@laraglyons

Seattle native, former Principal/Head, education enthusiast and consultant, loved living long-term in NL, now supporting schools back home.

 Seattle/Bellevue, WA
Joined November 2015
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IFL@IFL_Pitt23 Aug 2024
We believe that every student should be engaged in cognitively-demanding tasks and learner-centered, talk-based instruction. Learn more: loom.ly/nQg85dg
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"Scaffolding is what educators do first to support student success." Sketchnote via @woodard_julie
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I like how ‘in the moment’ a document camera can be in support of students sharing or teacher modeling. In Praise of the Humble Document Camera edutopia.org/article/effecti…

In Praise of the Humble Document Camera

Revisiting a simple edtech tool can help you introduce rigor and engage students more deeply in their lessons.

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Love the creativity that Lego inspires.
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Mini-Whiteboards: Most impressive advance in educational technology -slate boards for the 21st century! Ty @dylanwiliam @adamboxer1 for snapping us back to reality. Go for it @nsachdeva2019 and @MrZachG Over to @researchEDCan #cdned #rEDCan #MWBs
Adam Boxer
@adamboxer129 Sep 2024
Anyone who knows me knows that I am a strong advocate of mini-whiteboards (MWBs). Brief thread explaining the WHENWHYBY: when are they useful, why are they useful and how do you make them useful:
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Design Principles for high quality learning experiences and 8 recommendations for expanding access gettingsmart.com/2024/09/24/… via @Getting_Smart

Why High-Quality Learning Opportunities Must Be Accessible to Every Student

It's critical that high-quality learning opportunities are accessible to all learners and all learning styles.

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Loved seeing these goals shared by students at our children’s school. Learning by taking risks & knowing students by name. Great understanding of what it means to belong & authentically learn.
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Some great points @AlexJQuigley Misreading dyslexia alexquigley.co.uk/misreading…

Misreading dyslexia

Dyslexia is one of most common special needs that impacts learners in schools. It is an issue, and a label, that is well known, but probably less well understood. So, why are we misreading dyslexia...

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Replying to @natwexler
@natwexler explores why kids struggle to learn to read beyond third grade. Read more: open.substack.com/pub/natali…
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Great way to provide a break during professional development days: have a teacher-led ‘guac challenge’ team-building! Builds community and is a tasty snack!
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Love the start of school.
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Kindness in schools is a true cornerstone that has an amazing impact. So important to foster and nurture this.
Maria Popova
@themarginalian19 Aug 2024
"Nothing can make our life, or the lives of other people, more beautiful than perpetual kindness." From Marcus Aurelius to Tolstoy to Einstein, two millennia of wisdom on the nuances, challenges, and rippling rewards of kindness themarginalian.org/2023/03/1…

2,000 Years of Kindness

From Marcus Aurelius to Einstein, poets and philosophers on the deepest wellspring of our humanity.

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Small study indicates that using metacognitive strategies (long known to boost comprehension) reduces mind-wandering in college students. psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202…
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Believing all students can achieve at high levels and supporting them to do so is critical. @EvidenceInEdu
Evidence Based Education
@EvidenceInEdu21 Jul 2024
The relationship between high teacher expectations and student attainment has been a mainstay of educational effectiveness research since it began. Creating a climate of high expectations is the 4th element of dimension 2 (creating a supportive environment).
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Interesting to consider.
Brendan O'Sullivan 🇮🇪🇪🇺@ImtaBrendan20 Jul 2024
Researchers at MIT have questioned whether SMART goals (specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, time-bound) actually work. They suggest we might get better outcomes if we make our goals FAST (frequently discussed, ambitious, specific and transparent) not SMART.
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Effective planning for learning snacks.pepsmccrea.com/p/reve… via @PepsMccrea

Reverse Design

Effective planning for learning

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Thoughtful questions by @tguskey to begin developing greater consistency within assessment practices.
Thomas Guskey@tguskey26 Jun 2024
I'm delighted to learn that this article was one of Kappan's Top Articles of 2023-24! kappanonline.org/addressing-…

Addressing inconsistencies in grading practices - Kappan Online

Agreeing on the purpose of grading and establishing clear and accurate reporting structures will result in learning-focused grading systems.

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Leadership , a document written by ⁦@JamesTCobbler⁩ and brilliantly he is now a Minister of HM government dept of justice. Grown ups doing grown up jobs , remember that ?
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How do you improve education at scale? Here are six tips to help create a roadmap for the messy, challenging, and hard work of using data to make positive change across all layers of the school system. gse.harvard.edu/ideas/usable…

How to Improve Education at Scale

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Great idea @P_A_Kirschner
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