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Discover Ways to Drive Safe Google Apps Adoption in Your School

Gaggle Speaks

The launch of Google Classroom along with changes to E-Rate funding have led school districts, perhaps more than ever, to consider a move to Google Apps for Education. ” In addition to ideas on how to get started, the hour-long webcast covered 12 different ways to drive Google Apps for Education (GAFE) adoption.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

“To Save Students Money, Colleges May Force a Switch to E-Textbooks,” The Chronicle of Higher Education reported in 2010. The story examined a proposed practice: “Colleges require students to pay a course-materials fee, which would be used to buy e-books for all of them (whatever text the professor recommends, just as in the old model).”

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Allsides: Curating diverse perspectives (or looking at news from most sides now)

NeverEndingSearch

John noted that many teachers discovered AllSides during election season, possibly because they felt challenged by how to frame controversial news issues in class, fearing push-back from parents and administrators. The see news ratings for each story and can filter for perspective and trace a story back in time.

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LitWeaver: the very model of a new age lit anthology

NeverEndingSearch

The free, digital and happily diverse anthology curates and shares e-books, authors, and reader’s guides. Users can set up shelves, print and rate and comment on their readings. The big print publishers are back on their heels a bit, not sure how to react to ebooks. We see LitWeaver as a transition from print to e-reading.

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Teaching kids not to be scared of math might help them achieve

The Hechinger Report

Dozens of states have incorporated more rigorous standards through the implementation of the Common Core. He began class by telling students that he was confident they would soon know how to solve it. After the June 2017 Regents, 25 of the 41 students who had repeatedly failed the state exam passed — a rate of 61 percent.

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5 Ways ELA Teachers Can Use Graphite

Graphite Blog

For each, we've also included some tips on how to get the most out of each feature. Best Common Core ELA Tools for Elementary Schoolers. Best E-reader Apps and Websites. In addition to the main Editorial Reviews, each tool on Graphite can be rated and reviewed by teachers. Let us know in the comments.

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Why Choice Matters to Student Learning

MindShift

Now, I’m not equating the import of weighing your options in caffeinated beverage with one’s choice in how to display knowledge of your content area, but it seems to me that at some point, there was a shift in expectation in our culture outside of school that soon became reflected within school as well. Want ways to differentiate organically?