Did you know that students falling through the cracks could be a professional learning issue?
This tool lists challenges that develop in schools/systems when standards are absent and the resulting improved outcomes when those standards are addressed. https://t.co/KrnFSj9xLg
An Augmented Reality Sandbox allows students and the public to interact with a miniature landscape, sculpting mountains, valleys, rivers and even volcanoes, with off the shelf readily available parts [full video, UCLA: https://t.co/eUTfxvLMff]
The only time I enjoyed school was when I enjoyed the teacher. Even if I hated the subject, the teacher made it worthwhile. In education, relationships matter most.
To support ELLs we need to be metacognitive of our own language first, i.e., double meanings, how familar phrases can be interpreted. The word "raise" can be used for voices, taxes & lifting etc., Being specific with contexts and definitions matters.
***Helps ALL learners.***
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