🚨 HUGE NEWS 🚨 Announcing Reading Coach, a new tool students can use for personalized reading practice. Reading Coach is coming to both Reading Progress & Immersive Reader 📖 Details in the blog: educationblog.microsoft.com/en-us/2022/03/… #edtech #edchat #MIEExpert #MicrosoftTeams #MicrosoftEDU

☝️ Dylan Wiliam said Cognitive Load Theory is ‘the single most important thing for teachers to know’. Here is a one-page summary of some key points & practical strategies to consider. 👊 Feel free to grab a HQ copy here: jamieleeclark.com/graphics

How to get the important stuff done. The Eisenhower Matrix: Dwight Eisenhower was known for his prolific productivity. His secret? "What is important is seldom urgent and what is urgent is seldom important." The Eisenhower Matrix is a 2x2 popularized by Stephen R. Covey in The

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In your subject area, what are some excellent online resources that offer free, standards-aligned, high-quality lesson and unit plans? (Ideally vetted in some way.)

A question we all need to ask: If you were the main character in a movie of your life, what would the audience be screaming at you right now? We've all been there... We're watching a movie or reading a book and the main character is clearly off course. We start to feel that

Dostoevsky🧵 A literary rockstar at 24 Almost gets EXECUTED by a firing squad at 28 Exiled to Siberia Returns to write some of the greatest novels ever In his lesser-known letters and essays, we get a more intimate look at what he loved, hated, fiercely believed in Dig in👇🏻

So proud of these students who show up twice a week with determination and perseverance to solve the Rubik’s Cube. HinchinbrookPS #rubikscube #rubiksclub

Your intelligence cannot be measured by a number. It is defined by your willingness to learn, solve problems and try new things. Develop your skills. Share your ideas. Your skills are more valuable than your grades.

Encouraging communication and team work to build the tallest strongest tower using clay and toothpicks. #STEM #STEMeducation HinchinbrookPS

The process of forgetting starts as soon as learning finishes. Here are 5 research-backed strategies you can use when you need to make something stick. 🧠

I just learned about this crazy paradox that’s slowly killing us… The Information Overload Paradox:

🧠 Avoid overloading students' working memory, in order to help them remember information for the long term. Sounds simple, right? But, how can you actually apply Cognitive Load Theory in the classroom...? Here are our 10 top principles 👇 bit.ly/43wskzm

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Our brains are wired to forget, but there are research-backed strategies you can use to make your teaching stick. Here are some of them: 🧵 1/12

All girls need to read…The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch. #paperbagprincess

Robust international research shows that well-designed small-group in school tuition has shown the ability to boost student learning by up to four months over the course of a year. Following the evidence base ⁦NSW Dept of Education⁩ smh.com.au/national/nsw/t…

My room is a hub of energy as students are working hard on their hydraulic marble maze projects!

Teach them what to do.