kids these days don’t get enough exercise, tethered as many are to their handheld electronic devices and video games. . Many K–12 teachers and schools have begun to introduce exercise-friendly VR games in the classroom or at school events. . shailaja.neela….

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Start the New Year by Articulating Your WHY

Catlin Tucker

An Exercise: What’s Your Why? This exercise is harder than it sounds. I hope this exercise serves to ground other educators as we begin 2018! If leaders are clear about their why, teachers are more likely to buy in and take risks. What strategies do you use to manifest your why? What do you do? What are your various roles?

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Q&A: Victor Hicks on Blending Computer Science with Culture

EdTech Magazine

Participants from grades K–8 may, for instance, design a historically Black college and university (HBCU) campus, create a video game featuring a superhero of color or undertake other hands-on digital skill exercises. EdTech spoke with Victor Hicks — known as Coach Hicks — the program’s founder and a STEM teacher at St.

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