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What Keeps Principals Up At Night: Determining Your School's Needs
VariQuest's blog is open to educators across the country who are interested in sharing their ideas, stories and opinions with our network of teachers, administrators and more. If you have something you would like to share, please let us know! Email your ideas to variquest@variquest.com
Featured Topics: Professional Development
Summer Break: A Time for Reflection and Preparation
We asked one of our favorite guest bloggers, Julia Cremin, to share her reflections as a teacher on summer break. This is the first of her three-part "Summer Break" series.
How to Write a Grant eBook
This helpful guide includes an explanation of the grant process, including a checklist (with samples!), and useful links and resources to find funding!
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Ready, Set, Print! Tips for using your VariQuest Perfecta
VariQuest Tools: Design Center Software | VariQuest Tools: Perfecta 2400 | VariQuest Tools: Poster Maker 3600 | VariQuest Tools: Cutout Maker 1800 | VariQuest Tools: Awards Maker 400 | VariQuest Tools: Cold Laminator 2510 | Featured Topics: Professional Development
VariQuest Highlighted on TechFaster Preview of ISTE
We were thrilled to be an Editor's Choice for TechFaster's preview of this year's ISTE conference. Ashley Allen, a staff writer for TechFaster, spoke to our Director of Marketing and New Product Development, Nina Swienton mid June. Check it out! You can see the original article here.
Featured Topics: Differentiated Instruction | Academic Subject: Career & Technical Education | Featured Topics: Common Core | Featured Topics: Education Policy | Featured Topics: Professional Development
Hot Topics at NAESP: Recommended Reading & Presentations to Attend
The National Association of Elementary School Principals's (NAESP) annual conference is just around the corner! This is such an incredible conference due in some ways to the organization's committent to best practices in schools. As they put it, "When it comes to defining the future of elementary school education, it only happens here." There are eight focus areas this year, four of which are topics we are passionate about and often cover in our blog and which visuals and visual learning can play a vital role. If you are attending the conference, perhaps these will give you some food for thought on the way to Nashville! We've also listed a few presentations in each category that we have been eyeing.
Featured Topics: Differentiated Instruction | Featured Topics: Student Engagement
Back to Basics: Manipulatives in the Classroom
We just got back from ISTE 2014—what an experience! After a tech-ridden weekend, we took time to reflect on how we support traditional classroom learning methods—methods that have remained into the 21st century. That’s when we started thinking about manipulatives. Manipulatives don’t have to be just building blocks or cubes—anything a visual-kinesthetic learner can physically or visually manipulate on his or her own that aids their learning process is a manipulative worth exploring.
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How New Principals Can Increase Parent Engagement
In the most recent issue of NAESP’s Communicator, a report from the National Panel of New Principals disclosed statistics from new principals regarding parent involvement and engagement. They found that “most new principals have clearly defined goals for engagement.”
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"Netiquette" Rules Roundup
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Visual Learning Technology & Differentiated Instruction
Any teacher will tell you that you never have a classroom filled with students who learn the same way, so expecting them to is setting them up for failure. Differentiated instruction is all about customizing instruction, which can be difficult and daunting for teachers who are facing new challenges, standards, and expectations. While differentiating instruction may seem like a no-brainer for educators, teachers and principals must make the connection between technological tools and differentiated instruction in order to successfully integrate this practice into their schools and classrooms.
Featured Topics: Differentiated Instruction | Featured Topics: Professional Development
One More Reason to Get Excited for #ISTE2014
The annual education technology conference hosted by the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) is just around the corner.