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Burleson ISD will host a free training from Google on Applied Digital Skills. This free digital curriculum and professional development session will help educators learn how to enroll their students and use the lessons. Seats are available for this three hour professional development
Do you have 45 to 90 minutes? Are you looking for something to tie in to the writing T.E.K.S. ? Google’s new Applied Digital Skills program is a wonderful way to integrate classroom learning, digital skills practice and digital citizenship
We had 30+ Burleson Collegiate HS students who weren’t taking the EOC during testing…so we decided to take them on a world tour! We let students sort themselves into groups of 5 and used Google Classroom to give them an
Are your students embarking on the college process? Are they overwhelmed? With so many to choose from, how can students know if they are choosing the right colleges and universities? The TalentED Project gives unique access to FREE tools to help your students
Do your students need a little extra #inspiration to get started on their IWitnessChallenge entries? Be sure to watch last year’s winning video, where three students from #Chicago sparked a movement in their school about embracing #identity. How will your students make the world #StrongerThanHate?
Every March the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) hosts a March Madness Poetry Tournament. The idea is to create a basketball-tournament pairing chart like the NCAA does each year in March but using poetry, and to determine a final winner by
Teaching Physics Modules are an outgrowth of an initiative of the Physics Teachers Education Coalition to help preservice physics teachers in their preparation to be effective in the classroom. The modules focus on several crucial aspects of classroom instruction, with the purpose of
The United States Diplomacy Center’s education programs immerse students in the world of American diplomacy and the critical work of the United States Department of State. At the heart of the center’s education programs is Discover Diplomacy, a free diplomacy simulationsprogram that allows students and teachers to
Storytelling may seem like an obvious curriculum technique for elementary school students, but what about middle and high school — and beyond? Adapt an Applied Digital Skills unit with the goal of presenting a story to the class. Here are some ideas
For many years, I and my students read The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien. Initially, I didn’t care for the novel, but over the years, a Hobbit/Lord of the Rings nerd was born. Read The Hobbit. It’s delightful, and not as