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With some guidance, all students—whether outgoing or reserved—can effectively take part in class discussions.

In schools around the world, computers, tablets, smart cards, and other mechanical devices are used as an important aspect of the learning process. Technology opens a window on the world and access to a variety of educational resources. Learning to use technology and using computer coding offers children the skills and confidence necessary to achieve leadership positions after graduation and achieve new successes. More and more children around the world are using mobile devices such as…

This survey can be used to more clearly identify the skills needed to lead class discussions and to gather student feedback as to your facilitation style.

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By separating heated rhetoric from effective argument styles, today's young writers and thinkers examine the national political debate as their first step toward becoming tomorrow's voters.

It's been 2,400 years since he taught his last class, but the teaching method Socrates created, and that bears his name, lives on today.

Socratic Seminars...FANTASTIC step-by-step description how to implement the Socratic Seminar into the classroom successfully

If you are looking for a way of fostering a class discussion in the spirit of Socrates, this article can help! Open-ended questioning has a way of getting the creative juices flowing and everyone involved engaged. Read on to learn more about this effective classroom method.

There are many ways to use the UDL principles to create an inclusive envrionment. This website provides tips and tricks on how to do that. There are examples on how to provide multiple forms of representation, action and expression, and engagement. One example, which I have enjoyed using, is flipgrid! Students may feel more inclined to participate in group discussions when they can record the video alone and upload it for the class to see. This link provides many more great examples.