Our most recent podcast guest, @toddfinley.bsky.social, wants to hear about the early finisher routines in your classroom! Share your thoughts, talk about the new episode, or ask Todd a question of your own: edut.to/3XlQBpH

What do you do when a handful of students finish their work at warp speed? In our new podcast episode, educator @toddfinley.bsky.social shares 6 strategies to keep your speed racers engaged in meaningful work that’s immersive and challenging. 🏎️ 🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts: apple.co/4ofzJfa

My interview on the new Edutopia Podcast (School of Practice) about Converting Fast Finishers into Self-Directed Learners. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c... #education #teachers #k12 #edutopia #ED #learning

13 Super-Quick Formative Assessments Teachers can use these techniques to gauge students’ understanding mid-lesson and then decide whether to reteach or press ahead. www.edutopia.org/article/quic... #teachers #k12 #formativeassessment #assessment

8 Questions New Teachers Often Ask—Answered Classroom management, projecting authority, dealing with parents, cell phone distractions, and more... www.edutopia.org/article/comm... #edutopia #teacher

Classroom seating decisions are some of the most powerful tools that teachers have to manage a classroom, working quietly behind the scenes to promote prosocial behavior & suppress distractions. Edutopia’s @youkiterada.bsky.social outlines research-based tips for choosing the best layout. #EduSky

Susan Barber notes an essential tension: "Teachers continually express frustration with the lack of student accountability while doubling down on teacher accountability and a desire to return to a more balanced distribution between the two." #edu #teachers muchadoaboutteaching.com/summer-refle...

❌ Generate rules to guarantee that a class discussion fails. 🙉 How do you show someone you’re not listening? 🤝 List strategies to sabotage a team project. @toddfinley.bsky.social explains how prompts like these can sharpen students’ awareness of common errors and boost their confidence. #EduSky

Are your tried-and-true scaffolding strategies still effective? If you’re looking for new ways to support students, @toddfinley.bsky.social shares eight lesser-known techniques that will make you ask: Why didn’t I know this? #EduSky #EdChat 🧵1/10

Think-Pair-Share has been a classroom mainstay since the 1980s. It helps increase participation, reinforce key concepts, and aid in recall, professor of English education @toddfinley.bsky.social writes. But even the strongest learning strategies can get boring if they’re overused. 🧵1/9 #EduSky

The Benefits of Anti-Models for Boosting Learning www.edutopia.org/article/powe... #EDU #teachers

​From reflection to celebration, these 5 activities help your students look back on the year mindfully—and look ahead for what comes next! 🤩 Get the printables seen in the video here: edut.to/43ebQ0k Special thanks to educator @toddfinley.bsky.social for the ideas. #EduSky #teachers

It's that time of year! 🥳😵‍💫 Whether you teach kindergartners excited about ice cream or HS seniors looking ahead to college or work, educator @toddfinley.bsky.social has 19 creative activities to keep students engaged to the last day. Here are a few of our faves. 🧵 1/6 #EduSky

Teachers, with the end of the year fast approaching, @toddfinley.bsky.social has some great ideas on how to keep students engaged and help them reflect on what they've learned: www.edutopia.org/article/19-h... #studentengagement #edusky

How do you keep students working and learning right up to the end? If you need some inspiration, @toddfinley.bsky.social has *19* great ideas for end-of-year activities. Take a look! 👀 #EduSky #teachers

Your School House Rock moment......

19 Highly Engaging End-of-Year Activities 🗓️ - Edutopia www.edutopia.org/article/19-h... #edu #teachers #k12

Classic classroom management challenge: 1 or 2 students finish a task while everyone else is still going. @toddfinley.bsky.social shares “low-prep and no-prep activities that extend learning beyond busywork and ensure that your class runs smoother than a greased zip line.” 🙌 #EduSky #teachers

Walz: "It's so obscene that he would put a mock classroom -- we all know he's never been in one. He wouldn't last for a minute. He's surrounded by people who know nothing about education. They want to make this about bureaucracy and cutting. This is about children."

New piece for Edutopia! Your Students Finished Early—Now What? edutopia.org/article/fast... #teachers #education

Fantastic set of AI resources from @ericcurts.bsky.social. Thanks, Eric! #EDU #AI

Only amateurs study what everyone else does. The greatest academic skill is asking questions nobody thought to ask. The truly influential researcher spots gaps where others see nothing. The most cited papers often begin where the literature is quiet.

Want to know the future? #edu #teachers stefanbauschard.substack.com?r=sdb5

Eventually, everything a teacher or student does in the classroom will be tracked by AI and labeled with a number. Word-per-minute, etc. The problem: data has such a ring of objective certainty. Meanings attached to these numbers will be decided on by those who have never taught. Thx, Larry.

Hey everyone -- Moms of Liberty and Dept of Education launched a snitch line portal today to rat out teachers and anyone promoting anything DEI. FLOOD THE PORTAL Spam the hell out of it. Pass it on! It works! enddei.ed.gov

Are your tried-and-true scaffolding strategies still effective? If you’re looking for new ways to support students, @toddfinley.bsky.social shares eight lesser-known techniques that will make you ask: Why didn’t I know this? #EduSky #EdChat 🧵1/10

Put your best faculty teaching intro courses in the middle of the day. But not Fridays. That's the advice that @sarosecav.bsky.social has for institutions who want to do better job retaining students. #TopHatEngage

35 lesser-known scaffolding techniques to kickstart the learning process, from @toddfinley.bsky.social 🔥👇 Which scaffolding strategies have you used already? Which would you like to try? #EduSky #EdChat

New post on #scaffolding for Edutopia. My favorite off-the-beaten-track scaffolds are layered texts, mind movies, and process prompts. www.edutopia.org/article/powe... #edu #education #teacher #learning

How many times I've watched every episode of The West Wing: 4. Succession: 4. Industry: 3. The Wire: 2. Band of Brothers: 4, Game of Thrones: 2, The Sopranos: 2, Chernobyl: 3. ChatGPT says this means that I love "exploring the intricacies of power, relationships, and the human condition." Fair.

Helpful infographic from Dr. Christian Poensgen (shared by @lkohn.bsky.social). #managestress #stress #teachers

Jeff Bezos never wanted this cartoon to become public. He killed it, and as a result, pulitzer prize editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes quit. Make sure everyone sees this cartoon.

Agree or disagree?

(1/2) Please register for an upcoming #MediaEdClub webinar with the #MediaEducationLab! I am continuing to facilitate these in 2025: mediaeducationlab.com/mediaed-club... #MediaLit #MediaLiteracy #AI #news #MediaEducationLab

Happy Holidays!🎄 Follow/Share #StrongerTogether @kingfarouk.bsky.social @jaynenebula.bsky.social @barbisblue.bsky.social @hourofignorance.bsky.social @mysageadvice.bsky.social @kimmiecakes.bsky.social @misstrueblue.bsky.social @Merlin-abu.bsky.social @Yo-vinny.bsky.social @simplyskye.bsky.social

(1/6) For Christmas this year I’m making a cookbook to give our kids, which I’m titling, “Fryer Family Favorite Recipes.” This evening I finally got started and created the first 15 pages. You can read and check out what I have so far

Virginia Tech professor and poet, Nikki Giovanni, has died at the age of 81.

Here are 16 ways to spice up the old favorite Think-Pair-Share (which is also great without extra spice!) from @toddfinley.bsky.social : www.edutopia.org/article/thin...

New Edutopia Post: 16 Variations on Think-Pair-Share to Keep Students Engaged www.edutopia.org/article/thin... #teachers #edu #k12 #ukedchat #professionaldevelopment #edutopia

Here are some serious, measured folx speaking truth about AI. #EduSky

Doing stunts with my influencer daughter. www.tiktok.com/@hydrationce...

Alliterative Weekly Activities | Brain Blast #edu #teachers

New to Bluesky? Check out my post on "Bluesky Starter Tips for Educators" including connecting with the EduSky community, following people, using Starter Packs, joining EduChats, adding custom feeds, refollowing Twitter friends, and more! www.controlaltachieve.com/2024/11/blue... #EduSky #EdTech

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L👀king for some alternatives to Flipgrid? Here are 5 of my favorites including @mirrortalkai.bsky.social @padlet.bsky.social & @figma.com #FigJam Top 5 Alternatives to Microsoft Flip (fka Flipgrid) virtualescaperooms.org/top-5-altern... #EduSky #EduSkyChat Have other favs? Reply and share them💙

How to address teachers' Compassion Fatigue | Brain Blast #teacher #edu

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