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How to Use Alexa Devices in the Classroom

The CoolCatTeacher

This free tool helps educators around the world connect their students. I’ve been collaborating globally since 2006 and have seen the power it has to help children be more accepting of people different from themselves. Friedlander talks about the Amazon Alexa devices and why so many teachers are excited about them.

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How to Design the Classroom for Effective Education with Michael Cohen

The CoolCatTeacher

This free tool helps educators around the world connect their students. I’ve been collaborating globally since 2006 and have seen the power it has to help children be more accepting of people different from themselves. We should design the classroom environment for learning. Today’s sponsor: Empatico.

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Using Blog Tools Since 2006

Learning With Lucie

I would have to say that my experience started in the late 90's when were first learned how to publish on the web using HTML and FTP, but in 2006 when I discovered blogging tool I quickly knew that a new digital portfolio platform had been born. We (my students and I) loved exploring new tools.

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Empowerment Through Choice

A Principal's Reflections

The underlying idea in this approach is that choice gives employees a sense of personal control, which can enhance their intrinsic motivation towards their work, resulting in higher morale, creativity and innovation, better performance, more significant organizational commitment, and lower turnover (Chua and Iyengar, 2006). Case in point.

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How to Create Meaningful Learning Experiences

The CoolCatTeacher

George Couros talks about how to make learning meaningful in our classroom. In this episode, George Couros and I discuss how to make meaningful learning experiences. How can we make time for innovation in the curriculum? Turnitin has a new tool, Revision Assistant. ” Students wonder what a subject means!

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How to Embrace an Open Culture in Your Classroom

The CoolCatTeacher

This type of learning is called an open culture of learning and George Couros, author of the Innovator’s Mindset, shares how it works. In this episode, George Couros and I discuss how to bring teachers and schools into an open culture of learning and teacher improvement. Turnitin has a new tool, Revision Assistant.

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What Are Hyflex Classes? The Evolution of Higher Education

Neo LMS

Like many other organizations, schools had to figure out how to provide a balanced solution. This asynchronous part is what makes a hyflex class effective as a learning tool. In fact, hyflex classes were originally developed in 2006. He shared the concept in 2006 and laid out four principles for every hyflex class.

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