The post Can’t-Miss Canva Updates – SULS0212 appeared first on Shake Up Learning. In this episode, I sit down with Scott Nunes from Canva to explore the latest Canva for Education updates that are perfect for educators. Discover how the new “Sort Stickies” feature can help you organize your ideas effortlessly. But wait…there’s more! After…
RUSSELLVILLE, Ala. — Lindsey Johnson and Yesenia De La Rosa were taking different approaches to teaching the same English lesson on silent letters as they sat at opposite ends of this first grade classroom in West Elementary School. On this March afternoon, Johnson, the classroom teacher, was reading a story with the 6- and 7-year-old children who were fluent in English. The students of bilingual…
Too many of our public schools are missing teachers, especially in hard-to-staff subject areas. We have a teacher shortage, and it could get worse. According to a recent report, last school year, 45 percent of public schools said they were understaffed, and nearly 9 in 10 school districts reported struggling to hire teachers heading into…
by TeachThought Staff In ‘Shifts For The Classroom of the Future,’ Terrell Heick said, “It’s challenging enough to manage a traditional learning environment where the curriculum is handed to you, and meetings are set, and you’re simply there to manage; adding more ingredients to the mix seems like asking for trouble. But the truth is,…
Make “getting back to basics” with literacy instruction fun and engaging this school year. Make “getting back to basics” with literacy instruction fun and engaging this school year. Classroom Ideas, Online Activities, Apps, Learning at Home: Educational Apps, Reading We Are Teachers
Human Rights Watch (HRW), the widely respected international monitoring organization, is claiming that the Russian occupying authorities in Eastern Ukraine have violated their human rights obligations by suppressing the Ukrainian language and injecting propaganda into educational curricula. It is estimated that about a million Ukrainian children live in the occupied zone. The report goes on…
By Jessica Hendel, Senior Content Creator and Prompt Engineer We are excited to announce the expansion of Khan Academy’s Digital SAT Reading and Writing course! This course expansion offers more practice items and mastery opportunities for learners and supports multiple implementation models for educators and administrators. What’s new? Our expanded Digital SAT Reading and Writing…
High school freshman DeWayne Murphy has a big idea for a new green technology. “There’s going to be a tank and it should be like a big giant metal tank,” he explains to climate scientist Ben Kravitz on a school day in May. “You fill it up with water, and the tank is going to…
Kristin Bride lost her 16-year-old son, Carson, to suicide in 2020. She says shortly before he took his own life he was bullied on the social media site Snapchat. “Carson received over 100 harassing and sexually explicit texts from his high school classmates through an anonymous messaging app on Snapchat,” Bride says. “The last search…
Plus, teachers can apply for a $5,000 Classroom Champion Award! Plus, teachers can apply for a $5,000 Classroom Champion Award! Deals & Shopping We Are Teachers