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Edmentum Courseware, Exact Path, Professional Development, Study Island

Aug 15, 2019

[Upcoming August Webinars] All About Summer Program Enhancements

Edmentum holds monthly webinars of informative and educational topics that are great opportunities for all educators to conveniently fulfill professional development requirements and also stay on top of the latest Edmentum news. In August, we’re focusing on the new updates and enhancements of our products.

Brita Hammer

Aug 12, 2019

Teach Like TED: 9 Practical Classroom Tips Taken from TED Talks

While your next lesson on fractions doesn’t need to be TED Talk–worthy, applying some of the secrets from these skilled speakers could change your teaching practice for the better. Here are nine quotable moments that (in my opinion) belong in every teacher development program.

Madison Michell

Aug 08, 2019

2 Star Educators Share Their Best Practices When It Comes to Technology Implementation

They say there’s no better teacher than experience, but when it comes to making tough decisions around implementing technology in your school or classroom this year, we prefer learning from the bes

McKenna Wierman

Jul 08, 2019

What Social Anthropology Can Teach Us About Effective In-Service Training

What if, instead of crowding together in a room to learn the latest tool or strategy, we got out in the “real world” and spent some time with our students to try to uncover deeper, perhaps completely unknown, challenges they may be facing?

David Cicero

Jul 02, 2019

8 Educators Share Their Summer Professional Development Plans

For some educators, it’s already a month into summer break.

Brita Hammer

Jul 01, 2019

[Live Webinar] How Star Educators are Driving Success with Tech

Are you interested in implementing technology in your school or classroom this year, but not sure how to go about it? Learn from the best! Join us for a free, LIVE panel discussion on Thursday, July 25 at 10:00 AM CT, as we chat with our 2019 Educator of the Year Award winners to hear all about their secrets to success with technology!

McKenna Wierman

Jun 28, 2019

Over 2,000 Educators Share How Administrators Can Best Retain & Support Them

We wanted to see exactly what teachers had to say about what their administrators could do better and what potential benefits would make them stay in their current positions, so we ran an anonymous poll on our blog to gather feedback. Let’s take a dive into the data and see what our community of educators had to say.

Brita Hammer

Jun 28, 2019

How to Optimize Student Performance Through the Science of Timing

Have you ever noticed that, during certain times of the day, your classroom is buzzing, students are working diligently, and everyone is getting along, while during other times of the day, things are a bit chaotic, and you find yourself having to constantly correct behavior and refocus attention? Turns out, there are scientific reasons behind why this happens.