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Tech Learning: Introduction to Blogs and Blogging
This article introduces the concept of blogs, gives links to blogs that deal with topics in education, ideas for using blogs for student writing and information on setting up your own blog. After reading this article you should be able...
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Fanschool: Blogs for Teachers and Students
Fanschool provides a safe and simple blogging platform for students in both elementary and middle schools. Teachers have administrative control over all student blogs and accounts, and blogs are only viewable by classmates and the...
Edutopia
Edutopia: Innovative Practice: 5 Strategies for the Early Learning Classroom
Project- and play-based learning are essential in the early grades to develop creative learning dispositions during the brain's most active period of synaptic growth. Here are five strategies that can be implemented in early learning...
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Seo Click: How to Apply Advanced Search Techniques in Google 2020
In this tutorial, you will learn how to use Google's Advanced Search tool to look for web pages, images, and videos. You will also learn about advanced search operator and shortcuts you can use.
Edutopia
Edutopia: How to Teach Internet Safety to Younger Elementary Students
Learn ways in which teachers can impart internet safety skills to young students.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Managing and Expressing Feelings With Little Learners
This blog focuses on the teacher wanting to to give the kids an opportunity to socialize with each other and also provide some perspective for them on what is going on. Seeing each other in our homes would let them know that we're all in...
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: How to Harvest Water From Fog
In this activity, you will learn about a creative way to collect water from the air.
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Encourage Play: Two Fun Ways to Practice Conversation Skills
Listening and responding on topic during a conversation is a skill our kids need to practice and learn. Here are two fun ways to practice this skill. You can do these activities with groups of kids, or pairs of kids. If you are working...
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Hub Spot: How to Create a Survey in Excel, Word, Google, Facebook, & Survey Monkey
Learn how to create a survey in Excel, Word, Google, Facebook, and SurveyMonkey.
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Responsive Classroom: Teaching Children How to Converse
Conversation skills are important for academic and social learning at all grade levels. This first-grade teacher teaches conversation skills very specifically, starting at the beginning of the year, and provides lots of structured...
Edutopia
Edutopia: Learner Interest Matters: Strategies for Empowering Student Choice
When a topic connects to what students like to do, engagement deepens as they willingly spend time thinking, dialoguing, and creating ideas in meaningful ways. This article gives ideas on how to harness the power of your students'...
Goodwill
Gcf Global: Beyond Email
Learn about the various ways beyond email of communicating and sharing online.
Buck Institute
Pbl Works: How Did I Start My Very First Project
[Free Registration/Login Required] An article and video exploring the anatomy of a project. Get an insight into how a teacher developed and executed a project from beginning to end. Understand the steps they took while working through...
Scholastic
Scholastic: Pre Reading Activities: Signs and Symbols
As young children begin keying into symbols, they are making a huge conceptual leap: they're learning that a picture can convey a message. The following anecdotes track practical applications of children's interactions with...
Buck Institute
Pbl Works: Managing Projects
[Free Registration/Login Required] Nervous about introducing a project or looking for a way to revamp the execution of a previously done project? This article and video shares some advice about project management from introduction to...
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Earth Day Canada: Eco Kids: Organize a Yard Sale
Learn your part in keeping unused items out of landfills by organizing a yard sale. By exchanging or donating your old stuff you can save money and reduce the amount of waste that goes into landfills!
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Earth Day Canada: Eco Kids: Take Speed Showers
Learn here how to conserve water by taking a shorter shower! By being mindful of how long we keep the shower running, we can help save a lot of water and energy.
Character Lab
Character Lab: The Soul of Empathy: Getting, Not Taking, Perspective
We have all learned how to imagine how someone else is feeling - empathy. However, maybe there is a better way to "walk in someone else's shoes". This blog explains why we shouldn't guess how people are doing and just simply ask.
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Kairosnews: My Brilliant Failure: Wikis in the Classroom
This blog gives a personal experience of using a wiki in the classroom, with a lot of lessons learned. Comments on the posting are found at the end of the article.
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Azoomee: E Safety Lesson 5: Spending Time Online
In this video lesson [1:56], students learn how to identify the benefits of a healthy balance with technology.