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6 ways to create engaging elementary learning spaces

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Our goal is to shift pedagogy toward a “culture of thinking” that supports more student agency and more effective use of the learning space itself. As part of that mission, we knew we needed innovative furnishings for the learning environments, which would go hand-in-hand with that work. In fact, it was pure gold.

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3 simple ways to use interactive whiteboards in preschool classrooms

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It allows me to share my morning message, where each student comes up to the board to write their name, circle the letter of the day, and engage in drawing and coloring activities. “When students listen to audiobooks or watch audio media, they are able to become experienced with different cultures, dialects, and beliefs (Parmeter, p.24).

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What it Takes to Lead a School Where Students Love Themselves and Succeed Academically

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Student success is more often defined by whether a learner demonstrates achievement on what my grandmother called the “3 R's: Reading, Writing and Arithmetic” — the core academic skills needed to illustrate mastery on standardized assessments. This is a dilemma. Is it marked by enthusiasm, love and care, and purposeful focus?

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Dave Eggers on Finding Creative Refuge From the ‘Lunacy’ of Technology

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We hardly think twice about spell-check and other auto-correct features in writing software—in fact, their absence would make some feel rather lost and empty. That’s a spirit that is very much a part of 826, a network of elaborately whimsical tutoring and writing centers that Eggers helped launch in 2002. The centers all have laptops.

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The psychology of motivation: Strategies for engaging students

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For instance, experts from a coursework writing service are often driven by an internal passion to do their job well and to deliver excellent academic papers to maintain the company’s high reputation.

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Three Career Paths for Educational Innovators—How to Get There and Where the Jobs Are

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Educational innovators might: Write a book - publish on Kindle or iTunes. Michael Matera, a 6th grade world history teacher in Milwaukee, used his expertise in gamification to write a top selling book, Explore Like a Pirate. They might sell some content they created, write a book, or build an app, for example.

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#ICE18: Redesigning a Classroom Is Not About Being “Pretty for Pinterest”

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Eric Sheninger and Tom Murray share their expertise on modern learning spaces. Murray and Sheninger, co-authors of Learning Transformed: 8 Keys to Designing Tomorrow’s Schools, Today , published by ASCD in 2017, will be featured speakers at the #ICE18 conference in Schaumburg, Ill., Photos courtesy of Linkedin. Pull Quote.