Brilliant or Insane

NOVEMBER 19, 2016

Brilliant or Insane. 10 Tech Recipes For a Stress-Free Teacher Life by Antonio Tooley Today’s teachers have their work cut out for them because not only are they fighting for the attention of students whose attention spans are getting increasingly shorter, but they also have to grade papers, create lesson plans, check homework, and keep track of how their […].

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 19, 2016

As more educators begin to see the tremendous impact blended learning can have on student learning and engagement, school leaders have begun scrambling to train teachers on how to utilize technology to enhance instruction. This has proven to be challenging since many current administrators have limited experience with blended learning given the relative newness of the approach.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 19, 2016

I told myself this year that I had to get better at asking folks to support the work I do on this website. I added a blurb to the bottom of my newsletter , for example, informing readers that this site is not funded by ads or investors or corporations or philanthropic organizations. Well, I added that blurb, like, twice. And then I forgot. I always remember this time of year, when I’m in the middle of writing the series of stories I publish on the “ Top Ed-Tech Trends ” (and fe

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The Principal of Change

NOVEMBER 19, 2016

John Spencer , a great friend and amazing thinker, has a course on “Design Thinking for Teachers”, that is happening now. I know John is very thoughtful about his work, and has helped many educators embrace “Design Thinking” in their classrooms, in a way that is easy to connect with, yet powerful for students. If you are interested in signing up for the course, please click the following link: Design Thinking for Educators (Course).

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The Electric Educator

NOVEMBER 19, 2016

Readability, one of my favorite Chrome extensions, will be shut down on December 10, 2016. You can read their announcement here. Readability is one more in a long line of web-based tools that, while popular, did not have a monetization plan and were unable to continue development and support of their free service. Readability was a tremendous tool for helping students access content without all of the clutter and garbage found on most major news sites.

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The Innovative Educator

NOVEMBER 19, 2016

Wow. What a wild ride these past ten days have been post election. Like many others, I didn’t see a Trump Presidency in our future. As a result I had not spent time looking into his thoughts and beliefs about education. If the same is true for you, don't worry! Time for us all to catch up. I have spent dozens of hours sifting through three books, along with numerous articles and videos from and about Trump.

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