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10 Ways to Motivate the Undermotivated

Ten ways to motivate the undermotivated

Adding elements of surprise and choice into our classrooms is a great way to motivate the unmotivated.

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Phillip Kovacs

Match policy with local initiatives

Whiteboard

Ideas for using Pixie on an interactice whiteboard

Student project

Creating Websites Builds Excitement for Research

Action Research

Your first action research cycle

Student project

Student-created grammar tutorials

10 Ideas for truly active learning

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Helping Students Write the Story Only They Can Tell

Dick Sagor

An interview with Dick Sagor, action research leader.

Undermotivated

10 ways to motivate the undermotivated

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Five steps to student-centered learning

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Teaching Tolerance, Teaching Diversity

Podcasting

Podcasting: A powerful avenue for student voice

Summer School

Use summer school to foster technology integration

One Tech Period

How to make the most of one tech period a week

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Sharing Student Expertise with the World

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Build Questioning Skills in Math

Jason Ohler

ARt as response to experience with Dr Jason Ohler

Super simple

Keep it super simple, and meaningful.

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Fostering Gratitude

Digital primary sources

Use digital primary sources to entice students to question and analyze

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Making Poster Sessions a Success

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Model the Change You Want to See

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50 Activities for 2nd Grade

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Preparing for a Secure Financial Future

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The case for boredom: why creativity thrives with empty time

Student project

Students explore ancestry in "Suitcase Stories"

Helping all students learn

Build communication skills in students with physical disabilities.

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Operationalizing Flexible Professional Learning

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Nurturing Citizenship with a Contest

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50 Activities for Middle School

Landing your First Teaching Job

7 steps to ending up in the right place

David Thornburg

An interview with futurist David Thornburg

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Use Mind Maps for Improved Student Learning

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Students, Too, Sit at Langston Hughes' Table

Student project

Teaching across the curriculum with a race around the world

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Standards + Creative Tasks = Future-Ready

Action research.

Embrace action research

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Supporting Cognitive Development in Early Childhood

Cup of Time

Find more time for technology integration

5 Ways to Create an Impassioned Classroom

5 Ways to Create an Impassioned Classroom

Paper

The beauty and the value of paper

Child doing a somersault

Afraid to flip? Try a somersult

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50 Activities for 6th Grade

Speaking

Find and measure hidden objectives

Students using technology

From acceptable use to responsible use

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5 Ideas to Better Engage with Your Students

Sharing with grandparents

Make parents an integral part of academic success

Student project

Involving students in assessment

Student project

A tool for authentic learning

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10 Creative Ideas for Back-to-School

IDEA

How to make a difference through your service

Devices

Meet the needs of digital learners with BYOD.

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6 Tips for Submitting a Successful Presentation Proposal

Digital Portfolios

Building digital portfolios

Flip

Flipping the elementary classroom

Student project

Diving in to digital projects

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Transform the Traditional State Report

choices

Let it go: Giving students choices

Add Creativity to Intermediate Math

Add creativity to intermediate math instruction

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50 Activities for 5th Grade

Keyboard

Create a memorable learning archive

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50 Activities for Kindergarten

Helen Barrett

Lessons from a digital portfolio pioneer

Big 6

Combine the Big6 with making

Music

Engage students with music and technology, a student's perspective.

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The Case for Gaming in Learning

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50 Activities for 1st Grade

Team planning

Strategies for effective technology implementation

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50 Activities for 4th Grade

Student director

A student's turn to flip

Encourage student voice and choice.

10 ways to encourage student voice and choice

'What's Your Story' words written on a blackboard

Why Your Story Matters

Museum interior

Museum Makers: Bringing History to Life

Student project

Students work to improve local parks

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Get Started with Place-Based Learning

EdJourney

A Roadmap to the future of education

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Grow Your Teaching by Presenting

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Open-Ended Questioning with Bloom's

Diverse students

Get started with differentiated instruction

Reach ALL students

Reach all students with digital media

Greek temple

Making modern myths with Wixie

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50 Activities for 3rd Grade

Student project

Exploring history through animation

Portfolio

Change the face of assessment with digital portfolios

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