Posts you may have missed from last week:
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While I was reviewing videos about Canadian Thanksgiving YouTube displayed a suggested video from CBC Kids News. The video is simply titled The Word Indigenous and it provides an animated explanation of what the word indigenous means when referring …
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An Alternative To Time-Out – Smart Classroom Management
The thinking is that it’s too punitive. That it’s associated with sitting in a corner and wearing a dunce cap. Setting aside for now that the way we teach it here at SCM is wholly dignified and in the student’s best interest, there is an alternative.
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Take-aways from the ‘Facebook Files’ – NetFamilyNews.org
What a week it has been, right? At least for those of us who follow and/or use social media.
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Free Technology for Teachers: Resources for Connecting Classrooms
Yesterday, during Two Ed Tech Guys Take Questions Rushton and I answered a question about how teachers can find other classroom to connect with for collaborative learning. We came up with three suggestions. Those suggestions are explained below.
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A few days ago I compiled a list of EdTech tools that can help you create interactive and media rich lessons. Today’s post features another equally helpful tool to be added to this list. BookWidgets provides you with the tools to both add interactiv…
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2015-Dec-23 • December 5, 2015 Today we are sharing with you some excellent Google Docs templates to use with students to create newspapers.
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Free Technology for Teachers: How to Create Comics – A Four-Part MOMA Series
From telling personal stories to summarizing historical events to illustrating creating writing over the years I’ve shared a bunch of ideas for using comics in classrooms. And I’ve shared a bunch of tools for creating comics (resources linked at the…
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2015-Dec-23 • December 5, 2015 Today we are sharing with you some excellent Google Docs templates to use with students to create newspapers.
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Free Technology for Teachers: The Science of Cake! – And 83 Other Food Science Lessons
Caffeine and carbohydrates are just a couple of the topics covered in TED-Ed lessons about the science of food. Here are seven TED-Ed lessons that address elements of the science of food. How Does Caffeine Keep Us Awake? explains what caffeine is an…
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Combatting the Challenges of Whole Group Lessons with Blended Learning – Dr. Catlin Tucker
When I work with teachers shifting to blended learning, I strive to establish the WHY driving our work together. I want teachers to understand the purpose and value of the shift to blended learning. Blended learning is not a reaction to a moment.
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Control Alt Achieve: Build a Jack-O-Lantern with Google Slides and Mote
A few years ago I created my “Build a Jack-O-Lantern” activity for Google Slides. It was a giant hit with students as it let them be creative while improving their writing skills and tech skills. With Fall here once again, I decided to revisit this …
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This article is from Hakai Magazine, an online publication about science and society in coastal ecosystems. Read more stories like this at hakaimagazine.com. The first time James Terry heard the legend of Makin Island’s three boulders was in 2012.
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NASA and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will co-host the Alliances for Climate Action, a virtual series to address rising demand for accurate, timely, and actionable information at a time of rapid global climate change.
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2015-Dec-23 • December 5, 2015 Today we are sharing with you some excellent Google Docs templates to use with students to create newspapers.
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Assessment Changes the Learner – The Reflective Educator
In physics, there is a limitation on the measurement of particles called the Heisenberg Uncertainty principle. The principle says, “the position and the velocity of an object cannot both be measured exactly, at the same time” (source).
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5 powerful things to think about when using primary sources | History Tech
Way back in the day, there was no access to digital primary sources. There weren’t any online archives. DocsTeach? Nope. Stanford History Education Group? Nope. Library of Congress? Nada.
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When it comes time for NASA’s Psyche spacecraft to power itself through deep space, it’ll be more brain than brawn that does the work.
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Free Technology for Teachers: A Small, Helpful Change to Google Slides
Last week I shared a couple of updates to Google Docs, including watermarking documents, that teachers and students should find helpful. There was also a small update made to Google Slides last week. That update was to replace the “Present” button w…
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Blurring Videos, Blurring Images, and Other Privacy Tips
Sharing videos and pictures can be a great way to build community and showcase the great things happening in your school. Of course, when we do this we want to do it in a way that protects and respects the privacy of students and our colleagues.
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AR Apps to Help Students Learn Human Anatomy in 3D | Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
2015-Dec-23 • December 5, 2015 Today we are sharing with you some excellent Google Docs templates to use with students to create newspapers.
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A Principal’s Reflections: Setting the Stage for Current and Future Learner Success
The traditional goal of any education system is to prepare students for either college or careers. Over the years, I would say that while this view still holds value, the context has changed dramatically.
