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Emotional Check-in Resources

You probably regularly check your student’s understanding of their learning. Remembered the times table? Check. Grasped that grammar concept? Check. Can tell you what happened in a period of history? Check.  But how often do you check in with your student’s emotional status? Monitoring how your students are feeling is just as important as checking…
February 13, 2023
6 min read
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15 Anti Bullying Activities to Support a Safe and Respectful Classroom

Bullying can have lasting effects on a child’s confidence, learning, and wellbeing. The best way to prevent it? Educate, engage, and empower students with strategies that encourage kindness, awareness, and action. This blog offers practical anti-bullying activities for your classroom, along with ways to start meaningful conversations and create a safe learning environment. 💡 Looking…
February 7, 2023
6 min read
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How to Use SMART Goals for Your Students

What is a good goal for a student? What does the SMART acronym stand for? What are good examples of SMART goals? A good SMART goal would cover all of the above criteria. A SMART goal is the practice of goal setting with a specific goal that is attainable within a prescribed time period and…
February 7, 2023
7 min read

Anti-Bullying Lesson Ideas for Elementary Classes

According to the National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES), one out of every five students reports being the victim of bullying behavior. Deep into the digital age, perpetrators now have a powerful platform from which to bully their victims, with the added “advantage” of anonymity. According to a 2020 study, over 20% of 9 to…
February 7, 2023
9 min read
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Creating a Positive School Culture

School administrators strive to create a positive school culture where students, teachers, and staff can thrive. When teachers and students arrive at school in the morning, they should feel positive, enthusiastic, and willing to connect, learn, and grow. Schools that successfully create a positive culture will have laughter echoing down the hallways, enthused and engaged…
February 7, 2023
9 min read
Safer Internet Day

Safer Internet Day

Origin Originally established as an initiative of the EU SafeBorders project in 2004, Safer Internet Day (SID) was taken up by the Insafe network as one of its earliest actions in 2005. Insafe is a European network of Safer Internet Centres (SICs). Every national Centre is focused on online safety, media literacy, and cyber security.…
February 3, 2023
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Women’s History Month

History often neglects to tell the stories of women who, if they were men, would be celebrated household names. National Women’s History Month is a time to reflect on the amazing women who’ve made a difference in the world and learn about their incredible achievements. Women’s history is, for obvious reasons, as old as time…
February 3, 2023
5 min read
Kami and UDL

Kami and UDL

What Is UDL? Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is a method of teaching and learning that focuses on accommodating the wide variety of learner variability in classrooms. UDL takes into account individual learners’ abilities, as well as any measures that help them to learn more effectively.  A teacher working with UDL in mind understands that,…
January 31, 2023
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The Three Principles of UDL

Now that you know what UDL is from reading our other blogs, What is UDL and Examples of UDL, you must be itching to implement it into your learning environment. The first thing to remember is that Universal Design for Learning is a broad category. The official Universal Design for Learning guidelines says it encompasses…
January 31, 2023
6 min read
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What is Universal Design for Learning?

Universal Design for Learning, or UDL, is a set of principles that provide teachers with a structure to develop instructions and create a learning environment to meet the diverse individual needs of all learners. It’s not just a matter of following a hunch, either. The variability in students’ learning styles is backed up by peer-reviewed…
January 31, 2023
7 min read
Examples of UDL

Examples of UDL

Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is an approach to teaching aimed at meeting the needs of every student in a classroom. If you haven’t already, be sure to check out our main blog on “What is UDL?”. A UDL-based approach to designing your learning environment has proven benefits for all your learners; not just those…
January 31, 2023
5 min read
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Turn PDFs into Collaborative Learning Spaces

Picture this: You’re emailed a document that needs your input, but you don’t have a printer. What do you do? You could head to your local library, or go and buy a printer... or, you could simply use Kami! What’s Kami? While Kami is best known for its powerful PDF annotation tools, it's grown into…
January 20, 2023
4 min read
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