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Teacher Tools: Making Canvas Work for You

This session is a part of the Encore LIVE workshop series, highlighting some of the best sessions from the 2022 Summer of Learning Conferences.This...

Using Your Golden Ticket for Your Students

This session is a part of the Encore LIVE workshop series, highlighting some of the best sessions from the 2022 Summer of Learning Conferences.In...

Captions for All: The Writing's on the Wall

This session is a part of the Encore LIVE workshop series, highlighting some of the best sessions from the 2022 Summer of Learning...

How and Why to Implement Blended Learning in Your Classroom

"This video introduces Blended Learning with Catlin Tucker. She shares why they transitioned to a blended model and the impact it has had in the...

Backward Design: The Basics

This blog post from Cult of Pedagogy discusses an instructional design model known as backward design. This method, made popular by...

The Key Principles of High-Quality Instructional Design

This article, from Shift eLearning, explores five principles that should be considered when designing virtual learning lessons:Begin with the...

Gagne’s Nine Events of Instruction

"Robert Gagne proposed a framework comprising of a series of events based on the behaviorist approach to learning. These events follow a systematic...

IDOE STEM Cert Spotlight: Guilford Elementary School

IDOE is proud to host Guilford Elementary School from Plainfield as they share highlights about their school and their STEM Certification process....

5E Instructional Model

The 5E Model of Instruction includes five phases: Engage, Explore, Explain, Elaborate (Extend), and Evaluate. It provides a carefully planned...

Explore - Explain - Apply | HyperDocs Simplified

HyperDocs are student-facing digital lesson plans that help shift the focus from teacher-led lectures to student-centered learning. The Explore...

Google Tools to Support All Learners

In this blog post, Eric Curts from Control Alt Achieve takes a look at dozens of Chrome web extensions and apps and other...

Science of Reading: Supporting English Learners

This workshop will dive into the five pillars of the Science of Reading, a research-based approach to providing key foundational reading support, and...

Synchronous Virtual Learning Research Findings

This resource supports high-quality virtual instruction specific to asynchronous and synchronous strategies. 

Digital Learning Research

In this resource from the Indiana Department of Education, discover the key points from relevant digital learning research, including before and...

How do I give feedback to 100+ students?

Whether it's whole class, small group, or one-on-one instruction, our job as teachers is in a constant state of reflection and growth.Join Matt...

Understanding Rubrics

This blog post by Jennifer Gonzalez on the Cult of Pedagogy blog is a great review of the different types of rubrics (Holistic, Analytic, and...

ELL Activities When Time Left In Class

Make sure and use the most of every class period. Check out this slide deck of ideas from ELL2.0, which has ideas broken down by skill to support ELL...

EfficienTEACH

EfficenTEACH (efficient teaching) is a project by Matt Miller of DitchThatTextbook. EfficenTEACH aims to help educators by providing research-based...

The Teacher Toolkit

The tools section on The Teacher Toolkit website contains numerous learning protocols teachers of all grade levels and content areas can use. The...

Project Zero's Thinking Routines Toolbox

Getting our learners to think critically can prove to be a difficult feat at times. Project Zero from Harvard University provides a toolbox that...