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Helping Students Become Active Thinkers, Part 2
Last week, Tim Hargis wrote about four areas of focus to help students become active thinkers and independent writers. He described purpose and craft in detail. In part 2, he will go over the final two focus areas: genre and text structure and content. To learn more about this subject, register for The Writing Diner…
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Helping Students Become Active Thinkers, Part 1
The ultimate goal of all writing instruction has to be to help students become active thinkers while they are independently writing. This is the foundation of my writing beliefs. We need to teach writing in a way that will allow students, when they are sitting alone with a blank paper or computer screen in front…
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Why do we need to Learn this?
“Why do we need to learn this?” Regardless of the subject area, most teachers have encountered this question by students at one time or another. Some may hear it on a daily basis. How do you respond? Do your content and classroom activities relate to the world outside of school and to students’ daily lives?…
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The time to innovate is now!
Miles and miles of trenches snaked through the landscape of Western Europe from 1914 to 1918, often only a few miles apart. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers fought and died in trenches, some only a few feet deep. Rain flooded the trench, rodents and insects infested the men, and the dead were a constant reminder…
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[VIDEO] Best Team of Educators Recognized for Innovation & Collaboration
Each year at the annual Trends Conference, a team of educators is recognized for their demonstrated ability to combine leadership and teamwork to impact learning, student performance, and student outcomes. Kent Career Tech Center (KCTC) Hospitality Instructors were nominated for their work in developing