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Timothy Snyder: The War on History is a War on Democracy | Diane Ravitch’s blog
Timothy Snyder, an authority on totalitarianism, draws a straight line in this article that appeared in the New York Times from Stalin’s efforts to purge history of negative facts about the Soviet Union to the current mania among Republicans to cont…
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The following statement was released by leading professional associations.
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CDC Vaccination Maps – The Map Room
Maps tracking the progress of the U.S.’s COVID-19 vaccination campaign at the CDC’s COVID Data Tracker (now) include an interactive county-level map showing first and second doses among 12+, 18+ an…
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‘Students Deserve to Know Our History’ (Opinion)
A number of states have either passed or are considering legislation that would ban critical race theory and, in some cases, many types of lessons that teach about systemic racism. How should educators respond to these efforts?
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SARATOGA SPRINGS, Utah (ABC4) – A Utah woman and Utah senator are teaming up to get some answers after a group claims they’ve experienced life-altering injuries that they believe are from the COVID-19 vaccine.
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Canva is a graphic design platform that allows users to create a wide variety of visuals and graphic illustrations including posters, infographics, flyers, brochures, newsletters, presentations, cards, social media covers and many more.
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Transform Your Google Calendar into a Digital Planner – Dr. Catlin Tucker
Time management is a constant struggle for most teachers. We spend the majority of their day working directly with students. That leaves a small window of time for all of the other tasks and responsibilities that teachers have to juggle, including p…
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Embrace Flexibility with Universally Designed Blended Learning – Dr. Catlin Tucker
The variety of humans in a classroom is remarkable. Their needs, skills, interests, pacing, preferences, and language proficiencies are incredibly diverse. As educators, we have the challenge and honor to teach a dynamic and unique group of students…
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Eight Fun Facts About Black Widows |Science | Smithsonian Magazine
According to a comic published in 2019, Avengers founding member Natasha Romanoff earns the codename Black Widow because she works “like the deadliest of spiders, easily escaping notice until it is far too late.
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What Restorative Practices Look Like in Our School Community | Teacher2Teacher
Recently, one of our students stole a pair of headphones from a peer. Because our teachers have built such strong relationships with our students, we were able to figure out who had stolen them – which isn’t always the case.
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Bibcitation: Free Automatic Citation Maker. MLA, APA + more
A free online tool to generate citations, reference lists, and bibliographies. APA, MLA, Chicago.
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A while back, I read a vitriolic article in a rightwing publication that expressed contempt for the public schools and congratulated Betsy DeVos for trying to cut federal funding for schools. The article asserted that public schools are “garbage” an…
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National Board Certification Post 2: Analysis of Instruction and Student Work
As a part of Component 2 of the National Board Certification process is a portfolio documenting Differentiation in Instruction. This portfolio is intended to demonstrate how instruction is differentiated in unit.
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“How much more XP do I need” Question with Google Sheets – Classroom Powerups
Fortnite has been my go to game lately. The way that Epic Game is constantly tweaking and playing around with subtle little motivational techniques is fascinating. A couple nights ago I noticed this interesting change. Maybe you can’t see it. Let me…
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Fortnite and other games can teach you how to solve problems
Games can help players develop civic skills by encouraging them to discuss political issues, take on other people’s perspectives, and communicate effectively to work through challenges as a group.
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Connect With Colleagues to Counter Critical Race Theory Critics (Opinion)
A number of states have either passed or are considering legislation that would ban critical race theory and, in some cases, many types of lessons that teach about systemic racism. How should educators respond to these efforts?
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Distracted Boyfriend Meme Generator – Imgflip
What is the Meme Generator? It’s a free online image maker that allows you to add custom resizable text to images. It operates in HTML5 if supported, so your images are created instantly.
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Schools Matter: Do American schools teach reading all wrong?
Do American schools teach reading all wrong?
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5 digital games that teach civics through play
There is a lot of discussion in the United States about how to help people come together to solve the complex problems facing the nation and the world. As a scholar of games, I see opportunities for that popular medium to contribute to this effort.
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This is going to be an extended, detailed blog, a necessity if you are going to truly understand the science and the situation.
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Bob Shepherd on the Republican Obsession with Critical Race Theory | Diane Ravitch’s blog
Bob Shepherd, resident polymath, has been a teacher, a textbook writer, an assessment developer, and a curriculum writer. I am grateful that he shares his thoughts on this blog on a daily basis.
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2021-22 Powered-Up XP Grading Planning – Classroom Powerups
Over the last couple of years I have been trying to merge the mastery learning benefits of the Standards Based Grading (SBG) with the simple aggregation of the XP Grading system. I call this Merger Powered Up XP and this post will serve as a window …
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Measuring Water Quality with Biodiversity
Do you find that your students need more practice with analyzing graphs and manipulating data? Laboratory exercises in the classroom can be time consuming. For some concepts, students would need to collect data over long periods of time.
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Summer 2021 – NASEF | Free High School Esports Clubs
Our partners at HSEL are offering a 2021 Summer Challenge that is FREE for all players! Play 10+ different games across PC & console and compete for bragging rights and prizes from ASUS.
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Minecraft Inspire Event – insight2execution (i2e LLC)
INSPIRE events are the best place to receive quality professional development to stimulate effective practice in the infusion of digital tools across the curriculum, for students of all ages. These events are delivered virtually for a worldwide audi…
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Learning Journeys: Communicating Progress in the Gradeless Classroom — Teachers Going Gradeless
In my classroom, I have currently incorporated Form Publisher to create various narrative reports that are sent home via email to student families weekly. Each week, I have students reflect on their learning using a set of metacognitive questions ad…
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Chemix – Draw Lab Diagrams. Simply.
Chemix is an online editor for drawing lab diagrams and school experiment apparatus. Easy sketching for both students and teachers. Loading… If this takes too long, please check your internet connection. You may also need to force-reload the page. I…
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AI Designs Quantum Physics Experiments Beyond What Any Human Has Conceived – Scientific American
Quantum physicist Mario Krenn remembers sitting in a café in Vienna in early 2016, poring over computer printouts, trying to make sense of what MELVIN had found. MELVIN was a machine-learning algorithm Krenn had built, a kind of artificial intellige…
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Anatomy of an Online Course: Ungrading for More/Better Feedback
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Even Brighter Future 2021-2022 FREE OneNote Teacher Planner – Mrs Wilson Science
It’s finally here: the 2021-2022 Even Brighter Future Teacher Planner. This year’s planner is new and improved with features that will (hopefully) make digital planning easier and more streamlined for you.
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ClipDrop is a great Augmented Reality app that allows you to transform the physical world into the virtual space. Using ClipDrop you will be able to easily capture any visual from your physical surroundings and paste it right into your digital docum…
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8 Artificial Intelligence Predictions for 2021 – nancyrubin
Artificial intelligence has maintained a steady graph of growth in the past few years. But the pandemic led to a rapid digital transformation, which further prompted rapid innovation in the realm.
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The Number One Question Every Principal Leader Must Ask Before Spending ESSER Funds
Don’t tell me where your priorities are. Show me where you spend your money and I’ll tell you what they are. ~ James W. Frick Is Education Underfunded? This question is rhetorical. It’s a fun one to discuss for fireside chats and dinner table debate…
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Race, Evolution and the Science of Human Origins – Scientific American
After a year of lockdown, museums, libraries and bookstores across America are reopening. This cultural reawakening’s beginning coincided with both the Juneteenth holiday and the one-year anniversary of the one of the largest protests in American hi…
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Free Technology for Teachers: Create Animated Maps on Mult Dev – One of My New Favorites in 2021
I’m taking this week to recharge and get ready for the next session of the Practical Ed Tech Virtual Summer Camp. For the next few days I’m going to highlight some of my favorite new and new-to-me tools so far this year. Mult Dev is a free tool that…
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Free Virtual Math Conference #virtualmath21 – Teacher Tech
Howie Hua is organizing a free math conference July 10th – 11th. If you would like to present please DM Howie on Twitter. I’m organizing a free virtual math conference July 10-11 #virtualmath21.
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Male dragonflies lose their ‘bling’ in hotter climates
“Our study shows that the wing pigmentation of dragonfly males evolves so consistently in response to the climate that it’s among the most predictable evolutionary responses ever observed for a mating-related trait,” said Moore, who is a postdoctora…
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2021, 2022, & Automatic Calendar Templates (Monthly & Yearly) for Google Sheets
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due-dates-and-value-student-ownership
Negotiating due dates with a class can help increase students’ feelings of accountability—to their teacher and to each other. In a recent staff meeting, my colleagues and I discussed ways to alleviate the current stress our 11th-grade students were …
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Many University Students Don’t Graduate. Why Not Give Them an Associate Degree? | EdSurge News
Colorado is poised to enact legislation that will allow four-year institutions to offer associate degrees to students who have dropped out despite making significant progress toward a bachelor’s degree.
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Ignoring racism robs kids of an honest education and a better future
My father was a proud and accomplished history teacher. He not only took seriously his responsibility to teach his students in school, but he also was dedicated to teaching his “students at home.
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15 online whiteboard options for remote learning – Ditch That Textbook
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As I touched on in How Grades Are Damaging Students, I have become a firm believer in educational reform and getting rid of our current notion of grading altogether.
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Getting Started with Teaching with Minecraft on the Chromebook – Google Slides
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Resource: Modeling Ecosystem Interactions With Movement
An adaptation is an inherited characteristic that helps an organism survive and reproduce in its environment. The top ten animal adaptations according to Animal Planet can be seen here, including living in groups and the ability to fly.
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Google: Solve the Source of All Your Problems – Use Chrome Logins – Teacher Tech
Use Chrome logins NOT add accounts. This is the number one reason you have issues. I think I respond more often than not to someone having an issue with “You are having account conflicts.”
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Join us as we celebrate YOU and share our biggest update ever: watch here and join the discussion on Twitter using the hashtag #FlipgridLIVE Everything on the broadcast adheres to COVID-19 safe practices. Together we build Flipgrid: your stories, id…
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75 digital tools and apps teachers can use to support formative assessment in the classroom
There is no shortage of formative assessment strategies, techniques, and tools available to teachers who use formative instructional practice in their classrooms.
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Two Easy Strategies to Improve Multiple Choice Questions – The Effortful Educator
I recently had a meeting with a high school student concerned with their study habits (wow!). The student wanted to know if there were better ways he could study with multiple choice questions he created in quizlet.
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Frederick Douglass: “What, to the American Slave, Is Your 4th of July?” | Diane Ravitch’s blog
Frederick Douglass escaped from slavery as a young man. He became a celebrated abolitionist. In 1852, he was invited to speak at Corinthian Hall in Rochester, New York, to commemorate the 4th of July. This is an early example of critical race theory.
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The Worst Day in American History | Diane Ravitch’s blog
Today, as most people celebrate the Independence of our country, we think of the men and women who not only established our government but enabled it, prodded it, and compelled it—to live up to its ideals.
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Using Games to Teach Social Emotional Skills – The Pathway 2 Success
Games can be the perfect tool to introduce and teach social emotional learning skills to kids and young adults.