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Khan Academy: Friend or Foe?

A Principal's Reflections

He officially started Khan Academy in 2009 knowing that quality videos would withstand test of time. The Khan Academy site now contains over 3000 videos mapped to the Common Core and associated assessments that allow learners to practice and reinforce skills acquired through the videos.

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Is the Socratic Method Right for Your Class?

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For Common Core schools, the Socratic Method prods students to: use text-based evidence to support their ideas. Finally, this approach is not well-suited to webinars, a flipped classroom, or any other teaching method where students view resources without the opportunity to question them. 2009) The First Days of School.

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Change is a Mindset

A Principal's Reflections

Luckily change came in the form of a little blue bird that gave me the kick in the butt that I desperately needed back in 2009. Flipped classroom and instructional model implemented in 2012. It was a huge problem for us. We were in a rut and didn''t even know it.

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PD for Writing Teachers: STEM Workshops, Rockstar Camps, Twitter and More!

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My experience as a Fellow in the 2009 Summer Institute and subsequent optional monthly gatherings have formed the foundation of my reading and writing instruction. We began examining the details of the Common Core State Standards years before their rollout in school districts.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

The Flipped Classroom". It was probably Sal Khan’s 2011 TED Talk “Let’s Use Video to Reinvent Education” and the flurry of media he received over the course of the following year or so that introduced the idea of the “flipped classroom” to most people. And here it is again, still flopping in this one.

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