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Augmented Reality Lessons You Can Use Now

The CoolCatTeacher

Additionally, Mitch co-founded Academic Business Advisors in 2005, to help organizations reach teachers and students in the US. Presently, beginning in January 2019, Mitch became US COO of 3DBear, a Finnish EdTech company that uses Augmented Reality to motivate students to engage and learn deeply.

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Playlists vs. Choice Boards: What is the difference?

Catlin Tucker

When I facilitate training sessions on playlists, I use a backward design approach to guide teachers through the process (Wiggins & McTighe, 2005). Unlike a playlist, the choice board typically presents learners with three columns with multiple options in each.

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BattleDeck-- Presentation Game #flipcon15

Baker's B.Y.O.D.

I learned about Battle Deck at #flipcon15 during a hilarious segment where participants gave an off-the-cuff-presentation on the theme of Flipping the Prom using a never-before-seen-but-preselected-by-the-game-master slide deck. battledeck face off game 2 min presentations with slides that have never been seen before.

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Helpful Tips to Integrate Media Literacy in Your Teaching

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

As for the Ontario Association for Media Literacy (AML) (cited in Duncan, 2005) “Media literacy is concerned with developing an informed and critical understanding of the nature of the mass media, the techniques used by them, and the impact of these techniques. Drawing on Mills (1995, p. What genre is it part of? Sources: Duncan, B.

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I Am Connected, Therefore I Learn

Catlin Tucker

presents a new theoretical construct, called connectivism, that takes into account trends in technology, the rapidly decreasing time between when a person gains knowledge and when it becomes obsolete, and our increasing connectedness. Siemens presents a cycle of knowledge development that begins with the individual. Click To Tweet.

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Seesaw in the Elementary Music Classroom with Amy Burns

The CoolCatTeacher

She has presented many sessions on the topic, including four keynote addresses in Texas, Indiana, St. She is the recipient of the 2005 TI:ME Teacher of the Year, 2016 NJ Master Music Teacher, 2016 Governor’s Leader in Arts Education, and the 2017 NJ Nonpublic School Teacher of the Year Awards. Maarten, and Australia.

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95 Percent Group Unveils 95 Phonics Core Program for Grades 4 and 5

eSchool News

The 2022 National Assessment of Education Progress – the Nation’s Report Card – revealed the average fourth-grade reading score was lower than all previous assessment years going back to 2005, dropping back to 1992 levels. Research on reading instruction has been very clear for more than 20 years.

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