Here are some great blog posts from this past week:
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A Principal’s Reflections: It Won’t Work…Or Will It?
When we look at various aspects of society, there is always an innate desire to improve through innovation. However, there seems always to be impediments to this process.
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Echoes of the Past: Game Pieces – Classroom Powerups
Coastal Carolina is once again square in the middle of the Cone of Uncertainty. Being in this cone gives me the same feeling as the few times I have been in car accidents. Instead of sitting in worried anticipation I am choosing to write a little.
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Free Technology for Teachers: How to Create and Distribute Google Docs Templates
At the beginning of the school year you might find yourself reviewing or introducing to your students the best way to take notes. You might also find yourself teaching them things like to how complete a science lab report.
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A Little-Known Trait Every Teacher Needs – Smart Classroom Management
It’s something never mentioned in educational circles but is present among the most effective teachers. Those who don’t possess this trait nearly always struggle.
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Interactive History Class 2019 – Teacher’s Log #2 | Gaming the Past
Disclaimer: shockingly little/ sometimes no proofreading; just trying to get the ideas out fast and frequently for those interested In the first log, I ended by talking about the board game Court[iers] of Versailles, an outstandingly-designed game o…
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Free Technology for Teachers: Wonderopolis Now Includes Immersive Reader
Wonderopolis is a great site for finding interesting articles to spark your students’ imaginations. I’ve been a fan of the site since I first discovered it more than six years ago. At its core Wonderopolis offers more than 2400 interesting articles …
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Free Technology for Teachers: Ten Google Product Updates for Teachers to Note
Every month Google rolls-out updates to many of the products that teachers and students use through G Suite for Education. Some of those updates happen in background on the administrative side of G Suite for Education. Those updates usually don’t ha…
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Assessing Prior Knowledge: What Do Your Students Already Know? |
Designing a one-size-fits-all lesson assumes that every student is starting from the same point. The reality is that students enter our classrooms with varied skillsets and prior knowledge.
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Humanizing Math Class Means Teaching Math Like The Humanities – dy/dan
Here are a couple of terrifying tweets from my summer.
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Mo Physics Mo Problems: The Grade Is Not the Goal: Innovate Inside the Box Reflection
How can I hope to make the learning important beyond “winning” the assessment?
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Interactive History Class 2019 – Teacher’s Log | Gaming the Past
So as some of you may know, I launched the second iteration of my Interactive History class, a senior elective at Cincinnati Country Day School. Last year it ran as a third quarter elective.
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The Nerdy Teacher: Chindogu and #MakerEd
As an added element, I will have students user Adobe Spark to create promo pages for their products to encourage people to buy them or show other how to make their own. I think Chindogu is a wonderful project for a Makerspace and classrooms looking …
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10 Book Creator SEL Projects for Your Classroom – Class Tech Tips
Is there such a thing as an SEL project? We know that students interact with a variety of content across the school day. These moments provide rich opportunities for them to learn about new topics in any and every subject area.
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Technology Tidbits: Thoughts of a Cyber Hero: Stick Pick
Stick Pick is a nice iOS app that replaces the “old” popsicle sticks on a teacher’s desk by helping teachers guide classroom instruction in a nice convenient way.
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The 23rd Student Blogging Challenge Begins October 6 – Student Blogging Challenge
I’m Sue Waters. This October, Kathleen Morris and I will be guiding you through the next Student Blogging Challenge with support from challenge founder, Sue Wyatt, and the Edublogs team. The Student Blogging Challenge runs twice yearly beginning in …
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Technology Tidbits: Thoughts of a Cyber Hero: while True: learn()
while True: learn() is an innovative new iOS game that educators can use to not only integrate Game Based Learning into their teachings, but introduce STEM skills such as: programming, coding, and logical thinking.
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Getting to Know You with Quizlet Live! – Mari Venturino
After the first few weeks of school, I struggle to keep the “getting to know you” activities going. In middle school, as much as I try to collect student information and spend time chatting with all of my students, it can be difficult to sustain thi…
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International Dot Day 2019: Your Guide To Getting Involved – The Edublogger
Have you heard of International Dot Day? It’s BIG! This year, over 14 million students and educators in 181 countries will be celebrating. International Dot Day is coming up around the week of September 15-ish.
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Free Technology for Teachers: A Time-saving Tip for Testing iPad and Android Apps
As you might expect, I test tons of apps every year. Some of those apps are brand new ones and others are older ones that people suggest that I try.
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Free Technology for Teachers: A Chrome Extension to Help With a Facebook Fast
I’m going on a bit of a Facebook fast. Like many people I say that I’m going “just check Facebook for a minute” and then find that I’ve wasted twenty minutes going down a rabbit hole following interesting links or commenting on friends’ posts.
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geralt / Pixabay I’m adding this new video from Edutopia to The Best Resources For Learning How To Best Give Feedback To Students:
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The E4Effort App: Working to Add a Measurement that Works
Today I’m writing a blog post about the E4Effort app. This system works to acknowledge and reinforce student effort during class learning activities and discussions. Think Class Dojo for older kids.
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Free Technology for Teachers: Four Good Places to Find Audio Files for Multimedia Projects
Whenever I talk to students or teachers about using music in multimedia projects I emphasize that just because a song is available to stream or download through the Internet, doesn’t mean that you have the rights to re-use it.
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Free Technology for Teachers: A Couple of Good Places to Find Icebreaker Activities
Every year at about this time I get a handful of requests for ideas for icebreaker activities. In fact, I found of one of those requests this morning in my inbox. Here are the two sites that come to the top of my mind when I’m asked for places to fi…