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How Kai Cenat saved my high school English class

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I’m in my fifteenth year of teaching high school, and by now I have a pretty good nose for sniffing out inauthentic work. It made English class fun again for the students and for me. It’s more about having fun, though, when it comes to teaching students about effective virtual communication. I welcomed all of it.

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Showfloor News: PBLWorks creates PBLWorks TEACH to help scale project based learning

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The Buck Institute for Education (dba PBLWorks ), a national provider of professional development for high-quality Project Based Learning (PBL), is launching PBLWorks TEACH , a web-based application with ready-to-use, standards-aligned, Gold-Standard PBL projects for middle school math, science, English Language Arts, and social studies.

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Bridging the language gap with AI tools every teacher can use

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Key points: AI is helping to level the playing field for English Learners AI tools that support learning–not cheating You’re using ChatGPT? A true story about why AI literacy starts with us For more on using AI with English Learners, visit eSN’s Digital Learning hub “I don’t think he understands anything I say in class,” Ms.

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Teaching Creativity and Durable Skills in an AI World

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Johnsrud: There’s always been awareness that the careers of tomorrow are out of sync with what we are teaching today. The goal wasn’t just to pick a tool, but to teach students to be critical consumers. With AI, it’s the same: We need to teach students to “read the nutrition label” before they consume AI content.

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5 online resources to beat the summer slide

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ReadWorks is especially helpful for English Language Learners, offering audio versions and question supports to aid comprehension. Prodigy also offers a version for English Language Arts, expanding the platform’s reach beyond numbers. Parents can access dashboards to track progress and set goals over the summer.

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5 ways our students benefit from our online literacy platform

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In most cases, students had learned conversational English but had never really engaged with the alphabet. This wasnt just an English Learner issue, but it was one that required a separate focus. While many students are proficient in other languages, these languages may not share the same alphabet or sounds as English.

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120 Useful English Idioms for Kids (Free Slides Plus Teaching Ideas)

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Use these idiom examples to teach kids and English language learners. Idioms are expressions that don't always make sense literally.

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