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20 Simple Questions to Evaluate Your Lesson

This blog post, from Education First, provides educators with 20 questions they can use to help reflect on and evaluate their classroom lessons....

KWL Protocol

KWL is an inquiry protocol that asks students to activate their prior knowledge, formulate questions, and reflect on what they have learned. It's an...

Gripe Jam

Reflect on problems, prioritize needs, and identify solutions with this problem-solving protocol from Jennie Magiera. Want to learn more? Check out...

Class Dojo Big Ideas Growth Mindset Series

Watch this series of videos from Class Dojo with your students and facilitate discussion with related activities for social-emotional learning. In...

InsertLearning Overview

Are you looking for an easy way to transform website content into a learning activity for your students? Then look no...

Reactive Listening

This video from Common Sense Education is all about getting kids to be reactive listeners. When you use video in your classroom (virtual or...

Unpacking Buzzwords: What Does Engagement Really Mean?

Engagement is a word we often hear in the education field, but not everyone is on the same page with its meaning. Join this session to explore the...

8 Steps to Great Digital Storytelling

While students need to become creators of content rather than just consumers, the steps to create a quality product are not always...

Evaluating Student Interactions & Student Relationships: Elementary

Strong relationships with peers can dramatically enhance students' level of motivation and therefore promote learning. When positive relationships...

Focusing on the Walkthrough: Observing with Intention

In this highly sought-after workshop, participants will walk away with the key benefits of conducting walkthroughs, keys to conducting a successful...

Empowering Students to Own the Assessment Process

When we think about assessment in the classroom, our minds normally focus on teachers providing feedback and assigning grades. However, empowering...

Gamify Learning with EDrenaline Rush

The gamification of learning is an educational approach that seeks to motivate students by using video game design and game elements in learning...

5Es Model: Evaluate Stage

The 5E Model of Instruction includes five phases: Engage, Explore, Explain, Elaborate, and Evaluate. It provides a carefully planned sequence of...

Guiding Instruction through Formative and Interim Data

Each classroom is full of individual students who have individual learning needs - and those needs change all the time! How can a teacher know how to...

Unlocking Student Creativity

This session is a part of the Encore LIVE workshop series, highlighting some of the best sessions from the 2022 Summer of Learning...

FutureMe

FutureMe is a platform that allows visitors to write emails to their future selves. Users can send emails one year, three years, or five years in...

How do I give feedback to 100+ students?

Whether it's whole class, small group, or one-on-one instruction, our job as teachers is in a constant state of reflection and growth.Join Matt...

Understanding Rubrics

This blog post by Jennifer Gonzalez on the Cult of Pedagogy blog is a great review of the different types of rubrics (Holistic, Analytic, and...

Project Zero's Thinking Routines Toolbox

Getting our learners to think critically can prove to be a difficult feat at times. Project Zero from Harvard University provides a toolbox that...