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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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Teaching Tolerance, Teaching Diversity

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Strategies for effective technology implementation

Jason Ohler

ARt as response to experience with Dr Jason Ohler

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6 Tips for Submitting a Successful Presentation Proposal

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50 Activities for 5th Grade

Paper

The beauty and the value of paper

Music

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

Undermotivated

10 ways to motivate the undermotivated

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Students, Too, Sit at Langston Hughes' Table

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Use Mind Maps for Improved Student Learning

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Why Your Story Matters

Flip

Flipping the elementary classroom

choices

Let it go: Giving students choices

Students using technology

From acceptable use to responsible use

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Sharing Student Expertise with the World

Student project

Teaching across the curriculum with a race around the world

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50 Activities for 6th Grade

Action research.

Embrace action research

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50 Activities for Kindergarten

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The Case for Gaming in Learning

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The case for boredom: why creativity thrives with empty time

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Model the Change You Want to See

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50 Activities for Middle School

Landing your First Teaching Job

7 steps to ending up in the right place

Sharing with grandparents

Make parents an integral part of academic success

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50 Activities for 2nd Grade

Add Creativity to Intermediate Math

Add creativity to intermediate math instruction

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10 Creative Ideas for Back-to-School

David Thornburg

An interview with futurist David Thornburg

10 Ideas for truly active learning

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Build Questioning Skills in Math

Reach ALL students

Reach all students with digital media

Helen Barrett

Lessons from a digital portfolio pioneer

Cup of Time

Find more time for technology integration

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50 Activities for 1st Grade

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Transform the Traditional State Report

Portfolio

Change the face of assessment with digital portfolios

Student project

Students explore ancestry in "Suitcase Stories"

Student project

A tool for authentic learning

Super simple

Keep it super simple, and meaningful.

Phillip Kovacs

Match policy with local initiatives

Dick Sagor

An interview with Dick Sagor, action research leader.

Student project

Student-created grammar tutorials

Student project

Exploring history through animation

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Nurturing Citizenship with a Contest

Keyboard

Create a memorable learning archive

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50 Activities for 4th Grade

Student project

Students work to improve local parks

Big 6

Combine the Big6 with making

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Get Started with Place-Based Learning

Student project

Diving in to digital projects

One Tech Period

How to make the most of one tech period a week

Student project

Involving students in assessment

Action Research

Your first action research cycle

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Open-Ended Questioning with Bloom's

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Grow Your Teaching by Presenting

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Helping Students Write the Story Only They Can Tell

IDEA

How to make a difference through your service

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Operationalizing Flexible Professional Learning

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Fostering Gratitude

Whiteboard

Ideas for using Pixie on an interactice whiteboard

Digital primary sources

Use digital primary sources to entice students to question and analyze

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Museum Makers: Bringing History to Life

Summer School

Use summer school to foster technology integration

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Supporting Cognitive Development in Early Childhood

Student project

Creating Websites Builds Excitement for Research

Helping all students learn

Build communication skills in students with physical disabilities.

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Getting Rest During the Summer

Devices

Meet the needs of digital learners with BYOD.

Speaking

Find and measure hidden objectives

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50 Activities for 3rd Grade

Diverse students

Get started with differentiated instruction

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Making modern myths with Wixie

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Making Poster Sessions a Success

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Preparing for a Secure Financial Future

EdJourney

A Roadmap to the future of education

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5 Ideas to Better Engage with Your Students

Digital Portfolios

Building digital portfolios

5 Ways to Create an Impassioned Classroom

5 Ways to Create an Impassioned Classroom

Can you trust this image?

Can You Trust This Image?

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Five steps to student-centered learning

Encourage student voice and choice.

10 ways to encourage student voice and choice

Podcasting

Podcasting: A powerful avenue for student voice

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Afraid to flip? Try a somersult

Student director

A student's turn to flip

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Standards + Creative Tasks = Future-Ready

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