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Flipping the classroom together—from 3,000 miles away

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Who says you can only use the flipped teaching method in your own class or with other teachers in your school or district? The pair joined forces in 2012 after Morris, who teaches sixth grade English and History at Del Mar Middle School in Tiburon, Calif., Thomasson, who teaches English at Forestview High School in Gastonia, N.C.,

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Free Tech Tools Teach Social Emotional Learning in Classrooms

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The prevailing challenge has become how to teach young people to develop healthy relationships in a traditional learning environment within this digital age. Educators must rethink the way they teach important life skills and social issues to Generation Z. Teaching materials. Curriculum Guide with a detailed course outline.

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The Things I Did Badly: Looking Back on My First Five Years of Teaching

Faculty Focus

This article first appeared in The Teaching Professor on December 2, 2019 © Magna Publications. Try a FREE three-week trial of The Teaching Professor! Here’s a list of five teaching mistakes I have made. And yet, when it came to teaching, I went entirely on instinct, teaching the way I was taught, assuming that was good enough.

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The Things I Did Badly: Looking Back on My First Five Years of Teaching

Faculty Focus

This article first appeared in The Teaching Professor on December 2, 2019 © Magna Publications. Try a FREE three-week trial of The Teaching Professor! Here’s a list of five teaching mistakes I have made. And yet, when it came to teaching, I went entirely on instinct, teaching the way I was taught, assuming that was good enough.

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Creating a Course Calendar that Aligns to the Rhythms of the Semester

Faculty Focus

This article first appeared in The Teaching Professor on January 4, 2018 Magna Publications. Try a FREE three-week trial of The Teaching Professor! Do you have a system or standard process for prepping a course youve taught before? Early in my career, one chapter per week described my course outline.

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Redesigning the Syllabus to Reflect the Learning Journey

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Currently, there is no shortage of articles offering a high-level look at how and why personalized learning will impact student growth, and conference sessions where teachers are encouraged to change the way they teach, but not given the tools to modify their instructional practices.

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5 Best Typing Tutors for Everyone

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Keyboarding is always a concern with educators, and one of the most questions is–how do you teach it? TypingWeb is a renowned free typing tutor on the web that consists of a teacher’s portal which acts as a classroom aid for teaching the appropriate touch typing skills. TypingWeb Online Typing Tutor.