By making this approach part of our regular practice, we’ll be able to look back on a day, a week, or a year of teaching and say with a lot more certainty that when they were under our care, our students learned.
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"A few intentional decisions can make the work both manageable and impactful in a classroom full of learners."
Lauren Kaufman via @edutopia.org
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"I don’t think the answer is a better book recommendation."
via @pernille.bsky.social
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These techniques are easy to learn and will make all the people in your life feel seen, heard, and understood.
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"The best antidote to hurrying is intentional pause."
@mirplo.bsky.social via @edutopia.org
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What are they doing in Danish schools that makes them such a great experience for teachers and students? And is it possible we could make a few changes to be more like them? @pernille.bsky.social and I do a deep, deep dive on this episode of the podcast.
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"When oracy is embedded, classrooms change. Students move from answering to reasoning, from participation to contribution, and from silence to voice."
Nesreen El-Baz via via @eschoolnews.bsky.social
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"Incorporating movement in learning isn’t chaos or simply a gimmick—it’s purposeful design."
Valerie Butrón via @ascdofficial.bsky.social
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"Teachers can help students learn to annotate for their future selves by breaking the process down into three manageable steps."
Laurie Miller Hornik via @middleweb.bsky.social
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"Students are being asked to think deeply before they have had the time or structure to stay with a text long enough to understand it."
Holly Durham via @middleweb.bsky.social
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More freedom and autonomy for teachers and students and a "less is more" approach to curriculum. Is it possible in the U.S.?
Whether annotating for engagement or as part of prepping for discussion and writing assignments, students benefit from knowing the purpose of their annotations.
It's increasingly common to see students skim instead of read, search instead of think, and move quickly through text without following how ideas connect.
There are always too many standards to meet and assignments to grade. These strategies can help you reject haste in favor of care and clarity.
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It seems, no matter what I do, it still happens. Year after year. I started this work in 2010 and the voices were smaller then. Present but quiet. Now, with passive consumerism, with the need to be…
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Are we planning with clear, measurable, meaningful learning goals in to guide us, or are we just keeping students busy?
