More great blog posts from this past week:
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UNLV “Digital President” – Have We Considered the AI Implications?
Keith Whitfield, president of the University of Nevada at Las Vegas, is available to chat with all 31,000 students at any hour of the day or night—as long as they don’t mind talking to a digital version of him.
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Free Technology for Teachers: Library of Congress Resources About Ukraine
Over the last couple of weeks I’ve received quite a few requests for resources for teaching and learning about Russia/ Ukraine conflict. In response to those requests I’ve been directing people to Larry Ferlazzo’s frequently updated list of resource…
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How Much RAM Is Enough RAM in 2022?
Be the One for Kids!
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Google Meet Bandwidth detector (and how I’ve been using this on Zoom) @coolcatteacher
How Much Time Should a Student Spend At School?
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Free Technology for Teachers: Try These Zoom Presentation Tips from Garr Reynolds
Garr Reynolds is one of the world’s foremost experts on presentation design. If you haven’t seen any of his TED Talks or read Presentation Zen, put it on your to-do list.
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Masterpiece Matchup: Stick figures, primary sources, and amped up learning | History Tech
I’m so lucky. Four times a year with the Essdack SS PLC, I get the chance to sit around, drink as much Diet Pepsi as I want, talk to super smart social studies teachers, and walk away smarter.
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Free Technology for Teachers: A Better Way to Update Charts in Google Slides and Docs
Google Forms provides handy charts and graphs summarizing responses to the questions within your form. Those charts and graphs can be embedded into Google Slides, Google Docs, and Google Drawings.
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Free Technology for Teachers: How to Create and Share Clips of YouTube Videos
Over the years there have been many third-party tools that offered ways to clip and share portions of YouTube videos. Most of those don’t last too long before Google/ YouTube changes something that renders those tools useless.
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Many of our students have learned soooooo much during the pandemic that is not necessarily reflected in standardized test scores, which has been one reason that I have been so critical of the “learning loss” narrative (see Trying To Bring Research, …
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Cliff Mass Weather Blog: Misinformation about Sea Level Rise
There are few environmental issues with more unsupported claims than the effects of global warming on sea-level rise. And such incorrect information is particularly egregious here in the Pacific Northwest.
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Ready-to-Use Template to Create a Logo – Class Tech Tips
Have you ever wanted to make your own logo to show who you are?. From color and font choices to picking out icons, a logo EZ Stickerbook is a digital sticker reward platform for schools with a simple interface and family and student connections for …
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From about 2002-2014 I was regularly on the rubber chicken dinner circuit speaking about technology. From blogs, and wikis, to personal devices in classrooms, to the use of social media in schools – technology discussions were front and centre eve…
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Control Alt Achieve: Great Googley Activities for Pi Day
Pi Day is March 14th each year (since the date is 3/14 and Pi starts out with 3.14). As a previous middle school math teacher, this is always a fun day to be a math nerd, do Pi-themed educational activities, and of course eat some real pie!
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4 inclusive practice strategies for any classroom – Ditch That Textbook
This post was written by Chris Bugaj (@attipscast), Karen Janowski (@KarenJan), Mike Marotta (@mmatp) and Beth Poss (@PossBeth) the authors of the book Inclusive Learning 365: Edtech Strategies for Every Day of the Year.
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Media literacy and an invasion: The view from Estonia – NetFamilyNews.org
As I write this today, less than a week into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, I’m wearing three hats: those of a digital safety specialist, a proud board member of the US’s National Association for Media Literacy Education (NAMLE) and a digital nomad w…
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Eye Opening! Harvard Researchers Say Data Isn’t Improving Student Outcomes
4 Geeky Gifts for Teachers
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Google Workspace Updates: See Google Drive events involving external users in your audit logs
In the Google Cloud Community, connect with Googlers and other Google Workspace admins like yourself. Participate in product discussions, check out the Community Articles, and learn tips and tricks that will make your work and life easier. Be the fi…
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Free Technology for Teachers: MHDL Lantern – Media History and Lesson Plans
The Media History Digital Library is a huge archive of books and magazines about the history film, television, and radio. The Lantern is the name of the search engine that lets you search through more than 2,000,000 pages of scanned copies of the bo…
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I’ll be keynoting this year’s virtual Constellation Learning Symposium on April 1, and I’m really pumped for what this event has planned! Read on for details about Constellation Learning, major themes of this event, and a discount code for 50% off r…
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A Few Thoughts – & Additional Resources – On Grading | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…
Teachers second-guess letter grades as they search for a fairer way is the headline of a new article in The Washington Post (and it has nearly 400 reader comments). I think far too much time and energy is spent on figuring out intricate grading proc…
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“For 45 minutes to an hour after, it’s just terrible. They’re throwing fits. It’s hard to get them off of it. It’s crazy,” said Kate, about the aftermath of when her son, a sixth grader, has to stop playing video games.
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Control Alt Achieve: Free Webinar: Marvelous Mote Activities for Schools
I will be presenting a free 1-hour webinar called “Marvelous Mote Activities for Schools” on Tuesday, March 8th at 3:30pm EST.
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Free Technology for Teachers: New Spaces Digital Portfolio Features
Spaces is a digital portfolio tool that I first covered around this time last year. Since then it has steadily grown in popularity. As it has grown in popularity it has steadily responded to teachers’ feedback and suggestions for improvement.
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Gretchen Dziadosz : Community schools could be a solution in the post-COVID-19 world
What happens after COVID-19, when schools can safely reopen? Citing concerns about possible learning loss, some have called to lengthen the school day and or school year. However, that can be a costly solution for many districts.
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In it, My friend, colleague, and co-author Katie Hull Sypnieski and I share our reflections as we approach the two-year anniversary of pandemic teaching.
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Free Technology for Teachers: Try the Game Templates in Canva
Last week I was recording a demo of how to use existing slides to make video lessons when I came across a neat slide template in Canva. That template was for a game called This or That. The game is a simple icebreaker type of game that gets people t…
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Jill Underly: The Debate About Parental Rights | Diane Ravitch’s blog
Jill Underly is the state superintendent of education in Wisconsin. In this article, she responds to the demands in red states for “parent rights,” which is usually premised on the belief that teachers are “indoctrinating” their students and can’t b…
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New Ukraine Teaching & Learning Resources | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…
Both Al Jazeera and The NY Times have live interactive maps tracking the Russian invasion.
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A Principal’s Reflections: The Role of a Leader in Building Capacity
When it comes to leadership, there is no one right way or quick fix. Just like with learning, it’s a process, not an event. Another given is that no matter where your practice lies, or that of your staff, there are always areas to improve.
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Control Alt Achieve: Free Webinars: Teaching with Chrome Series
I am excited and honored to be presenting two sessions in Google’s “Teaching with Chrome Series” on behalf of Kiker Learning. The series started in February and will run through March.
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