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Troubleshooting the Flipped Classroom: Dealing with Unprepared Students

Catlin Tucker

First, let’s establish the value of the flipped classroom in case you have never used this blended learning model. It’s akin to a parent asking their child to clean their room before company comes over, but when the child doesn’t do it, the parent cleans the room for them. I caution teachers not to do this.

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My Amazing Movie Poster: Free Project Plan to Teach Graphic Design

The CoolCatTeacher

Milestone 2: Pitch document Students will create a pitch document with a movie title, plot overview, and ideas for movie titles to secure the “green light” for their movie idea. Key aspects of project-based learning with this project This is a fun project as students discuss everything from film genres to plots.

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Unlock Your Second Brain: A Guide to Choosing the Best Digital Notetaking App

The CoolCatTeacher

Every time I try to leave it, I end up back in January 2023, it was acquired by a company called Bending Spoons, a very reputable software company out of Europe. You can now collaboratively edit so I can take a picture on my phone and the editing that document in Evernote. Evernote is like people love it, People hate it.

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Universal Design for Learning and Blended Learning: Engagement

Catlin Tucker

When I work with schools that have already adopted the UDL framework, they immediately recognize how blended learning can help teachers to implement many of the principles of UDL more effectively. I believe that blended learning models can make putting UDL into practice more manageable. Engagement. Self-Regulation.

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EdisonLearning Joins with Digital Learning Collaborative to Improve Online Education

eSchool News

Online and blended learning have become powerful solutions to improve students’ access to a high-quality education, regardless of their life circumstances, socioeconomic status or zip code,” said Thom Jackson, President and CEO of EdisonLearning. The DLC works in a variety of online and blended learning settings (e.g.,

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Lumio: Making Review and Practice Easy

The CoolCatTeacher

You can upload anything you already have in your classroom, every pdf, every electronic document, or the materials you’ve purchased and add to Lumio. The company who sponsored it compensated me via a cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product. All opinions are my own.

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Plagiarism Prevention: Best Practices with Urkund

The CoolCatTeacher

In this blog post, I’ll share my review of this product from a company founded in 2000 and will talk about its benefits and features. The company who sponsored it compensated me via cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product. to deceive the system.”

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