More great blog posts from last week:
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For students who fear they can’t get into college with mediocre SAT or ACT scores, the tide is turning at a record number of schools that have decided to accept all or most of their freshmen without requiring test results.
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Free Technology for Teachers: Google Arts & Culture Presents “From a Picture to 1000 Stories”
Google Books turned 15 this week. To mark the occasion Google released an interactive book titled From a Picture to 1000 Stories. The interactive book is a part of the Google Arts & Culture Institute.
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Free Technology for Teachers: A Couple of Fun and Simple Map Games for Students of All Ages
Ian Fisher is a software engineer at Google. In addition to his work at Google he’s developed a couple of fun map games. The games are How Many European Cities Can You Name? and How Many US Cities Can You Name? Both of the games are played the same …
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Creating Foundational Rights for Students Within Personalized Instruction. – Pernille Ripp
A conversation I find myself having often with other educators is just what to do next for curriculum.
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How To Handle A Student Who Rejects Your Kindness – Smart Classroom Management
You give and you give. You give your patience and humor. You give your positivity and respect. You give your heart and hope for their future.
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13 Ghoulish Games for Your Halloween Game Night – GeekDad
October is here, and you know what that means: time to break out the monsters, ghosts, and ghouls at game night! (Okay, sure, some of you are playing those year-round anyway…) Here’s a list of thirteen titles to help send shivers up your spine! Sugg…
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Free Technology for Teachers: Slido – Create and Run Polls Within Your Google Slides
Slido is a polling tool that has recently launched a Google Slides add-on and a corresponding Chrome extension. With Slido installed you can create polls directly in the Google Slides editor. The poll will appear as a slide in your presentation.
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Doodle Notes – Mrs Wilson Science
A few years ago, I tried using sketchnotes with my high school students. You can see some of my previous posts here. At the time, I was working with very high ability students who I had known for several years and who were used to me challenging the…
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Technology Tidbits: Thoughts of a Cyber Hero: Noisy Book
Noisy Book is a wonderful new innovative iOS app for kids. Noisy Book works by supplying sound effects to a book by processing what is read (i.e. adding a horn honking to a car). Also, a user can create their own story and add sound effects for a fu…
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The new Gods of esports are paralyzed from the neck down – CNET
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Free Technology for Teachers: topoView – View and Download Thousands of Historical Maps
topoView is a free service that anyone can use to find and download historical topographic maps produced by the USGS since 1880. The process of finding maps through topoView is rather easy. Simply open the map viewer then click on a part of the Unit…
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Student Agency: What Do Students Want to Create to Demonstrate Their Learning? |
In my blog post titled “3 Ways to Build Student Agency into Your Lessons,” I encouraged teachers to design lessons that allow students to make key decisions about their learning. Student agency is one of the easiest ways that teachers can begin to p…
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How to Quickly Email Parents in Multiple Languages – Teacher Reboot Camp
“If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.
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A Simple Sheet for Writing Conferences – Pernille Ripp
I have been thinking a lot about writing, about all of the emotions tied in with what we write, with the bravado and the behavior that sometimes plays out when we ask kids, and at times even adults, to write. The armor. The resistance. The change. T…
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how-art-can-help-center-a-students-learning-experience
When I visited Maya Lin, an elementary school in Alameda, California where art is at the center of learning, third graders were in the middle of a multi-week project on climate change.
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A Guide To Google Drawings For Teachers, Students, And Bloggers
There are so many fabulous tools on offer within Google Drive: These include Google Docs, Google Slides, Google Forms, and Google Sheets. These tools are free and web-based. They’re used every minute of the day in classrooms, homes, and businesses a…
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Technology Tidbits: Thoughts of a Cyber Hero: Evergreen Photos
Evergreen Photos is a new site for finding free stock photos that I just found out about from Larry Ferlazzo’s excellent blog. Also, a registered can bookmark photos too.
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“If something cannot go on forever, it will stop.” – dy/dan
Economist Herb Stein’s quote ran through my head while I read The Hustle’s excellent analysis of the graphing calculator market. This cannot go on forever.
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Video: “FireStorm: How Wildfires Are Spread” | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…
skeeze / Pixabay I’m adding this new video from The Weather Channel to The Best Sites For Learning About Forest Fires:
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How to Spot Dyslexia, and What to Do Next | Cult of Pedagogy
When I was a “regular” classroom teacher, my knowledge of specific learning disabilities was limited at best. My teacher prep program required one course in special education; it was very broad, very general, and I barely remembered anything I learn…
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Control Alt Achieve: Educational Activities and Games with Flippity
Educational games can be a fun way to engage students while also teaching or reviewing subject area content. These can include activities such as word searches, crossword puzzles, bingo games, flashcards, Jeopardy games, and more.
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If you have ever used Google Docs, Slides, Sheets, Drawings, and Forms, then you know how easy it is to collaborate and share work with peers and students. Thousands of educators just like me create several student templates as part of their lesson …
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Free Technology for Teachers: The Globe of Extremes – An Interactive Map
The Globe of Extremes is an interesting interactive map of the extremes of the Earth. On the map you’ll find things like the deepest spot on Earth, the point furthest from any ocean, and the highest permanent settlement in the world.
