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4 Ways to Use Improv to Teach

The CoolCatTeacher

Mel Paradis on Episode 553 From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Mel Paradis, author of Teaching Improv: The Essential Handbook , shares four ways to use Improv to teach in the classroom. Since 2011, she has been a member of Jackson Hole’s improv comedy troupe, The Laff Staff ( [link] ).

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The History of the School Bell

Hack Education

Although companies like the Standard Electric Time Company (founded in Massachusetts in 1884) sold synchronized clock and bell systems to schools (and yes, factories), an early function of the latter was not to mimic the rhythm of the workplace but rather to warn occupants about fire. And that includes the school bell. " (1838).

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May 31 - Interview with James Bosco on Digital Media and Participatory Learning

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Date : Tuesday, May 31st, 2011 Time : 5pm Pacific / 8pm Eastern / 12am GMT (next day-- international times here ) Duration : 1 hour Location : In Elluminate. psid=2011-05-31.1720.M.9E9FE58134BE68C3B413F24B3586CF.vcr&sid=2008350. Log in at [link]. To make sure that your computer is configured for Elluminate, please visit [link].

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Learning Analytics 2018 – An updated perspective

IAD Learning

Taking action is a matter of leadership and culture : Leadership because analytics triggered actions need to be fully supported by the leadership team of your institution, school, company, etc. ” There are three crucial elements involved in this definition. Culture because organizations need to create an internal data-driven culture.

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6 Simple Reasons Why You Should Create a Blog or Podcast This Year

TeacherCast

To Help Other People Way back in 2011, I was a Music Educator in a nice sized high school. The creation of a blog or podcast provides you not only the opportunity to build your own PLN, but gives you the opportunity to work directly with companies as a conduit to their audience. This is of course why it has no singular topic or focus.

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6 Simple Reasons Why You Should Create a Blog or Podcast This Year

TeacherCast

Way back in 2011, I was a Music Educator in a nice sized high school. The creation of a blog or podcast provides you not only the opportunity to build your own PLN, but gives you the opportunity to work directly with companies as a conduit to their audience. To Help Other People. To Build Your Own Personal Resource.

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Students are enlisted to help flailing classmates deal with money matters

The Hechinger Report

A separate study by the loan company Sallie Mae found that nearly a quarter of students don’t pay bills on time, nearly half set aside no savings, 40 percent spend more than they have, more than a third don’t read their credit card reports and more than a third don’t pay off their full credit card balance every month.

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