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10 Ways to Use Twitter in Class

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For anyone who missed the April announcement, Twitter switched its app category from ‘social media’ (where it consistently ranked in the top ten with Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, WhatsApp, and Pinterest) to ‘news’ (now ranked #1, ahead of apps like CNN, Fox News, and Reddit). Establish rules for Twitter use.

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How to Create a Paperless Classroom

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Instead, people use a digital calendar that automatically syncs life events across all of their digital devices. Classroom activities should be handled the same. Enter them to an easily accessible digital calendar like Google Calendar and share with students, parents, and interested stakeholders.

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3 Apps That Energize Learning

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make access from digital devices easy and intuitive. IFTTT is intuitive, friendly, and will quickly become one of your favorite time-saving, life-organizing, classroom management apps. I polled my teacher friends and trolled Twitter to find out the most popular ways educators use IFTTT. Educational applications.

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15 Take-aways from Online Grad School Classes

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Sessions were run like a flipped classroom where attendees accessed daily topics, read/watched materials, tested their knowledge, and experimented with projects. They chatted with colleagues on discussion boards, blogs, and Twitter. Some of the problems students faced down: How to use twitter. How to use GHO.

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20 Ways to Personalize Your Learning This Summer

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From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter We educators need to rest and recover this summer. While the stress of the pandemic, lack of reliable Internet access, and a thousand understandable reasons could be part of students not showing up, students weren’t motivated to want to attend.

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Why Blended Learning Fits Your Class, 3 Issues to Think About, and 5 Easy Ways to Begin

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Blended learning occurs when an education program combines Internet-based media with traditional classroom methods. videos, links, and audio) are available online, students can access them according to their schedules and location. Infrastructure. These should be in place before unpacking a blended learning program.

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Go Paperless for Earth Day

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This may include: Google Apps for Education and/or Google Classroom–this serves as a basic digital portfolio for students, a collaborative tool with classmates, the teacher’s inbox and her tool for returning graded and analyzed student work. Classroom activities should be handled the same.

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