The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 1, 2025

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter As a teacher, we must build our classrooms from the ground up. Today, veteran teacher and teacher coach and author of Always a Lesson: Teaching Essentials for Classroom and Career Success , Gretchen Bridgers, shares the four ways we build our classroom. From designing lessons that engage students powerfully to classroom management and student engagement, learn the fundamentals in this quick listen.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 1, 2025

This story about eighth grade algebra was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. Sign up for the Hechinger newsletter. BRAHAM, Minn. It was fourth-period Basic Algebra 8 class on a gray October morning at Braham Area High School. Teacher Rick Riccio had assigned an exercise on converting large integers to scientific notation, but fifteen minutes in, some students had lost focus.

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Teacher Tech with Alice Keeler

JANUARY 1, 2025

Differentiated instruction is a cornerstone of effective teaching, but it’s also one of the most challenging aspects of our profession. It requires us to tailor our instruction to meet the unique needs of every student in our classroom, which can feel overwhelming, especially with limited time and resources. Students require different levels of support, scaffolding, The post Tech Tools to Support Differentiation in the Classroom appeared first on Teacher Tech with Alice Keeler.

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ignitionEDU

JANUARY 1, 2025

I have created a number of Chrome extensions to meet specific needs of my district. This one just published came from a question on the CDW Education Collaborative (paid membership required for the collab). This extension hides the trending searches suggestions on the search box on google.com. Sometimes the “Trending searches” suggestions on Google Search are not necessarily school-appropriate.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2025

Key points: Mental health issues among students are at an all-time high, and support systems struggle to keep up Why SEL must be part of the chronic absenteeism solution Trauma-informed teaching strategies can benefit all students For more news on student mental health, visit eSN’s SEL & Well-Being hub Student mental health needs are increasingly urgent, amplified by challenges such as growing anxiety and depression, according to a new report based on feedback from more than 500 educat

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Turnitin

JANUARY 1, 2025

Feedback is the cornerstone of programmatic and authentic assessment, particularly within a competency-based education framework. Each assessment provides actionable insights that guide the student’s next steps. In this blog post, we’ll explore what programmatic assessments are, how they work, and why they are such a powerful tool for fostering student success in competency-based education.

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Twinkl International Publishing

JANUARY 1, 2025

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 1, 2025

Also on January 1st: It’s Public Domain Day!Every year, January 1st is P ublic Domain Day. This is an observance of when copyrights expire and works enter into the public domain–free for all to use. According to Public Domain Review, here are some of the newly-available artistic works you might like a/o January 1, 2025: The picture above is interactive on the website.

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JANUARY 1, 2025

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Searching for innovative ways to deliver integrated STEAM education that also help students attain industry-ready skills? Then this punchy 30-minute thought leadership webinar is for you. Join fellow education leaders as we share: National data on STEAM performance and student engagement that indicates post-pandemic learners are craving inspired intervention 10 research-backed reasons why game design is the leading method for practically teaching integrated STEAM education An inside look at live

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2025

As 2024 moves into 2025, educators greet a new year with uncertainty. Pandemic-related learning loss and academic inequities remain a hurdle, particularly as COVID relief funding dries up. A second Trump presidency has many educators wondering how proposed policy changes will impact schools and districts. Education is at a crossroads, with pressing issues such as potentially major federal policy changes, evolving AI, global workforce demands, and equity issues weighing heavily on educators’

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