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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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50 Activities for 1st Grade

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50 Activities for Middle School

Big 6

Combine the Big6 with making

Student project

Involving students in assessment

David Thornburg

An interview with futurist David Thornburg

Reach ALL students

Reach all students with digital media

Helen Barrett

Lessons from a digital portfolio pioneer

IDEA

How to make a difference through your service

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Five steps to student-centered learning

Devices

Meet the needs of digital learners with BYOD.

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10 Creative Ideas for Back-to-School

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Transform the Traditional State Report

Music

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

Jason Ohler

ARt as response to experience with Dr Jason Ohler

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Museum Makers: Bringing History to Life

One Tech Period

How to make the most of one tech period a week

Greek temple

Making modern myths with Wixie

Student project

Exploring history through animation

Landing your First Teaching Job

7 steps to ending up in the right place

5 Ways to Create an Impassioned Classroom

5 Ways to Create an Impassioned Classroom

EdJourney

A Roadmap to the future of education

Add Creativity to Intermediate Math

Add creativity to intermediate math instruction

Student project

Diving in to digital projects

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50 Activities for Kindergarten

Keyboard

Create a memorable learning archive

Dick Sagor

An interview with Dick Sagor, action research leader.

Whiteboard

Ideas for using Pixie on an interactice whiteboard

Action Research

Your first action research cycle

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50 Activities for 3rd Grade

Student project

Teaching across the curriculum with a race around the world

Portfolio

Change the face of assessment with digital portfolios

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Model the Change You Want to See

10 Ideas for truly active learning

choices

Let it go: Giving students choices

Paper

The beauty and the value of paper

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Making Poster Sessions a Success

Flip

Flipping the elementary classroom

Speaking

Find and measure hidden objectives

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Supporting Cognitive Development in Early Childhood

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50 Activities for 4th Grade

Undermotivated

10 ways to motivate the undermotivated

Student project

Students explore ancestry in "Suitcase Stories"

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50 Activities for 5th Grade

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5 Ideas to Better Engage with Your Students

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50 Activities for 6th Grade

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Operationalizing Flexible Professional Learning

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Why Your Story Matters

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Build Questioning Skills in Math

Encourage student voice and choice.

10 ways to encourage student voice and choice

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6 Tips for Submitting a Successful Presentation Proposal

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Fostering Gratitude

Action research.

Embrace action research

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Preparing for a Secure Financial Future

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50 Activities for 2nd Grade

Student project

Student-created grammar tutorials

Phillip Kovacs

Match policy with local initiatives

Student project

Creating Websites Builds Excitement for Research

Summer School

Use summer school to foster technology integration

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The Case for Gaming in Learning

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Grow Your Teaching by Presenting

Diverse students

Get started with differentiated instruction

Sharing with grandparents

Make parents an integral part of academic success

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Teaching Tolerance, Teaching Diversity

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Afraid to flip? Try a somersult

Digital Portfolios

Building digital portfolios

Team planning

Strategies for effective technology implementation

Student project

A tool for authentic learning

Super simple

Keep it super simple, and meaningful.

Cup of Time

Find more time for technology integration

Podcasting

Podcasting: A powerful avenue for student voice

Student project

Students work to improve local parks

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Get Started with Place-Based Learning

Digital primary sources

Use digital primary sources to entice students to question and analyze

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Open-Ended Questioning with Bloom's

Student director

A student's turn to flip

Students using technology

From acceptable use to responsible use

Helping all students learn

Build communication skills in students with physical disabilities.

More sites to help you find success in your classroom

Wixie

Share your ideas, imagination, and understanding through writing, art, voice, and video.

Rubric Maker

Create custom rubrics for your classroom.

Pics4Learning

A curated, copyright-friendly image library that is safe and free for education.

Wriddle

Write, record, and illustrate a sentence.

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