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Be Relentless!
Hamish Brewer (aka the Tattooed Skateboarding Principal) grew up in a home disrupted by poverty, addiction, and family dysfunction. He understands the feelings of fear, lostness, and desperation that overwhelm too many children today-because that was his life. That experience is what drives him to work relentlessly to empower people living in the toughest areas to envision and create a better future for themselves.
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Children are born learning machines who want to learn and can organize and manage their own learning. Unfortunately, today children have little choice over what they do in school and how and when they do it. Children prepared in this "other-determined" manner will be poorly equipped to navigate an adult world requiring that they act autonomously and self-direct learning to acquire skills in rapidly changing environments.
In Teaching Students to Become...
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CJ REYNOLDS, well-known to the 45,000 subscribers to his YouTube channel, Real Rap with Reynolds, breaks down his methods for learning to teach outside your comfort zone, bringing real-world experiences into your students' lives, using DJ skills to manage the classroom, and finding a way to make magic in your class despite diminishing resources. The refreshing honesty of Reynolds's perspective coupled with his infectious optimism makes this a great...
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En el proceso de enseñanza-aprendizaje pueden considerarse dos objetivos diferentes: el de informar y el de formar. Este volumen parte de la consideración de que el experimento físico, al ser un fuerte móvil emocional que satisface los dos objetivos, no debería utilizarse sólo como herramienta de comprobación de las leyes fundamentales, sino también en la búsqueda de una respuesta a un problema surgido de la realidad.
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The practical ideas in the latest of the DITCH series will help you find the sweet spot where tech meets students' needs. In this teacher-tailored guide, you'll find tips on how to use technology to differentiate learning. Whether you're a tech newbie or the school's device guru, you'll walk away with new understandings and strategies for transforming your approach to teaching.
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In Illuminate, technology trainer Bethany Petty explains how to use technology to improve your students' learning experiences. This book is packed with powerful ideas you can use in your classroom now. Broken into 10 - take a journey through technology integration and be inspired to use technology in really meaningful ways in your classroom.
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Este libro anda por tres caminos que se cruzan y se encuentran, por suerte, muchas veces y amorosamente: el del lenguaje musical, el de las infancias y el de la vida en las instituciones educativas. Al recorrerlos, va sembrando un marco conceptual rico y profundo, pero sobre todo nos va ofreciendo un sinfín de ideas, recursos, canciones, historias y herramientas didácticas para trabajar en casa, en el barrio, en la plaza, en las escuelas, con niños...
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The ABC of the Histology is intended to convey basic knowledge of human tissues by images analysis, using the standard technique of staining haematoxylin-eosin (H&E).
The approach of the book is to simplify the concepts of a knowledge area somewhat difficult to convey, by analyzing 134 images, selected for the purpose of highlighting the fundamental concepts of Histology.
In summary, the ABC of the tissues, which can be read and summarized in few...
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"Old friend and colleague Carl Ackerman is a big man... the shirt size generous, the heart enormous, the mind copious and agile, the enthusiasm enough to power several major cities and all the ships at sea. The cheery voice, the warm regard and respect for all people, the impulse to see good done, the capacity to innovate, the eagerness to follow through; all these are immense as well. If Carl is in the room you know it-and you thank your lucky stars....
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Whether you are a new teacher struggling to figure out what works, an established teacher who needs a refresh, or a teaching veteran who needs a reminder of why you chose teaching as your profession, you need The SECRET SAUCE. In this book, Rich Czyz reveals the essential ingredients to being an exceptional teacher, and the good news is that they are all within your reach.
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School should be fun! In EDrenaline Rush, John Meehan pulls back the curtain on what it takes to create thrilling learning experiences in your classroom. Packed with lesson planning tips, instructional design ideas, and plug-and-play teaching resources, EDrenaline Rush will challenge you to think differently and equip you to push your pedagogy to incredible limits.
52) Tech Like a PIRATE: Using Classroom Technology to Create an Experience and Make Learning Memorable
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Tech Like a PIRATE helps provide the tools, ideas, and inspiration for educators to use technology as a treasure map to amazing learning. With a customizable set of principles for ensuring that technology is an asset and not a barrier, Matt Miller's guidance will help all teachers-from the tech-savvy to the tech-terrified-create impactful, transformative learning using low- or no-cost equipment.
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HACKING SCHOOL CULTURE: Bullying prevention and character building programs are deepening our awareness of how today's kids, struggle and how, we might help, but many agree: They aren't enough to create school cultures, where students and staff flourish. This inspired Angela Stockman and Ellen Feig Gray to begin seeking out systems and educators who were getting things right.
Read it today-fix it tomorrow
Their experiences taught them that the real...
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In Innovate Inside the Box, George Couros and Katie Novak provide informed insight on creating purposeful learning opportunities for all students. By combining the power of the Innovator's Mindset and Universal Design for Learning (UDL), they empower educators to create opportunities that will benefit every learner.
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Kids begin their learning journey as curious problem solvers who ask questions and create solutions. As they go through school, something happens to many of our students, and they begin to play the game of school, eager to be compliant and follow a path instead of making their own.
As teachers, leaders, and parents, we have the opportunity to be the guide in our kids' education and unleash the creative potential of each and every student. In a...
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In CREATE, tech-savvy high school teacher Bethany Petty coaches teachers to design tech experiences that will encourage students' creativity even as they enhance instruction and evaluation. In these pages, packed with as much fun, dynamic illustrations and stories as innovation, Petty presents a thorough overview of the many digital classroom tools that are available, from social media templates and audio-visual projects to inventive games and multimedia...
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No matter how great a teacher you are, there will be days when you are short on time, resources, energy, or ideas. Educator Katie Powell packs a wealth of lesson twists, games, and activities into this book to help re-energize your classroom. The Worksheet Busters, Lecture Busters, and Homework Busters she shares work for all grade levels to create engaging, memorable, meaningful learning experiences for your students.
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How can we ...
• Help students see themselves in a more positive, confident, and personally fulfilling light?
• Cultivate the conditions for agency and equity in our classrooms and schools so all learners can thrive?
• Shift education so that our students become more empowered, more competent, and more compassionate young people?
Trevor MacKenzie takes another deep dive into inquiry as he examines the role of assessment in education through...
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Este libro es una colección ideal de experimentos para familias, para iniciar a los niños al maravilloso mundo de la ciencia y la innovación tecnológica.
Estas actividades pueden hacerse con cosas de la casa, lo que las vuelve mucho más faciles para los padres ocupados que quieren enseñarle a sus hijos lo basico en ciencia, ingeniería, arte y matemáticas a la vez que pasan un buen rato.
En este excelente libro, Carley R. Lester une a las...