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Teaching Must Get More Flexible Before It Falls Apart

ED Surge

They’ll need to find ways for school employment to be far more flexible, which will mean profound changes in how they work. More flexibility is the number one priority for job seekers. Almost three-quarters of knowledge workers plan to leave their jobs if they don’t get enough flexibility. What will they look for?

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Improving Teacher and Student Engagement Through Creativity

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Engagement and creativity play such important roles in the learning process, but with the myriad of other requirements and obligations, they can easily get lost in the abyss of deadlines and mandates. Creativity helps develop a deeper sense of learning, yet we keep our “creative” units until after state testing is over.

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What Would It Take to Attract Gen Z to Teaching?

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With interest in the teaching profession waning and enrollment in teacher preparation programs reaching historic lows, all eyes are on the next crop of students — tomorrow’s prospective educators — to make up the deficit. Teaching, many would argue, is one of the most meaningful jobs available. Gen Z is looking for flexibility.

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Has Teaching Changed since the Pandemic?

Ask a Tech Teacher

Ask a Tech Teacher contributor, Christian Miraglia, wrote an interesting article on changes in teaching since the pandemic. I think you’ll find a lot to relate to: Has Teaching Changed Since the Pandemic? Creative Options for Remote Learning. Her struggles were similar to the teachers previously mentioned.

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Teach Speaking and Listening Skills with Student Presentations–the video

Ask a Tech Teacher

Teach Speaking and Listening Skills with Student Presentations This video is from a series I taught for school districts. Vocabulary Development: “Speak like a Geek” allows students to teach and learn domain-specific terms. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.

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How Creative Technology Can Help Students Take on the Future

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With AI and automation reshaping entire industries, the skills employers once valued are being overtaken by the need for creativity, adaptability and technological fluency. He shares insights into how schools can leverage creative tools to equip students with the skills they’ll need to thrive in a world where the only constant is change.

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Students Have Different Thinking Speeds. Inclusive Teaching Means Realizing That.

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She even has a book she co-authored on the topic, called “Uncommonsense teaching: Practical Insights In Brain Science to Help Students Learn.” For this week’s EdSurge Podcast, we talk with Oakley about why she thinks inclusive teaching means understanding the variety of learning speeds and styles of students.

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