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5 online resources to beat the summer slide

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These tools offer interactive lessons, personalized learning paths, and fun activities that reinforce what students learned during the school year–without making summer feel like school. Its summer learning programs provide structured plans for students in grades K-12, including daily activities tailored by grade level.

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How to integrate environmental concepts into every subject

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The activity I built required students to quietly journal outside, using prompts driven by ELA, art, and social studies standards. One of my favorite examples of interdisciplinary environmental literacy happened when I was in a 1st-grade classroom. Students social-emotional needs were high, as was their eco-anxiety.

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Bridging the Gap: Active Learning Strategies for Traditional and Online Classrooms

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That’s when it hit medespite years of teaching experience, I’m still searching for ways to spark the same level of engagement whether I’m interacting with students face-to-face or through carefully designed asynchronous activities. For my online students, I’ve adapted this activity using collaborative digital tools.

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An AI Wish List From Teachers: What They Actually Want It to Do

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When she needed a fun end-of-year activity for her first-grade students incorporating Candyland, gummy bears and phonics, Irene Farmer turned to ChatGPT. “It Grading, especially, is viewed with skepticism. Administrative work and basic instructional support are at the top of their wish lists.

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AI tools that support learning–not cheating

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Magic Studio lets students move from passive recipients of information to active creators–designing their own materials, organizing information in a visually compelling way, and adding context to their knowledge. Suitable for: All grade levels–from young readers developing fluency to high school students preparing for exams.

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Creating a fun robotics lesson that addresses 4 ISTE standards

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For example, in my coursework, I introduce a collaborative, screen-free robotics activity that aligns with the ISTE Standards for Students. Educators can adopt similar strategies to design interdisciplinary lessons that promote engagement, creativity, and foundational literacy and STEM competencies across grade levels.

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ISTELive 25 spotlights bold innovation

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Keep an eye out for daily activities with local artists who will lead drop-in workshops to get the creative juices flowing. Discover our developed projects and strategies to bring these STEM activities into your classroom. Be sure to reserve time for the Creators Fiesta , a destination for creative discovery and hands-on making.

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