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• Closing a lesson by making connections for better metacognition.

  

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  Small Changes in Teaching: The Last 5 Minutes of Class

  The Chronicle of Higher Education/Philanthropy - James M. Lang

  I remember sitting in a movie theater with my children in December of 2003, watching the final minutes of the third film in The Lord of the Rings …

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  Wood Shop Enters the Age of High-Tech (Published 2016)

  The New York Times - John Schwartz

  You remember wood shop. You made that swan-shaped planter your parents pretended to like. And then you moved on. These days, tinkering is a bit more high tech. The blending of technology and craft in tools like 3-D printers and laser cutters has made it possible for ordinary people to make …

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  Four scientific ways teachers can cope with stress

  The Guardian

  The pressures of teaching can be difficult to manage and it can sometimes feel like you have no time to switch off. So if you ended last year feeling overwhelmed and anxious then the start of the new year is a good time to make some changes. But learning to cope better with stress does not happen …

• “The Inquiry Process, Step By Step”

  

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  The Inquiry Process, Step By Step

  kqed.org - Tina Barseghian

  Created by educators in Australia, this diagram can be a helpful resource for students, as they embark on the inquiry learning process.

• A new survey finds that younger teachers are less likely than older ones to express confidence with digital tools in the classroom

  

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  The (possible) myth of young teachers being tech-savvy

  The Hechinger Report - by Nichole Dobo

  PHILADELPHIA – Like all those attending an educational technology conference here last week, teacher Lauren Midgette had a large nametag hanging from …

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  This Is What Happens When Machines Dream

  singularityhub.com - Jason Dorrier

  When we let our minds wander, sleeping or waking, they begin mixing and remixing our experiences to create weird images, hallucinations, even …