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10 Ways to Use Twitter in Class

Ask a Tech Teacher

For anyone who missed the April announcement, Twitter switched its app category from ‘social media’ (where it consistently ranked in the top ten with Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, WhatsApp, and Pinterest) to ‘news’ (now ranked #1, ahead of apps like CNN, Fox News, and Reddit). Establish rules for Twitter use.

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Project Based Learning and the Flipped Classroom… A Great Combination!

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

I big shout out to all of you I had a chance to meet at FETC 2018 in Orlando. While I was at FETC I ran into Jon Bergmann who is best known for his work on the Flipped Classroom. We had our usual talk on ideas that support both PBL and Flipped Learning. A flipped infusion just might be the answer.

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How to Create a Paperless Classroom

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This includes how-to videos, lesson reviews, homework help, whiteboard explanations of math or science, and anything required for a flipped classroom. They don’t need to meet in a physical location or call each other on the phone. Encourage students to meet in study groups via virtual rooms like Google Hangouts.

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5 Awesome New Screencastify Features

The CoolCatTeacher

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. In this post, I’ll share some of the new features in Screencastify and how I’ve used it in my classroom. Screencastify has some awesome new editing features making it an even more important part of the flipped or online classroom.

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3 Apps That Energize Learning

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Here are three apps I love that meet these qualifications: Flipgrid. IFTTT is intuitive, friendly, and will quickly become one of your favorite time-saving, life-organizing, classroom management apps. I polled my teacher friends and trolled Twitter to find out the most popular ways educators use IFTTT. Educational applications.

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5 Microsoft OneNote Tips Every Educator Should Know

EdTech Magazine

I’ve used this space for flipped classrooms when I have students do group work in class, like this example from a course on Greek archaeology: Each group of students can work simultaneously on one page, adding content which is marked with a vertical colored stripe and the student’s initials so you can see which student added which content.

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How NEO helped me work my way into a blended learning environment

Neo LMS

To get started I read the book Flip Your Classroom: Reach Every Student in Every Class Every Day by Aaron Sams and Jonathan Bergmann, joined several groups online and followed a couple of entities on Twitter. That spring I took the last term of the year and flipped it.