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"Digital Writing for Classrooms A community where students engage in high-interest writing for an authentic audience and teachers help students grow through the entire writing process"

What a great resource. My students are terrified of writing and this website can help them overcome that. We are using Book Creator in our class and students love the digital aspect. Maria Tovo

This spring's legislative sessions have not been kind to the parental choice movement. Important bills have died in New York, Tennessee, Mississippi, and Arizona, and a modest Florida bill had a bumpy ride before clearing the Legislature last week. But while choice advocates fear these setbacks signal that the movement is losing momentum, I don't.

Welcome to Wonderopolis®, a place where natural curiosity and imagination lead to exploration and discovery in learners of all ages. Brought to life by the National Center for Families Learning (NCFL), our Wonders of the Day® will help you find learning moments in everyday life-ones that fit in with dinner preparations, carpool responsibilities, a stolen moment between breakfast and the bus, or within school curriculum and education programs.

"Student-centered classrooms include students in planning, implementation, and assessments. Involving the learners in these decisions will place more work on them, which can be a good thing. Teachers must become comfortable with changing their leadership style from directive to consultative -- from "Do as I say" to "Based on your needs, let's co-develop and implement a plan of action.""

"this disorder is primarily about emotional regulation and self-control. It is not just about inattention, impulsivity, and hyperactivity. Emotional regulation, which is foundational to social, emotional, and academic success, is underdeveloped in these youth"

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What are the parts of an effective learning objective?

"The belief in learning styles is so widespread, it is considered to be common sense. Few people ever challenge this belief, which has been deeply ingrained in our educational system. Teachers are routinely told that in order to be effective educators, they must identify & cater to individual students' learning styles; it is estimated that around 90% of students believe that they have a specific learning style but research suggests that learning styles don't actually exist! This presentation focuses on debunking this myth via research findings, explaining how/why the belief in learning styles is problematic, and examining the reasons why the belief persists despite the lack of evidence."

"ASCD will wrap up Connected Educator with the #ASCDL2L Twitter chat on Tuesday, November 3, 2015 from 8:00 to 9:00 p.m. eastern time. Join us on Twitter @ASCD as we discuss innovations in assessment and be sure to use #ASCDL2L."

"We found that adolescents do not respond to incentives in ways that can be easily predicted by economic theory. But the right kinds of incentives could well lead adolescents to engage in behaviors likely to enhance their learning."

When you marry the concept of badging with technology, you get digital badges that allow a person's portfolio of badges to be stored in one place and provide a record of subject or skill mastery.

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"These are the four different kinds of motivation: First, motivation can be intrinsic or extrinsic. Intrinsic motivation is when you want to do something. Extrinsic motivation is when somebody else tries to make you do something. Secondly, there is positive and negative motivation. Positive motivation is when you want to get something - motivation towards some goal. Negative motivation is away from something you want to avoid."

Glynda Lee Hoffman mentioned the importance of the brain development in children's visual, auditory and motor processing. What I consonant the most with her work as a classroom teacher is that teacher might not able to understand the underlying reason for students' struggling. If we as a teacher could better understand the reason, we might be able to provide more personalized teaching to cater for students' need.

In this tedtalk, Ken Robinson challenges the way that standardized school education children. Robinson says."We are educating people out of their creativity," It advocates the importance of personalized learning style, which can encourage students' cultivate creativity.

"Good objectives help focus instruction on where it is needed most, reducing time and effort on planning, organizing, and delivering instruction."

"Strategic use of questions can deepen learning, build a growth mindset, and help students become more aware of their own thinking processes."

" it's a mistake to become overly invested in your video's "wow factor" at the expense of instructional integrity. "

"Flipped Learning Network (FLN) announced a formal definition of the term. They also released the Four Pillars of F-L-I-P™ and a checklist of eleven indicators that educators must incorporate into their practice. The group of experienced flipped educators also draws a distinction between Flipped Learning and a Flipped Classroom."

"we know that people remain hungry for real, in-person connection. Adults have always enjoyed learning together-whether in book clubs, literary salons or meetup groups"