Sun.Jun 18, 2023

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Beyond Homework: The Evolution of the Flipped Classroom

Catlin Tucker

As the landscape of education continues to evolve in response to global disruptions and digital advancements, blended learning models have surged in popularity. Among these is the flipped classroom model , a strategy that leverages video instruction to mitigate potential obstacles that make it challenging for students to access information presented live.

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Toy Making and Hacking Camp

User Generated Education

Each summer, I teach a toy making and hacking camp for 3rd through 6th graders. It is three hours per day for five days. I enjoy offering “the public” similar activities as I do with my gifted students during the school year. I know there are rewards for the kids while engaging in hands-on/minds-on learning. I also get rewarded by observing students do activities I developed and/or found.

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Boys Need Our Help and SEL Is the Answer

MiddleWeb

Boys and young men are in crisis. Middle school is where negative masculinization takes root, creating social pressures that can impair mental health and lead to marginalization and harmful misogynistic beliefs. Author and former principal Jason Ablin shows how SEL helps. The post Boys Need Our Help and SEL Is the Answer first appeared on MiddleWeb.

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Emerging from the fog of our pandemic school years to look toward a true reimagining of education

The Cornerstone for Teachers

Teachers are coming out of the fog that has blinded and consumed education for the past two or so years. This wretched “covid state” finds teachers almost permanently in the disillusionment phase often prescribed to first-year teachers in the winter months. Yet, here we are washed down by the gulfs, touching the happy isles and while we are not exhibiting the same strength before the pandemic, we can still move heaven and earth to do our jobs.

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Reimagining Chickering & Gamson's Principles Post-Pandemic: Technology's Central Role in Modern Edu

This white paper examines and proposes revisions to the "Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education" introduced by Arthur Chickering and Zelda Gamson in 1987 for today's technology-driven world.