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Thinking Classrooms: How To Promote Critical Thinking In Class The Thinking Classroom is an approach to teaching that prioritizes the development of students’ critical thinking skills. In this type of classroom, the teacher acts as a facilitator rather than a traditional lecturer. Students are encouraged to actively engage with the material and collaborate with their peers. The key to a Thinking Classroom is to focus on the process of learning rather than simply the acquisition

Increase Student Engagement In The Classwork.com Student engagement is the key to successful classrooms and schools. When students are engaged: More learning occurs in a class period. Students retain knowledge and build on it over time. Fewer discipline issues and fewer distractions. Happier students, teachers, and staff. Student engagement leads to stronger schools. Classwork.com is a teacher productivity tool that promotes student engagement. Use Classwork.com to implement the strategies that you already know work for

Teacher Burnout: Combat Teacher Burnout With TeacherMade Teachers give a lot each day to their students. But educators are reporting higher levels of burnout than ever before. Burnout threatens to push teachers out of the profession. This leads to teacher shortages, schools with inexperienced teacher leaders, and less support for the remaining teachers. The teacher shortage compounds.  But teacher burnout doesn’t have to be permanent in your school. There are strategies that school leaders and

How Do You Auto-Grade Canva Worksheets? Creating worksheets from scratch is difficult. You can easily open Google Docs, type out exactly what you need, and then make your copies. But the material is dry, and it’s hard to incorporate visuals and other multimedia.  Canva is a great solution to use as a worksheet maker. You have the option to create beautiful and engaging worksheets from scratch. Canva worksheets don’t have to be printed and copied.

Online Self-Paced Learning Tools Help Educators Manage Their Diverse Classroom Ever dread teaching a big concept in your classroom? You know your students will acquire the skill at different rates, and you must keep them together to keep your sanity. You have to give space for struggling students to practice a new concept, but you also have to provide advanced students the ability to explore deeper. The answer is online self-paced learning tools. TeacherMade can

Nearpod Alternatives: Interactive Learning Apps Comparison Is Nearpod worth the hype? It depends on what you’re using it for in the classroom. Nearpod is a powerful tool with many features. But it comes with a high price tag that your district or school might not fund. You may be happier with an alternative to Nearpod if you can find the tech that checks all your must-have boxes.  We’ll walk you through formative assessment and presentation

How do you give students feedback on their writing? Writing is one of the essential academic skills students of all ages need to practice and perfect. As a teacher, it’s important to be mindful when providing writing feedback for students. Writing can be a deeply personal exercise, and even constructive criticism could have incredibly negative repercussions if it is not carefully curated based on the student receiving it. After all, the ultimate goal in teaching

Self-Paced Learning Vs Flipped Classroom Have you ever sat down after a lesson, hoarse and perhaps discouraged because you feel your students just didn’t “get” the content of your lecture?  Do you sometimes wonder if students would thrive just by Googling the answers to their questions? Or maybe you’ve had difficulty finding enough time to practice and apply all the knowledge your students are acquiring.  If any of these apply to you and your teaching

Texas STAAR Accommodations and Accessibility: What You Need To Know In 2011, Texas began using the standardized test in grades 3 through 8 called STAAR, or the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness, to establish a student’s achievements and knowledge gained in each level of public primary and secondary schools. As with many other standardized tests, the goal was to demonstrate the effectiveness of the curriculum and how academically capable each student was in