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10 Myths about Teaching with Tech

Ask a Tech Teacher

When these “digital natives” show up in my classroom, they have played with iPads and their parents’ smartphones enough to know how to swipe, tap, squeeze, and shake, but they know none of the nuances required to morph the device from a toy to a productivity tool. Here’s how this works. Knowledge must be taught.

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Wikispaces has closed. What are your alternatives?

Ask a Tech Teacher

Wikispaces, one of education’s standout collaborative websites, closed at the end of June 2018. Where Wikispaces was fairly intuitive, this one will be challenging for the average Luddite teacher (myself included), maybe on a par with a Moodle account. It is flexible, customizable, and has been downloaded by millions.

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Ultimate Resource Guide for the NEW Google Classroom!

The Electric Educator

How does Google Classroom compare with Schoology? New 2018 Google Classroom Updates (Detailed overview) By John Sowash, ElectricEducator.com Posting to your Classroom You can post three things to Google Classroom: announcements, questions, and assignments. ??? What is Google Classroom? Should I use it? Google Sites?

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iPads for Masterful Math: Randomizing Formative Math Assessment

The CoolCatTeacher

Date: January 10, 2018. We use Moodle as a Learning Management System. So you can have these types of assessment items on a Moodle platform. Listen to the show on iTunes or Stitcher. Stream by clicking here. Enhanced Transcript. Masterful Math: Randomizing Formative Math Assessment. Link to show: www.coolcatteacher.com/e228.

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E-learning Engagement: Persuasive Design Strategies

The CoolCatTeacher

Elearning design needs to engage and persuade the learner to know how to engage with the content and learning. Date: April 4, 2018. I mean, how are most teachers handling that? Are teachers supposed to know how to design an eLearning space? Listen to the show on iTunes or Stitcher. Stream by clicking here. Vicki: Yeah.

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Ultimate Resource Guide for the NEW Google Classroom!

techlearning

How does Google Classroom compare with Schoology? These articles will show you how to manage them and tell you which ones to disable. I've created a really nice PDF version of this post that you can download here. What is Google Classroom? Should I use it? Google Sites? What exactly is Google Classroom? Here’s what you need to know!

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Thank God we spent the last 20 years paying a dozen middle-aged white men to rehash the same articles on how political correctness on campus is the true threat to free speech [link] — Dara Very Rude Elevator Screamers Kaye (@DaraKaye) October 29, 2018. " [link] — Kaitlin Mulhere (@KMulhere) October 30, 2018.