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  • AI Tools for Teachers

Webinar: Building Simple AI Tools for Teachers

March 3, 2026|

In this webinar, you will learn how using AI prompting can save you time on many different teaching tasks, including differentiation and lesson planning. You will learn the concept of the mega prompt and how to use AI specifically to help train other AI tools to produce a better result. You will also look at two specific examples and be provided with 2 dozen additional examples of how AI can help increase your productivity.

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  • Fizzy Learning Geography

Using Geography Memorization as a Way to Master Historical Concepts

February 2, 2026|

In today’s history classroom, students are expected to analyze global conflicts, explain change over time, and understand the roots of major events. When students cannot locate countries on a map, history can feel abstract because they struggle to picture how borders, regions, and geography shape what happens. Intentional practice memorizing countries, cities, and regions helps students build that mental map so they can connect more deeply with history, current events, and global issues. This article explains why geography memorization matters and highlights technology tools that can support students as they learn these concepts.

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  • Learning with Chain Reactions

Chain Reaction STEM Activities with Simple Machines

November 10, 2025|

In this article you’ll get an overview of classroom chain reactions from basic definitions to easy launch ideas. You’ll find suggestions for selecting materials, planning your space, and setting goals that feel achievable for your classroom size and schedule. We will show how these activities build confidence with innovation and give students regular practice with creativity, logic, and teamwork that carries into other subjects and their overall creativity.

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  • Multi-Tiered Systems of Support MTTS Blog

Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS)

May 19, 2025|

MTSS is an acronym for Multi-Tiered Systems of Support. MTSS is a tiered framework that utilizes various student data to provide academic, social-emotional, and behavioral support to improve student educational outcomes in the school setting. The term “systems” is important in MTSS. MTSS requires the use of the entire school system, with multiple support methods, to come together in preventative interventions for students identified in need.

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  • Big Five Science of Reading

The “Big Five” Within the Science of Reading

March 17, 2025|

The science of reading is a collection of the currently available reading research that explains positive results in reading performance. It is a compilation of studies published by peer-reviewed researchers; in other words, the research is conducted in a controlled setting and then reviewed by experts in the field for validity and accuracy before acceptance into a major research publication. It attempts to distinguish in the research literature between correlative (data simply showing a correlation that may or may not show effectiveness in a strategy) and causation (data showing that one specific strategy causes something to happen- in this case, improved reading performance by some metric determined by the researchers).

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  • Outdoor Education

Types of Outdoor Education You Can Plan For Your Classroom

December 4, 2024|

Outdoor education can be broadly described as any kind of learning that occurs either in nature or in the outdoors. While outdoor education, or outdoor learning, is classified in many different ways, in this article you will learn about five common ways in which outdoor learning might be implemented.

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  • Student Discourse

Putting Student Discourse to Work in the Classroom

September 18, 2024|

Putting Student Discourse to Work in the Classroom by Model Teaching | September 18, 2024. What is Student Discourse, and How Does it Benefit Students? The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines discourse as “a verbal interchange of ideas.” But put into an academic setting, student discourse is the interchange of ideas between students that is focused on academic content. It is students talking to each other in a structured manner, using academic language. Importantly, discourse is an exercise in enhancing critical thinking and reasoning and should be focused on discussions that encourage a deeper look at concepts, as opposed to [...]

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  • Summer Slide Part 2

Ramp It Up: Turning the Summer Slide into a Launchpad for Learning, Part 2

August 1, 2024|

Part 2: Strategies to RAMP up Instruction. Is the summer slide making your students' return to school this year a bit bumpy? If you’ve noticed that your students are struggling as they come back from summer break, you’re not alone! The "summer slide" can significantly impact their skills and motivation. This article, part 2, provides strategies to ramp up your support to help your students overcome the challenges of the summer slide.

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  • Beat Summer Slide Part 1

Ramp It Up: Turning the Summer SLIDE into a Launchpad for Learning, Part 1

July 31, 2024|

Part 1: Turning the Summer SLIDE into a Launchpad for Learning. Is the summer slide making your students' return to school this year a bit bumpy? If you’ve noticed that your students are struggling as they come back from summer break, you’re not alone! The "summer slide" can significantly impact their skills and motivation. This article, part 1, offers insights into how summer break affects student learning to help you explore ways to fill learning gaps and have a successful start to this school year!

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