Great blog posts from this past week:
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Interview: Matthieu Brevet, Steel Division II | Gaming the Past
Recently, I had the opportunity to pose a list of questions about history and games to Matthieu Brevet, historian and game designer at Eugen Systems, makers of both historical and counterfactual strategy games such as R.U.S.E., the Wargame series, a…
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The Best Books for Middle School According to My Students 2019 – Pernille Ripp
This is the fourth year that my students have gathered what they deem the very best books that they read this year and shared their recommendations with the world. As always we have favorites that …
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Free Technology for Teachers: How to Find Games & Quizzes in Google Earth
This week Google added a new round of Where in Google Earth is Carmen Sandiego? The new game follows up on the popularity of the first Where in Google Earth is Carmen Sandiego? that was launched in March. The new game has players help Carmen Sandieg…
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When Society Fails Students | Mike Kaechele
I recently visited an alternative education high school where I had taught for a year. The school uses PBL and students are genuinely loved and cared for. It was great seeing the staff and hearing success stories of former students. But unfortunatel…
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How To Fix A Talkative Class – Smart Classroom Management
Unwanted talking is near the top of the list of teacher frustrations. Although not considered severe misbehavior, it can nonetheless severely disrupt learning.
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Google Classroom: More Options Menu | 50 Things Book
On the class tiles page at http://bit.ly/1j8X3YR you find a grid of all your classes you are teaching or enrolled in. In the upper right hand corner of each tile is the 3 dots more options menu.
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Cliff Mass Weather and Climate Blog: Will 5G Undermine Weather Prediction?
There have been a number of media stories this week about a major threat to weather prediction: the sale of electromagnetic spectrum for new 5G cellphone service.
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Free Technology for Teachers: An Overview of the New Creative Commons Search Tool
Whenever I talk about using media in videos, slideshows, podcasts, or any other media, I always emphasize the importance of using media that is either in the public domain or carries a Creative Commons license.
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Free Technology for Teachers: ReadWorks Offers Free Summer Reading Packets
Summer will be here soon (in the northern hemisphere) and ReadWorks has free summer reading packets that you can send home with your students. The free summer reading packets are available with fiction and nonfiction articles for students entering f…
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Free Technology for Teachers: Wikispaces Alternatives
Almost a year after it ceased operations, Wikispaces and “Wikispaces alternatives” are still two of the most frequently searched terms on this blog. If you find yourself looking for an alternative to Wikispaces, here are some good options to try.
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Collaborative Worldbuilding for Writers and Gamers, Trent Hergenrader, eBook – AmazonSmile
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World Anvil World Building, Tools, RPG Campaign Manager and Community | World Anvil
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Lisa Nielsen: The Innovative Educator: 5 Tech Resources for the Blind or Visually Impaired
· 4 #EdTech Blogs to Bookmark · 9 Must Read Blogs for Innovative Teachers · 10 Digital Citizenship Bloggers to Follow · 10 Education blogs worth following – eSchool News · 11 Ed Tech Bloggers to Follow · 20 Best Blogs in Instructional Technology · 2…
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Coding in the Classroom with Avokiddo Apps for Kids – Class Tech Tips
I love the Hour of Code and how students across the world celebrate coding at the end of each calendar year.
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Free Technology for Teachers: 5 Ways for Students of All Ages to Make Animated Videos
Making animated videos is a great way for students to bring their written stories to life on screen. Those could be fiction or nonfiction stories.
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I Thought Movie Theatres Were Dying Out |
For much of my life I have heard of the pending demise of movie theatres. First, it was the video tape, then DVDs and more recently it has been the explosion of online viewing options.
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12 Awesome Ideas for Ending the School Year – Teacher Reboot Camp
The end of the school year is approaching fast! Before the year ends I aim to get students to review, reflect, and connect. Some of your students are probably super excited to begin their summers or might be restless from testing.
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Google Shares A Second Online Carmen Sandiego Game | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…
In March, Google unveiled a fun and education Carmen Sandiego game that you could play on Google Earth (see “Where on Google Earth is Carmen Sandiego?” Is A Neat New Geography Game). Today, they shared a second one, The Tutankhamun’s Mask Caper.
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The Secret To Teaching Coding To Everyone • Teched Up Teacher
Four years ago, when I started a makerspace at my current school district, I knew I wanted to introduce my middle schoolers to coding. I had taught coding to a small group of high schoolers in an informal, club-like format before, but I’d never taug…
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Free Technology for Teachers: Ten Great Tech Tools for Social Studies Lessons
Over the last decade I’ve written about a lot of excellent resources for social studies lessons. Over time some of those tools have faded away and others have moved to the forefront of my top recommendations. Here’s my current list of ten top tools …
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Is the purpose of school really low-level content and procedures? | @mcleod | Dangerously Irrelevant
If each person has natural gifts and innate talents, then the true nature of education must involve the awakening, inviting, and blessing of the inner genius and unique life spirit of each young person. [Kindle location 371] We all create our own li…
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Mo Physics Mo Problems: Suite Science Practices: Models
Leveraging G Suite & EdTech Tools when developing and applying models in the classroom.
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Dear STAR Test, We Need to Talk Again… – Pernille Ripp
Three years ago, almost to this date, I wrote my first blog post about the STAR test, a test sold by Renaissance Learning and employed in thousands of districts across the United States.
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e-learning , conocimiento en red: “Ethics and Games: The Talos Principle” by Sherry Jones @autnes
Hoy traemos a este espacio esta presentación de slideshare titulada “Ethics and Games: The Talos Principle” by Sherry Jones Feb.
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G Suite: Make Available OFFLINE – Teacher Tech
I use G Suite over other tools because collaboration is king. I do not want multiple versions floating around. Using G Suite I have full confidence that I am always looking at the current version. This is one reason for the paradigm shift that we do…
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How Learning Targets Empower Students (and Help Me, Too) | All Things Assessment
This guest post is written by Shannon Finnegan, a social studies teacher at Hopkins High School in Minnesota. Throughout my teaching career, I have taught in three vastly different schools: a suburban high school, an inner city 6–12 school, and an a…
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Technology Tidbits: Thoughts of a Cyber Hero: Book Creator Updates
Recently, Book Creator released some updates that now has their innovative app available for Safari instead of just Chrome. This makes it easy for all those Apple users to use Book Creator over the web on their default browser.
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Free Technology for Teachers: 5 Good Options for Making Digital Portfolios
In yesterday’s Practical Ed Tech post I mentioned that if you have been using a service like SeeSaw all year to have students create digital portfolios, it is relatively easy to have students create an end-of-year showcase of their best work.
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Amusing Monday: A comedy connection to climate change info | Watching Our Water Ways
Climate scientist Josh Willis, who graduated from the Second City Comedy School, does a pretty good impersonation of Elvis Presley, as he tries to help people understand climate change.
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22 Top Tips for Better Classroom Management | Cool Cat Teacher Blog
Classroom management can be a challenge. In this post, I’ll share twenty-two of my top tips and ideas that have helped me have an awesome classroom. While I won’t claim to ever be perfect, I have learned so much over the last seventeen years.
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Updated: List Of Class Blogs From Around The World – The Edublogger
We’ve just completed the latest update of our class blog list! We’ve maintained our class blog list on The Edublogger since 2008. This list is updated twice a year and always proves to be a popular resource.
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Fostering Resilient Learners: Strategies for Creating a Trauma-Sensitive Classroom – Mari Venturino
One thing I appreciate about my district is our Teacher Leadership Book Study. This phenomenal professional development opportunity is spearheaded by Amy Illingworth, our Director of Professional Growth.
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How much water should you be drinking? – Yummy Math
As outdoor activities get into full swing and the temperatures rise, it might be a good time to look at hydration. In this activity student develop formulas for calculating their water needs, learn about the effects of too little water, and calculat…
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Is That Higher-Order Task Really Higher Order? | Cult of Pedagogy
This post contains Amazon Affiliate links. When you make a purchase through these links, Cult of Pedagogy gets a small percentage of the sale at no extra cost to you. The mobiles hang from the ceiling like jewelry, filling Ms. Jackson’s language art…
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Lake Erie’s toxic algae blooms: Why is the water turning green? | NSF – National Science Foundation