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10 Awesome Courses To Improve Your Online Classroom

The CoolCatTeacher

3 – Social Media Tools in Teaching – Using Them the Right Way I’ve seen social media used in ways that aren’t very safe or effective. For example, when teachers post their video conferencing links publicly on social media, they are unknowingly allowing unwanted attendees to enter their online classrooms.

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20 Ways to Personalize Your Learning This Summer

The CoolCatTeacher

Course: Implementing Culturally Responsive Teaching Strategies “In this course, you will explore the importance of culture; how it impacts thinking, learning, and behavior; and how to embrace cultural differences and become a culturally responsive teacher.” Digital Assessments How can we effectively assess learning in a digital classroom?

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7 Digital tools for student engagement across all grade levels

Neo LMS

To engage students, we need tools that work well regardless of where learning is taking place — hybrid, virtual or in-person. Presentations can have sound, hyperlinks, social media buttons and so much more. Gimkit is one of many game-based learning tools available and it has been a favorite of my students each year.

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Discovery Education, Caterpillar Foundation, and Learning Undefeated Launch New Initiative to Inspire Next Generation of STEM Professionals

eSchool News

To learn more about the global impact of the Caterpillar Foundation, visit caterpillar.com/foundation. To connect with us on social media, visit caterpillar.com/social-media. Best known for its fleet of traveling STEM laboratories, Learning Undefeated’s flagship STEM education program has prepared more than 1.5

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GoldieBlox and Discovery Education Partner to Bring Chemistry to High School Classrooms Nationwide with New Immersive Learning Experience on Roblox 

eSchool News

Every detail of these resources are thoughtfully designed to strike that hard-to-reach balance of entertainment and academic rigor, all while delivering the learning content in an accessible, inclusive way,” said Debbie Sterling, CEO and Founder of GoldieBlox. “We Inspired by the global media company Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.

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7 Global Project Ideas from a Leading 3rd Grade Classroom

The CoolCatTeacher

I think we’ve learned how to use social media in just a really positive way, and learned to communicate and build a global audience, and shared our learning, and learned with others. How Vickie Morgado Uses Social Media in Her Classroom. We have connected with different classrooms. It was fun!

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Automation Will Hit Young People Hardest. Can These Nonprofits Prepare Them for It?

Edsurge

Can you discuss the design considerations that you made to ensure that the content in your curriculum is accessible to the diverse students that you’re trying to serve? Students are now at home, they might have to be caring for siblings and there’s access issues. Also there’s a game-based learning element to it.

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