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Helping Students With Expressive Language Disorder

Give the learner sentence starters (e.g., Go ___. Run ___. Today! ___ . Anyone can ___. etc.) and have them write finished sentences. Record the learner’s speech and point out unfinished statements and common terminology. With each successive recording, reinforce the … Continue reading

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Gamify your class (Educational Games)

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Tips for Teaching online in BC. Canada

Abstract Over the last few months, the pandemic has created many challenges for all educators, students, and parents as they transitioned into home-based learning due to the government lockdown or stay home. The coronavirus has made the 2019–20 school year … Continue reading

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Resources Navigating Online Learning in COVID-19 Era

Symbaloo Symbaloo is a platform for content-integration. They are offering their PRO version to all educators for free for the duration of the school closings due to COVID-19. If you already have an account, you can upgrade to the PRO version … Continue reading

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4 Black Philosophers to Teach Year-Round

When Liam Kofi Bright was five years old, he spent a long time obsessing over the difference between a big number and a small number. Eventually, Bright decided that anything over four was big and anything below four was not. … Continue reading

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10 Children’s Books that Celebrate Black Scientists, Artists, & Innovators

February marks Black History Month—a time to celebrate the experiences and accomplishments of Black Americans. And while this should be a focus of education year round, learning resources highlighting Black history are often missing from schools. In fact, that’s a … Continue reading

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CONSTRUCTIVISM AND THE DEVELOPING CHILD

The theory of constructivism greatly influences the school life of children from a very young age. Most schools rely on this theory to provide each student with a personalized and unique learning experience. Below, we will discuss everything that there … Continue reading

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A motion for Inclusion in UBC community

Austin Uzama PhD. Speech to UBC Senate meeting on Feb. 10, 2021 20210210 – Vancouver Senate Motion from Dr Austin Uzama, Convocation Senator 1) That the Senate recommend to the Board of Governors that the University provide funding to hire … Continue reading

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Protect Black Students From Teacher Racial Discrimination

How To Protect Black Students From Teacher Racial Discrimination July 4, 2020 by Michael Linsin Studies show that Black students are disciplined more severely than their white classmates for the same misbehavior. And the most common classroom management methods used today—with their … Continue reading

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