Sat.Sep 10, 2016

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23 Unique Google Slides

Teacher Tech

NOT All Students Turning In The Same Thing Christine Monge shared on Twitter that she tried using Collaborative Google Slides with her class. She was absent and had her students all collaborate on the same Google Slides document. Expecting students to write a paragraph on the slides or some bullet points, she was happily surprised. […]. The post 23 Unique Google Slides appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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5 Great Tools to Enhance Students Reading and Writing Skills

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Deep thinking is key to deep learning which in turn is only possible through total immersion. In an age full of all kinds of digital distractions, the notion of deep learning is fading away driving.read more.

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Defending the Liberal Arts: My class on “Perspectives on Death and Dying” dealt in theory — until 9/11

The Hechinger Report

Charles Myers. Just one student had experienced death in her personal life when I met with 25 seniors at Gettysburg College for the first session of my seminar, “Perspectives on Death and Dying.”. The famous Gettysburg battlefield where about 50,000 people were killed in 1863 may have been just down the road. But on Sept 5, 2001 nobody else in my class other than that one student had lost a grandparent, a parent, a sibling, or a friend to death.

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A Great Collection of Interesting Books for Teachers and Educators

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Since its inception last year, our Pinterest board ‘Great Books for Teachers’ have grown so much in popularity with more than 16k followers and over 170 pins. During 2015, we reviewed a number of.read more.

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Quickly Create Personalized Learning Experiences that Work

How can we actively engage learners 24/7, on their level and according to their interests, while respecting their learning styles? It’s not impossible. In this guide: Explore how to transform traditional, one-way videos into two-way interactive learning experiences Understand different types of artificial intelligence (AI), including - Generative vs.

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Sparking Curiosity Tool Kit 

Cycles of Learning

Excited to share this quick, "Sparking Curiosity" document I put together for my colleagues. The document outlines past and current research on Curiosity as well as practical examples across disciplines.

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Tangrams: A Cross Curricular, Experiential Unit

User Generated Education

Now that I am back in the classroom two days a week teaching gifted elementary students, I can do and report on the cross curricular units I plan and implement. There are several guiding factors that I use to design my units: They need to be hands-on and experiential. Learner choice and voice is valued. They need to address cross curricular standards.

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