This year, Texas students are expected to take their STAAR tests for accountability, but some are opting out. Here’s what you should know.
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Educational ResearchProfessional Learning
How to Help Adult Learners Learn
by Lori Graceyby Lori GraceyIs your professional development designed to take advantage of the differences that adult learners bring with them? Learn how in this series.
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Podcasts can help students learn in new or additional ways. Here are five great podcasts for elementary learners.
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Educational ResearchEnglish Language Arts Reading (ELAR)
Lotta Lara: Improve Oracy and Reading Fluency
Take advantage of powerful technologies to enhance reading fluency and oracy. Suggestions for echo, choral, and partner reading are offered.
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Good Teaching
Talking Drawings: Five Steps to Assess Student’s Prior Knowledge
by Diana Bennerby Diana BennerAre you looking for a way to access student’s prior knowledge, a powerful teaching and learning technique? If so, try the Talking Drawings strategy.
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Good TeachingLeadership
Ways to Connect and Rejuvenate | Podcast Ep. 76
by Andrew Roushby Andrew RoushVernon Wright shares ways to connect and rejuvenate in this in-depth conversation from TCEA 2021 in the latest episode of TCEA’s Ed Tech Club podcast.
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Need a tool to assess student comprehension in reading? Want to better teach vocabulary? Use concept sorts, a research-based strategy.
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Access to tech is an ongoing challenge known as the digital divide. Here’s what you should know about the digital divide in education.
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ChromebooksContent AreasGoogle Tips and TricksiOS Tips and TricksOnline Tools and Apps
Tips, Tricks, and Tech Tidbits: Elementary Resources
by Lori Graceyby Lori GraceyExplore a variety of great ed tech finds specifically for elementary educators. You won’t want to miss them!
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Discover how you can use the very popular Among Us! game with your students for more engagement, stronger learning, and greater retention.
