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How virtual reality can augment or distract from education
As a K-12 teacher, you must always be willing to try new things — and virtual reality (VR) is an extremely promising avenue. However, given the alarming rate at which edtech...
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Book Review: Getting the buggers to behave
The title notwithstanding, this book is a useful and insightful guide to managing a classroom successfully, offering detailed suggestions on how to be an effective leader and teacher in any...
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Book Review: The Behaviour Guru
This is essential reading for any and all teachers – supply or permanent – and cover supervisors; it starts off with some general observations on human behaviour and how this...
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Why learning is more than cognition
As a psychologist, I’m obviously pleased that teachers are becoming so enthusiastic about how psychological principles can be used in education“, writes teacher Marc Smith The overwhelming interest is, quite rightly,...
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7 tips to help students become strong independent readers
Are you and your students getting the most out of your guided reading lesson plans? Guided reading books for teachers like The Next Step Forward in Guided Reading by Jan Richardson are...
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Teenagers are like soap
I read this in a magazine recently: Think of a teenager as a wet bar of soap. If your contact is too light, it will slip out. If you apply...
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