edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

And to help teachers navigate the plethora of materials for the digital classroom, Tanner Higgin, Director of Education Editorial Strategy at Common Sense Education, presented “ 50 Top Edtech Tools for the Classroom.” Below are some of Higgin’s favorites. At Common Sense Education, the edtech reviewers have seen it all.

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MindShift

AUGUST 25, 2020

Writers can create alternate endings for stories, create parallel worlds, develop side characters more deeply or cross over characters from different stories. Fan fiction can be challenging because writers have to be knowledgable about what existing characters would do or how their worlds operate. Fan Fiction and Learning.

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Educator Innovator

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

In a world of nearly ubiquitous YouTube viewership, watching and making video essays in the classroom is not only a great platform for close reading and digital composition, but a media literacy imperative, argues Tanner Higgin from Common Sense Education. By Tanner Higgin. ” Why Are They Great for Learning?

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MindShift

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

They’re usually meticulously narrated and edited, juxtaposing video footage, images, audio, and text to make an argument much like a writer would do in a traditional essay. YouTube video essays are long-form (relative to many other internet videos) critical videos that make arguments about media and culture.

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