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Using entry and exit tickets is a way for students to summarize and reflect on their learning in the classroom. Given at the start or end of class (or sometimes both!), these tickets are also a way for a teacher to see how the students are learning the material and to see if any changes…
I’ve written about different ways to organize your browser bookmarks to help you become more efficient. Using the bookmarks bar is one way of giving you quick access to the sites you visit the most. The bookmarks bar also lets you organize your bookmarks with folders. This tip works really well with a browser that…
My answer was always the same: Talent is universal, but opportunity is not, and talent cannot thrive in a vacuum. Finding talent is a numbers game — the more players there are, the more excellent ones will be found. (This same math applies to the gender disparity in chess. There are so few elite female…
Sleep! is part 13 of 13 Ways Teachers can Hack their learning. From a motivation point of view, this is the easiest hack on the list. Practicality, however, gets in the way. Starting in August, teachers start to become more and more sleep deprived. They may not notice it, but it’s there. You’ll see the…
3 ways to easily open your browser clicks in a new tab or window. There are a couple of ways to open a link into a new browser tab or window that works on most browsers. Mac users, replace the CTRL key below with your COMMAND key. The CTRL, COMMAND, and SHIFT keys are modifier…