Should teenagers explore entrepreneurship? Should they be able to use class time to find their unique passions and then monitise them? What social skills do teenagers need to create a business that includes community? Activities to use this podcast in your lessons below. Elizabeth Medhurst answers the questions above, and so much more. Her project/app […]
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When should we use technology in. the classroom? What are some. of the best programs for language learning? What are we eliminating when we include technology in a lesson? Russell Stannard is the founder of www.teachertrainingvideos.com and winner of four awards in educational technology. He’s ranked as no less than one of top 20 educational
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How could your favourite show when you were a child become your mental health guide as an adult? What six principles are vital de be an emotionally healthy educator? Should seeking out community be a part of every teacher’s professional development? Dana Winters, Executive Director of Educator’s Neighborhood, answers all these questions and so many
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Here is a powerful 0.5o second clip of Katie & Ana Farina’s chat at Doorways to Learning with Donna. Full episode can be heard here. What is the question you need to always ask you child even if they never answer? Who do we trust more – our child’s therapist or ourselves? It’s estimated that one
How many times could you drive past children with distended stomachs on the roads leading to your luxury resort? What’s possible with passion and the will to show up? What would a village most need to become empowered? You’re a teacher, mother, wife, and on your travels you see poverty all around you, yet you
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Why would a huge company like Boeing want to partner with my students? STEAM lessons in an after-school program? A bit too ambitious? How can I combat the eternal dilemma of summer learning loss? Listen to full episode here. You’ll find the answers to these questions and so many more in this episode. Get ready
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What would you do if 250 million people in your country were illiterate? What would you do if 600 million people in your country were at least three levels below reading level? How many of these readers could you yourself tutor, if that’s your incredibly generous and philanthropic solution? Get ready to find out how
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Here is a powerful 0.57 second clip of Shannon Warner’s chat at Doorways to Learning with Donna. Full episode can be heard here. After five intense years, Shannon became a classic case of teacher burnout, taking on too many responsibilities, caring too much about her students and their families, and not taking enough care herself. You’re
You caught a beauty!!! ************ ************ ************ Download PDF of scaffold here. theory behind the scaffold… Language is the most powerful, most readily available tool we have to paint a portrait, landscape, still life and history of what we experience – realistic and abstract all at once – and one to send out to the
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How can a little school in Iowa manifest Quaker values in its faculty and student body? What part did this school play in World War II and Jewish refugees? How can beginning each day in silence and meditation change a students’ possibilities? You are about to fall into an adventure listening to Sam Taylor. He
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