The Power of Questioning: Opening Up The World of Student Inquiry by Staar Sackstein
Dissecting Questions Chapter 3: We need to teach students how to break apart the questions, how to find deeper meaning in the question. If students can look beyond the words and answer choices and dissect the true meaning of what is being asked then they can better absorb the information and learn from it.
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Hacking Education: 10 Quick Fixes For Every School
Hack One: Meet Me in the Cloud: by Mark Barnes and Jennifer Gonzalez
Use google docs, Voxer, Twitter to have parent/teacher and teacher/teacher, teacher/administration meetings when applicable. In person meetings are crucial to building relationships but sometimes it is a great tool to communicate.
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Launch: Using Design Thinking To Boost Creativity, and Bring Out the Maker in Every Student by John Spencer and A.J. Juliani
Chapter 1: We Need Creative Classrooms:
The word structure has a bad rap. Creativity is a process that needs structure. Structure are the blue prints, outlines, scaffolding for true creativity and innovation to occur. Even the most experienced sailors and pilots plot a course before they begin their journey.
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Kids Deserve It: Pushing Boundaries and challenging Conventional Thinking by Todd Nesloney and Adam Welcome
Chapter 7: Do The Little Things
Know the names of your students and colleagues and use them often, it shows you care. Making people feel valued and important is a very crucial step in forging respectful and enduring relationships.
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