Schools come in different sizes and with different resources, but there is one resource that every school has, no matter how small: the students. Students can be a huge asset to teachers in the classroom. They can work together for peer learning, assist younger students, and generally support each other during difficult lessons. While your …
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Technology has made it possible to change how students learn, and it has also made it easier for educators to share ideas. Teachers across the world can provide advice on how they teach and what methods of learning best work for their pupils. Over the past few years, many schools and teachers have started to …
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There is a new phrase gaining steam (see what we did there?) in the educator community: social and emotional learning (SEL). SEL is the process through which children and adults understand and manage emotions, set and achieve positive goals, feel and show empathy for others, establish and maintain positive relationships, and make responsible decisions. Although …
As classroom sizes grow, teachers are contending with more learning styles and abilities in one room. This is especially prevalent in elementary schools, where students are sorted based on age rather than knowledge level. This creates classroom management problems, where teachers are left trying to challenge high-performers while making sure struggling students keep up. How …
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This year, Ozobot is tackling future-ready skills. These are the skills that will always be in demand, no matter how much technology changes our society. In past articles, we have looked at creativity and teamwork as skills that students will need no matter where their careers take them. Here, we discuss critical thinking. Critical thinking …
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Effective teamwork and collaboration are skills that will be part of every student’s future career. Most people work in teams, not on their own. This goes for small business owners, who must cooperate with their suppliers and their customers, as well as scientists, who have whole teams of researchers they collaborate with. As such, collaboration …
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Your students are aching to put down their books and enjoy a hands-on experience! The best way to remember content is with activities, adventures, and excursions. Fortunately, there are dozens of places in Birmingham to do this. It doesn’t matter what grade you teach or what your course materials are, there are great field trip …
For years, educators have placed coding in a technological box. Kids learn coding in the computer science classroom—which is either an elective in schools or not offered at all. There’s no space for programming in the music classroom, the language arts class, or in poetry lessons. However, as our knowledge and exploration of technology grows, …
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If you ask an adult about the most important information they learned in school, they likely won’t cite a particular battle during the Civil War or what goes in the nucleus of a cell. Instead they will likely tell you about a skill they developed, a teacher who inspired them, or an overarching lesson they …
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Women’s History Month is a time to honor those women who fought to give girls the opportunities they have today. However, we tend to forget that history happens every day. History happens when a young woman enters the science lab, runs for city council or joins the football team. History happens when a teenager looks …
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