Why are some teachers and schools successful?

John Hattie, an educational researcher, discusses what makes schools and teachers successful.  After studying thousands of schools, teachers, and students, this video identifies what his data shows.  This video would be great to show at a teacher

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Calvin and Hobbs waiting for inspiration. Calvin and Hobbs waiting for inspiration.

This is a great comic that might be fun to share with your students.  Calvin discusses last minute panic when coming up with a writing block.

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Government Hoops Jumping Through Government Hoops in Education Comic

Now this comic is hilarious and hit the truth about all of the hoops that educators have to jump through to appease the government.

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Math Worksheet Generator Image Math Worksheet Generator

This website is great.  You can create a near limitless sets of configurable math worksheets.Read more about this product.

A display of how not understanding math can cost you MONEY.

This video shows a man on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, losing $15,000 because he didn't under stand the concept of squares.  What is even funnier is the audience gave him the wrong answer as well.

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Smartboard Notebook Idea: Using the Random Group and Name Picker

This idea works with multiple versions of the Smart Notebook. Learn how to use the Smart Notebook to randomly select students or randomly place them in groups. It is quick and simple.

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Smart Notebook Activity: MadLib Sentence building

This Smartboard Notebook MadLib Activity is great for those teaching languages. I have used this activity with my Spanish students and have seen it work in elementary grades when teaching sentence structure and working with sight words.Read more about this product.

Word Crimes: Weird Al Grammar Parody

This is a fun video that can be used as an introduction to the language, grammar, and a host of other general English topics.

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Educational Revolution

An excerpt by Sir Ken Robinson.  He discusses how children are waiting to blossom in their talents and skills, but might be held back by current trends in education.  Can education really be revolutionized to where each child has a personalized leRead more about this product.

Learning for Life Learning for Life

Learning for Life

By Jeremy Hatch, Principal-Taylor Elementary

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Google Chrome Change Download Folder or Ask Where to Download Files

In this tutorial, I demonstrate how to change the location of your Google Chrome download location.

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Smartboard Notebook 16 Tutorial: An Introduction to Notebook tools

This tutorial describes many of the common tools used in Smartboard Notebook. Learn what the different views are, how to use the different pens and how to customize them, learn how to customize the location of the formatting ribbons.

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Create a very quick Jeopardy Review game in minutes.

This is by far the best Jeopardy review game creator I have come across..  You can easily create a review game and play with up to 12 teams.  The points are added and subtracted with a simple mouse click.Read more about this product.

GSuite: Create Image Captions on Images in Google Slides

This EdTech Tutorial will demonstrate how to create captions for your images in Google Slides and Google Docs.Read more about this product.

A tribute to Snow Days

This music video might be a great way to start a Professional Development meeting.  In this video, a third-grade teacher sings about her wish for having a snow day.Read more about this product.

Four Critical Questions For Learning

Rebecca DuFour reviews the four critical questions professional learning communities (PLCs) need to ask to continuously focus on student learning.Read more about this product.

This will revolutionize education

If you have been in education for a long time, you will have undoubtedly heard of some "idea" that would "revolutionize" education.  In this video, Veritasium, describes some research into how students learn, how technology can help, and what theRead more about this product.

A Recipe For Great Teaching: Four Ingredients

A recipe for great teaching with only 4 ingredients. Content, Pedegogy, Authenticity, Human Relationships

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Math Worksheet Generator Image Online Math Worksheet Generator

This website is great.  You can create a near limitless sets of configurable math worksheets.Read more about this product.

Using Layers in Google Earth to Help Teach Earth Science

This Google Earth tutorial demonstrates how to use layers in Google Earth to teach Earth Science.

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Smartboard Notebook Tech Tip Using the Magic Pen

This Smartboard Training tutorial will demonstrate how to use some of the finer tools.  In this case, you will see what are and how to use the Magic Pen on your Smartboard.

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How times have changed in education. How times have changed in education.

A depiction of what parents expected from their kids in the past and what they expect of the teachers today.

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How to create a Jeopardy game using Jeopardylabs.com

Tutorial on using jeopardylabs.com which is a great way for teachers to create a realistic jeopardy game that is fun for students.

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The way teachers should be!

Here is a video of Rita Pierson, a teacher just like you and me.  She has it going on.  In this video she addresses an audience of teachers about the need for student connections with teachers.  Well put Ms. Pierson.

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