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Paperless is not a Pedagogy

by admin | Aug 9, 2018 | Google, Lesson Design

When we say paperless we do not say kids. We do not say learning. We do not say student engagement. For sure we do not say student engagement. Conversations around going paperless miss the focus of why we even teach in the first place. What is good for learning?...

Mastery Learning is Better Than Give Up

by admin | Jul 6, 2018 | Google, Lesson Design

Redo Is Good for Learning On our road trip from LA to Chicago myself, Lisa Dabbs, Christine Pinto, and Sarah Kerns stopped along the way to do PD at schools. You can find my slides at alicekeeler.com/isteroadtrip. One of the tips I shared was around the paradigm shift...

Cooperative Tasks Improve Learning – From #ISTELadiesRoadTrip

by admin | Jul 1, 2018 | Google, Lesson Design, Sheets, Slides

Cooperative Tasks Cooperative tasks improve learning! “Robert Marzano and John Hattie both agree that getting students to work with each other helps them to achieve better results. The use of cooperative learning groups adds value to whole-class...

Moving from Inquiry to Creativity

by erin | Jun 11, 2018 | Beginner, DOK, Guest Post, Intermediate, Lesson Design, Resources, Student Projects, Tips, Video

Helping Students Make the Leap from Inquiry to Creativity Guest Post: Dr. Nathan Lang-Raad is a speaker and author (Everyday Instructional Coaching: 7 Daily Drivers to support Teacher Effectiveness). He is the Chief Education Officer at WeVideo and is a former...

5 E’s Lesson Plan Template for Math

by admin | May 5, 2018 | Docs, Google, Intermediate, Lesson Design

Try Out the 5 E’s Lesson Plan The 5 E’s lesson plan template is relatively new, did not exist when I was in my teacher prep program (or at least to my knowledge.) It was specifically designed for math and science but is a great outline for any subject...

Make Learning Stick – Ditch Ineffective Practices

by admin | Apr 4, 2018 | Blog Entries, Lesson Design

Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning Jennifer Gonzalez (@cultofpedagogy) does it again with a brilliant blog post on improving learning. Previously I shared her post on Worksheet Packets where she identifies what a worksheet is and alternative ideas to...