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Multiply the Fun with Math Hacks
    Bring the Joy Back to Math Class     What do you think of when you hear the word “fun”? Does it involve silly facial expressions? Being with certain people? A particular activity? Games? Math class?   Yeah, no one usually mentions “fun” and “math class” in the same sentence.   Yet, we’ve ...
by Times 10 & the Hack Learning Team — Jan 16, 2025 social emotional learning student engagement writing
Teach Your Students to Digitally Debate, Not Hate
    8 Fun, Effective Steps     In today’s digital age, social media is a powerful platform for exchanging ideas, sparking conversations, and fostering global connections. However, it’s also a space where disagreements can escalate into offensive and divisive exchanges.   Teaching students how ...
by Times 10 & the Hack Learning Team — Jan 09, 2025 social emotional learning student engagement writing
2025 Trends for Teens and Tweens: Stay in the Loop!
    What’s Trending? You May Be Surprised.     Probably since the time when Tyrannosaurus Rex roamed the Earth, the younger members of our family and social groups have insisted on stating their individuality through clothing, music, friends, frenemies, and just about anything else that made t...
by Times 10 & the Hack Learning Team — Jan 02, 2025 mental health school culture social-emotional learning
3 MORE Great Ideas to Engage Your Students, Part 2
    More Game-Changing Ideas     Messiness Isn't Always a Bad Thing   While a certain amount of structure can work in some classrooms, what most teachers need is some messiness—the kind of chaos that excites today’s learners. Need tips and tools to liven up your classroom? Want to reimagine yo...
by Times 10 & the Hack Learning Team — Dec 26, 2024 classroom management creativity student engagement
3 Great Ideas to Engage Your Students, Part I
    Together We Can Tackle the Engagement Challenge!     Keeping your students engaged is an ongoing and often onerous and thankless task. Between endless distractions, shifting learning environments, and the sheer diversity of needs in the classroom, getting students to genuinely connect with...
by Times 10 & the Hack Learning Team — Dec 19, 2024 assessment classroom management student engagement
How to Say "No" and Love Every Second of It
    The Joy of "No"       Let’s talk about a magical little word that doesn’t get enough credit: “no.”   For most of us, saying “no” feels like we’re smashing a puppy’s dream. We’re people-pleasers, helper-bees, and overachievers who think every request that comes our way is our responsibility...
by Times 10 & the Hack Learning Team — Dec 12, 2024 emotional wellness happiness interpersonal skills
Conquer the IDK Monster
      From Blank Stares to Bright Ideas: Tackling "I Don’t Know"   Some of the most frustrating three words we all hear from our students are “I don’t know.”   Then there are the physical equivalents: blank stares, shrugged shoulders, averted eyes and noises such as “uhhhhh ….”   Even worse ...
by Times 10 & the Hack Learning Team — Dec 05, 2024 motivation school culture student engagement
Ever Heard of a Learning Lifeguard?
      Save the Day: Be a Learning Lifeguard for Struggling Students!   Part of this text is taken from Learning Lifeguards by Sherri Nelson.   Ok, admit it: when you read the word “lifeguard,” what is the first image that popped in your head?  How many recalled a super-cool character from one...
by Times 10 & the Hack Learning Team — Nov 28, 2024 leadership school culture student engagement
Cultivating Inclusive Classrooms Begins with You and Me
      DEI Begins with You   Many in the educational world are already familiar with Culturally Responsive and Sustaining Pedagogy (CRSP). We intentionally build inclusive classrooms by employing CRSP to: meet students where they are better serve their needs expand students’ worldviews encoura...
by Times 10 & the Hack Learning Team — Nov 21, 2024 dei inclusive classrooms racism
Art Meets Algorithms: Transforming Your Classroom with AI Creations
      For many of us, using AI art tools feels both cool and scary. But it’s time to take a leap (if you haven’t already done so) and discover the fun, creative side of AI in education.   The aim is not to replace human art but to magnify it, to use AI as a tool for broadening our creative hor...
by Times 10 & the Hack Learning Team — Nov 14, 2024 ai art & ai
Be More Than a Hammer
      Part of the dilemma for school administrators who seek other strategies in responding to the misbehaving student is that they are often no more equipped than the classroom teacher to spontaneously craft an alternative to punishment.   Their training to be an administrator did not include...
by Times 10 & the Hack Learning Team — Nov 07, 2024 leadership restorative justice
How to prevent polarization in a political world
This edition of Educator's Edge is published just five days before November 5th, 2024, when arguably history's most polarizing presidential election takes place. We may never again be able to produce a more timely piece.   Is it possible to prevent polarization? Authors Michelle Blanchet and Bri...
by Times 10 & the Hack Learning Team — Oct 31, 2024 politics
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