Rebooting industrial era seating. Plus: "Do Now" activities for your lessons

Rebooting Industrial Era Seating; "Do Now" Activities; Overcoming the Principle of Least Effort; Building Brain Literacy; Flip Your Class With Blogs |

View Online June 21, 2017 Credit: ©Shutterstock.com/KentaStudio Rebooting Industrial Era Seating Two educators present ideas for transforming our classrooms to meet the challenges of the future in this excerpt from their new book. Credit: Veer Engaged Teaching: "Do Now" Activities for Your Lessons These simple activities, organized by grade level, will help you implement social and emotional learning in your classroom. Credit: ©Hero Images/500px Overcoming the Principle of Least Effort Humans naturally try to get by with minimal work. Here are a few simple ways to push your students to think harder. Credit: IStockphoto.com Building Brain Literacy in Elementary Students Understanding how their brains work is empowering for even the youngest students. Credit: Institute of Play Start a Reading Revolution: Flip Your Class With Blogs Using student choice and a blogging platform, you can deeply engage even the most reluctant readers. Don't Miss Teacher Labs: Making Professional Development Collaborative A Giant Maker Project Get the Most Out of Summer Open-Source Learning in Action When Your School Is a Museum FOLLOW EDUTOPIA         ABOUT   •   PRIVACY   •   CONTACT To ensure delivery of Edutopia's Weekly Enews, please add edutopia.org to your address book. You can always unsubscribe.   © 2017 George Lucas Educational Foundation PO Box 3494, San Rafael, CA 94912

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