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"Memes – when used carefully – seem to be a great teaching tool to engage students with the material and help them elaborate on the concepts and ideas." Carolina Kuepper-Tetzel via @learningscientists.bsky.social www.learningscientists.org/blog/2023/8/...

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"Cognitive, metacognitive, and procedural scaffolding techniques, when artfully executed, provide a pathway through the beautiful mess of learning, equipping students to confidently navigate difficult challenges." @toddfinley.bsky.social via @edutopia.org www.edutopia.org/article/powe...

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Some teaching moves can turn a lesson from clear to confusing. On the podcast this week, we talk about three of these with @blakeharvard.bsky.social, author of the new book Do I Have Your Attention? Understanding Memory Constraints and Maximizing Learning. www.cultofpedagogy.com/cognitive-ov...

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I would love to curate some good ideas about school cell phone policies that are working well. I sent out the post below and got some good responses, but I want to dig deeper. Original post is here, three questions follow in this thread. Thank you! bsky.app/profile/cult...

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"By promoting a sense of calm and well-being, students can reset between academic tasks, making them more ready to learn." Noelle Gutierrez via @catlintucker.com catlintucker.com/2024/10/rela...

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"Learning doesn’t just happen when we’re sitting down and concentrating." via Angela Watson truthforteachers.com/truth-for-te...

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This week, I talked with @emilykm-lpc.bsky.social and @amandamorin.bsky.social about four actionable changes teachers can make right now to reshape their classrooms into spaces that are more affirming for neurodiverse students. Really good stuff! www.cultofpedagogy.com/neurodiversi...

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"Being a school leader of color is not easy. But retaining them doesn’t need to be hard." @mriceboothe.bsky.social via @edutopia.org www.edutopia.org/article/4-wa...

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Blake Harvard is really, really brilliant when it comes to learning and memory. And now he has a book. And it’s good. It will make your teaching better. Details below. 🙂

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If you want to help your students become better readers of complex texts, check out this week's brand-new post and podcast, where literacy expert @jserravallo.bsky.social walks us through a close reading lesson. www.cultofpedagogy.com/close-reading/

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Once I figured this out, it dramatically reduced the number of times I felt the need to yell at a class. 🫢 www.cultofpedagogy.com/edutips/edut...

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Our annual round-up of tech tools we think are worth a look. AND the announcement of our Teacher's Guide to Tech moving online!! www.cultofpedagogy.com/6-ed-tech-to...

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Question about gender and ed tech: What can you tell me about how education platforms are taking an inclusive approach to gender when it comes to account creation, student sorting, etc. Are they expanding beyond M/F options? Who is doing this well? What do teachers need? Thanks.

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This week, Claire English — @theunteachables.bsky.social — shares three reasons classroom management can fall apart midway through a school year and what teachers can do to get things heading back in the right direction. www.cultofpedagogy.com/classroom-ma...

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Tell me about school cell phone policies and protocols that are working well these days. Bonus points for links to actual policy language.

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Question for anyone who has ever given professional development or attended it: What have been some of the most effective *formats* for large group PD that you have seen? I’m talking about discussion structures, ways of getting people to work together, generally making the most of the time.

submitted 92 days ago • 21 comments

That time when @tonyvincent.bsky.social took me for my first driverless car ride in Tempe. 🙈

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Question for special educators: Is the term "access points" mostly used only in Florida? I got a question about this in a session and am trying to find some background info, but everything I'm finding is Florida-specific.

submitted 94 days ago • 3 comments

New post and podcast episode on how multitasking sneaks into our classrooms and messes with learning. www.cultofpedagogy.com/multitasking/

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"With students increasingly creating their own content as opposed to just consuming it, teachers have an opportunity to introduce them to copyrighting." From Nimah Gobir via @mindshift-kqed.bsky.social www.kqed.org/mindshift/62...

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@angelastockman.bsky.social I followed you here. :)

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