Mike Kaechele

The Marriage of SEL and PBL

The Marriage of SEL and PBL

Social-Emotional Learning and Project-Based Learning are two of the hottest trends in education right now. Their popularity is due to the pendulum swinging back from the previous obsession with standardization and assessment dictated by NCLB and […]

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How to Teach Students to Manage Themselves

How to Teach Students to Manage Themselves

One reason why a large subset of students struggle in school is that they lack organization. These are the kids who do their homework but never turn it in. It is probably “lost” somewhere in their backpack. At the end of the year when these students […]

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5 Social Distancing Group Work Strategies

5 Social Distancing Group Work Strategies

Most students are back to in-person learning with some social distancing rules in effect. Wearing a face mask, staying six feet apart, and not sharing materials make group work and collaboration seem impossible. But there are ways to use technology […]

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