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instruction

please stay

20 Oct 2021

Dear Educators: We NEED You!

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Tagsauthenticity, education, inspiration, instruction, Jamie MacPherson, perseverance, professional development, relevance, stress, teaching profession

I’d like to encourage every educator who is currently in the classroom to do one very important thing: please stay. I know...

Unclutter

13 Oct 2021

Unclutter Your Teaching Workload

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Tags21st century skills, classroom management, education, Growth Mindset, instruction, Ryan Duncan, strategies, stress, student engagement, teaching profession

Two weeks ago, I finally stopped procrastinating and spent the afternoon organizing my bookshelf. For a bibliophile like myself this was actually...

Information Literacy

6 Oct 2021

Information Nation: Developing Information Literacy

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TagsBlue Apple, critical thinking, education, Growth Mindset, inquiry, instruction, lesson planning, relevance, Ryan Duncan, strategies, student engagement

We live in the age of information. Thanks to the internet, we now have all the world’s knowledge at our fingertips. Just...

Learning Process

29 Sep 2021

Using Inquiry to Drive the Learning Process

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Tagsclassroom culture, classroom management, instruction, Jamie MacPherson, lesson planning, professional development, relevance, strategies, student engagement, teaching profession

When most of us hear “inquiry-based learning” we tend to think it requires a complete overhaul of the work we are currently...

Differentiated Instruction

8 Sep 2021

Making Differentiated Instruction a Reality

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Tagsassessment, classroom management, curriculum, education, instruction, Jamie MacPherson, lesson planning, relevance, student engagement, teaching profession

Our classrooms are filled with students of varying degrees of ability. Fundamentally, one of the biggest challenges we have as educators is...

Tech Time

2 Jul 2021

4 Ways to Manage Kids’ Tech Time This Summer

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Tagsconnection, curiosity, education, instruction, Jamie MacPherson, relevance, strategies, student choice, student engagement, teaching profession

We learned a lot this last school year. We were thrust into a world where we all had to become tech wizards...

Embrace Failure

28 Jun 2021

Helping Students Embrace Failure

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Tags21st century skills, authenticity, critical thinking, education, Growth Mindset, instruction, perseverance, Ryan Duncan, strategies, student engagement

I have always struggled to accept failure. To be fair though, I think this is a problem most people share. From an...

Scout Mindset

11 Jun 2021

12 Angry Men: Soldier vs. Scout Mindset

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Tags21st century skills, authenticity, Blue Apple, education, instruction, relevance, Ryan Duncan, strategies, student engagement, teaching profession

Last week I rewatched one of my favorite movies, 12 Angry Men. This black and white courtroom drama revolves around 12 jurors...

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