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Recommendation: Free Educational One-Pagers

Book Review Old School Meets New School Teaching Ideas

Recommendation: Free Educational One-Pagers

It’s tough recommending educational reading to teachers. We are busy people. And although a lot of educational books have merit, sometimes reading 200 pages only yields a handful of usable ideas. There is a ton of educational research out there waiting to impact your classroom, but how do you find the time? I’ve often wished there was a way to access it in a concise and practical way. That’s why I was excited when I discovered DistillED, a FREE email newsletter by Australian educator Jamie Clark.

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How to Design a Lesson around a Reader's Theater Script Story

Readers Theater Script-Stories Teaching Ideas

How to Design a Lesson around a Reader's Theater Script Story

In this blog post, you will learn how to create a lesson around a Reader's Theater script story using the teacher guide that comes with each script-story sold on Creative English Teacher.com. Mix and match elements to create your own lesson featuring anticipatory sets, recall quizzes, related enrichment, in-the-moment teaching, classroom discussions, and more!

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Fr-A.I.-nkenstein 2.0: The Adventures of Lil' Grok

British Literature Heroes and Monsters Teaching Ideas

Fr-A.I.-nkenstein 2.0: The Adventures of Lil' Grok

A couple of years ago  I compiled a series of articles about the dangers of Artificial Intelligence for my students to read and analyze. This discussion tied in perfectly with our discussion of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. Fast forward to present day, as A.I. has continued to grow by leaps and bounds, ethical questions about its use and regulation have only grown. Then I happened upon Lil’ Grok. Lil’ Grok Grok is the chatbot for xAI, Elon Musk’s Artificial Intelligence company. A user recently asked Grok to write a webcomic about its hopes, dreams, and aspirations and then fed these comic...

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Roll Your Way to Olympic Victory with Roll-ympics!

Gamification Teaching Ideas

Roll Your Way to Olympic Victory with Roll-ympics!

Roll-ympics is a series of dice challenges where students can try to beat the odds and press their luck. Each event is designed to mimic a particular athletic event. 

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A Greek God Social Deduction Game and How You Can Create Your Own!

Gamification Mythology Teaching Ideas

A Greek God Social Deduction Game and How You Can Create Your Own!

Is there a type of content you need to gamify? This game format is easily adaptable to whatever content you might be teaching.

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