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What advice would you give a new teacher feeling that late-fall energy slump? (from Teacher 2 Teacher)
Annick Rauch, full-time teacher and author of PheMOMenal Teacher, shares why she pushed herself to go for a run after 11 hours of report card writing.
Tyler Rablin questions the need for tests or big assessments at the end of units that measure learning against a handful of standards at once.
Tom Schimmer challenges traditional grading paradigms that put the weight of the assessment on the title (rather than the cognitive complexity).
Marcus Luther asks his students these three check-in questions each month as a way to tune in to the needs of his learners.
Monte Syrie explores the level up that occurs when we approach assessment AS instead of assessment OF.
Sara Candela says that it's time to give students the gift of boredom. Boredom leads to building.
Following up on the post from Marcus Luther, Adrian Neibauer shares six reflective questions that he asks his students on the regular.
Emily points out that anyone can be a teacher. Not everyone can be an outstanding teacher.
Christina says that her teacher superpower is getting middle schoolers to laugh at her bad jokes.
Zach Groshell reminds students and learners of all ages to use slide decks effectively - not as presentation scripts.
Scott Martin wonders if the advance of AI should be pushing education more in the direction of character formation instead of content memorization.
Dr. Matt Rhoads lists his picks for top edtech tools of the year.
Kyle Niemis shares an amazing list of 14 AI use case demonstrations from 14 tech coaches, including a shareable Google Sheet. Make sure to take advantage of this resource.
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