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5 Ways to Flip Your Classroom

The CoolCatTeacher

Friday, September 22, 2017. You kow, we haven’t closed that digital divide quite yet. As the producer of HipHughes History, he was recognized in 2012 by YouTube and Khan Academy with a YouTube Edu Guru Award. All comments in the shaded green box are my own. For guests and hyperlinks to resources, scroll down.

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After a Hurricane, Earthquakes and a Pandemic, Teaching in Puerto Rico is an Act of Resilience

Edsurge

The island is still struggling with the aftermath of the 2017 Hurricane Maria, which destroyed a large part of the electrical system. However, the digital divide has remained. San Juan, Puerto Rico— The pandemic has been just one of the challenges facing teachers in Puerto Rico.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. In 2017, just a week before Christmas, the New Media Consortium abruptly announced its immediate closure “because of apparent errors and omissions by its former Controller and Chief Financial Officer.” Good for you. But that’s not my job.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

pic.twitter.com/gOvmSOjcSf — Shelly (@ShellySometimes) February 14, 2017. Via WaPo : “The FCC talks the talk on the digital divide – and then walks in the other direction.” ” Via Techcrunch : “ Pixar offers free online lessons in storytelling via Khan Academy.”