Years ago, I decided to convert my boring traditional middle school classroom into a vibrant, student-centered, project-based learning environment. This was a monstrous undertaking that added a lot of Read More
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Testicular Cancer and a Ballsy Sense of Tumor
One of the smartest and coolest young teachers I know recently discovered he has testicular cancer. You may be thinking there’s nothing funny about cancer, and you’re right. Read More
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10 Tech Recipes For a Stress-Free Teacher Life
10 Tech Recipes For a Stress-Free Teacher Life by Antonio Tooley Today’s teachers have their work cut out for them because not only are they fighting for the attention Read More
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Mental Floss and 13 More EdTech Tools to Engage Learners
Mental Floss and 13 More EdTech Tools to Engage Learners By Joan Selby Sometimes students are too bored to complete in-class or out-of-class activities, but teachers continue to Read More
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4 Simple Ways to Help Students Drive Their Own Learning
How to Move Teachers to the Passenger Seat and Give Kids the Wheel by Connie Hamilton Education is about creating lifelong learners. Sure, we understand this goal but Read More
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How One Simple Tool Exposes Teacher Bias
How One Simple Tool Exposes Teacher Bias An excerpt from Hacking Engagement: 50 Tips & Tools To Engage Teachers and Learners Daily Listen to “69: How to Easily Read More
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50 Hacks That Make Every Single Student Love You and Your Class
Do students hate your class? Do they hate you? Think long and hard before you answer. I often hear my own children say, “I can’t stand that class”. Read More
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11 Ridiculously Easy Classroom Cleaning Hacks
You spend lots of time before school even starts making sure that your classroom is in great order—supplies away, surfaces sparkling, shelves and cubbies totally organized. And then Read More
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One Simple Way to Eliminate All Classroom Discipline Problems
I once told a principal that our in-school detention room was an inefficient method of school discipline. When he asked me what I would do to improve it, Read More
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How to Really Use Data With Students
Several years ago I co-taught a reading class for students, who were three or more grade levels below their peers, based on some data. Within the class, reading Read More
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Stand, Adjust, Roll: Functional Furnishings That Reimagine Classroom Design
Stand, Adjust, Roll By Lani Aquino, B or I Guest Contributor When it comes to designing classroom spaces, teachers put a lot of time and effort into creating the Read More
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Traditional Homework May Be Hazardous to Your Child’s Health
As the homework debate rages, one important issue may be overlooked: Traditional homework may actually be hazardous to your child’s health. I take on this issue in Episode Read More
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Competition: It’s Only for the Winners
Before the days of electronic gradebooks, every week I posted a printout with student grades. High-achieving students raced over, comparing their grades down to the hundredth, while less Read More
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5 Surefire Ways to Engage Students the First Week of School
My good friend Jim Sturtevant is the most engaging teacher I’ve ever known. On his blog and his Hacking Engagement podcast, Sturtevant helps educators learn to engage students Read More
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Are You Willing to Be Your True Self This School Year?
We are just over three weeks from the start of school in Canada. Some districts in the US have already begun their 2016-2017 year, so the start of Read More
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3 Ways to Ramp Up Your Emotional Health This Summer
It’s summertime, and that brings the promise of relaxation, recuperation, and time spent away from the classroom. It’s time to think about your emotional health. Of course, the Read More
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How to De-Standardize Your Classroom
Dawn Casey-Rowe wants to de-standardize education. But is this problem really hackable? The author of Don’t Sniff the Glue: A Teacher’s Misadventures in Education Reform thinks so. In Read More
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5 Free Tools to Help Students Learn Real World Financial Skills
Aside from “Home Economics 101,” most students don’t have a chance to beef up their financial skills. As a result, they’re often unprepared to leave the insular environment Read More
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4 Reasons Gifted Programs are Irrelevant
Some things I’ve heard in 17 years of working in gifted education: “What do I need to do to get my kid into the gifted program in your Read More
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3 Ways to Make Classroom Tech Tools More Affordable
Teachers spent $490 on classroom materials, on average, according to a poll of 500 teachers. Unfortunately, that’s likely a low number; most teachers spend upwards of $1,000 when all Read More
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5 Websites That Make Language Learning More Interactive
Great teachers strive to make learning engaging, interactive, and fun for students. Certain subjects like the visual arts and hands-on sciences may lend themselves well to this. Language Read More
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12 Productivity Tools for Tech-Savvy Teachers
We are living in an age when what we can achieve in one day is becoming more and more important. The rise of technology has helped spur productivity Read More
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4 EdTech Experts Explain the Power of Twitter Chats
Want to learn something new, right now? Did you know that powerful information, opinions, and resources are a click away? Where is this wealth of knowledge? In a Read More
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7 Grim Reading Stats and 6 Ways to Turn Them Around
7 Grim Reading Stats and 6 Ways to Turn Them Around By Jessica Thiefels Reading is arguably one of the most important skills a student can master—students will Read More
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5 Leadership Strategies Every School Leader Must Consider
Listen to the podcast episode In the new Hack Learning Series book, Hacking Leadership: 10 Ways Great Leaders Inspire Learning That Teachers, Students, and Parents Love (June, 2016), school Read More