Finding Excitement to Teach: My Secret to Success and Monday Morning
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Briana Owens, a teacher in New Mexico, wrote about the struggles of getting back in the groove of teaching after summer vacation. If you ask her students, the secret to her success is coffee. Little do they know that if you ask her, the secret to her success is SMART. Although she still dreads morning mornings like the rest of working America, using SMART’S software helps Briana create engaging lessons more simply, and keeps her students excited about what they are going to learn next.
“Any experienced teacher knows that students will find ways to have fun so it’s vital that the fun is involved with the lesson before they make their own sources of fun and distractions.” That’s why SMART is the perfect educational solution for any teacher. We love how passionate SMART users are.
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http://edblog.smarttech.com/2016/09/secret-to-success-and-monday-mornings/
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