Welcome back to a new episode of Rebel Teacher Alliance! This week, we dive into the joys of third quarter blues, wrestling with student engagement, and the struggle of keeping things fresh in the classroom. We talk about the power of EdTech tools like read-aloud extensions and how tariffs make for surprisingly engaging classroom discussions. Plus, we get into an EMC2 strategy that brings dice rolling chaos to learning and Jamie breaks down how the Mini Report sneaks kids into writing full essays before they even realize it. And of course, we wrap things up with our ever-popular segment, "What'cha been playin'...?" where Fabian introduces us to a game full of meeple peril and island survival.

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Things Mentioned on the Show:

-Read Aloud: A text-to-speech Chrome extension

- Mini-ReportEduProtocol

-Survive the Island (board game)