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Karen Hume

Karen Hume is a Canadian teacher, administrator, author, speaker, and workshop leader. She has her MEd in Curriculum and Teacher Development, and has been a member of a university research group funded to investigate the role of talk in the classroom. Karen is also a member of the editorial board of an online action research journal.

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Managing Technology Use in Your Classroom

Don’t let classroom management concerns prevent you from making effective use of technology in your classroom! Check out these tips and please add some of your own

6 Ways to Let Students Know You Care

When students are asked about the qualities of good teachers, caring is always at or near the top of the list. Perhaps you’ve heard the statement, “They won’t care until...

Using Metaphor and Analogy for Better Student Learning

All learning happens through connection. We make sense of new information by forging connections to something we already know. For example, early automobiles made sense to people because

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