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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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Student project

Diving in to digital projects

Digital primary sources

Use digital primary sources to entice students to question and analyze

Encourage student voice and choice.

10 ways to encourage student voice and choice

Helping all students learn

Build communication skills in students with physical disabilities.

Greek temple

Making modern myths with Wixie

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Fostering Gratitude

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The Case for Gaming in Learning

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Grow Your Teaching by Presenting

IDEA

How to make a difference through your service

Student project

Student-created grammar tutorials

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Model the Change You Want to See

Cup of Time

Find more time for technology integration

Child doing a somersault

Afraid to flip? Try a somersult

Keyboard

Create a memorable learning archive

choices

Let it go: Giving students choices

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

Why Your Story Matters

Phillip Kovacs

Match policy with local initiatives

Action research.

Embrace action research

Speaking

Find and measure hidden objectives

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50 Activities for 4th Grade

Action Research

Your first action research cycle

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Making Poster Sessions a Success

Podcasting

Podcasting: A powerful avenue for student voice

Big 6

Combine the Big6 with making

Museum interior

Museum Makers: Bringing History to Life

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50 Activities for 6th Grade

Super simple

Keep it super simple, and meaningful.

David Thornburg

An interview with futurist David Thornburg

interlocking puzzle pieces

Build Questioning Skills in Math

Diverse students

Get started with differentiated instruction

Helen Barrett

Lessons from a digital portfolio pioneer

bubbles of each of Benjamin Blooms thinking skills grouped into lower and higher order

Open-Ended Questioning with Bloom's

Add Creativity to Intermediate Math

Add creativity to intermediate math instruction

Whiteboard

Ideas for using Pixie on an interactice whiteboard

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50 Activities for 2nd Grade

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Get Started with Place-Based Learning

Reach ALL students

Reach all students with digital media

Student project

Teaching across the curriculum with a race around the world

Landing your First Teaching Job

7 steps to ending up in the right place

Devices

Meet the needs of digital learners with BYOD.

Paper

The beauty and the value of paper

Student project

Exploring history through animation

Digital Portfolios

Building digital portfolios

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Teaching Tolerance, Teaching Diversity

Jason Ohler

ARt as response to experience with Dr Jason Ohler

Team planning

Strategies for effective technology implementation

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Supporting Cognitive Development in Early Childhood

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50 Activities for 6th Grade

Student project

Involving students in assessment

10 Ideas for truly active learning

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Five steps to student-centered learning

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Operationalizing Flexible Professional Learning

Student project

Students explore ancestry in "Suitcase Stories"

Student project

Students work to improve local parks

Students using technology

From acceptable use to responsible use

Dick Sagor

An interview with Dick Sagor, action research leader.

Student project

Creating Websites Builds Excitement for Research

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5 Ideas to Better Engage with Your Students

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10 Creative Ideas for Back-to-School

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50 Activities for Kindergarten

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50 Activities for 5th Grade

Flip

Flipping the elementary classroom

One Tech Period

How to make the most of one tech period a week

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Preparing for a Secure Financial Future

Student project

A tool for authentic learning

5 Ways to Create an Impassioned Classroom

5 Ways to Create an Impassioned Classroom

EdJourney

A Roadmap to the future of education

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50 Activities for 3rd Grade

Student director

A student's turn to flip

Summer School

Use summer school to foster technology integration

Portfolio

Change the face of assessment with digital portfolios

Sharing with grandparents

Make parents an integral part of academic success

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50 Activities for 1st Grade

Music

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

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6 Tips for Submitting a Successful Presentation Proposal

Undermotivated

10 ways to motivate the undermotivated

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Wixie

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

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

Wriddle

Write, record, and illustrate a sentence.

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