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25 Websites for Lesson Planning

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Educreations. TEDEd- -great for flipped classrooms. She is an adjunct professor in tech ed, Master Teacher, webmaster for four blogs, an Amazon Vine Voice , CSTA presentation reviewer, freelance journalist on tech ed topics, contributor to NEA Today , and author of the tech thrillers, To Hunt a Sub and Twenty-four Days.

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How to Create a Paperless Classroom

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Take a few weekends this summer to set up a class blog and class website and get comfortable with the digital side of your school. Instead, send them out digitally as well as embedding them into class websites, blogs, and school announcements. Parents who want the paper version to paste to their refrigerator can print it themselves.

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3 Organizational Apps to Start the School Year

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Educreations. Today’s classroom requires teachers build how-to videos that are used on class websites, in flipped classrooms, and for professional development. One of the standouts in this screencasting field is Educreations. Overall: Educreations is everything a whiteboard wants to grow up to be.

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Autonomy Breeds Change

A Principal's Reflections

Math teacher Jeff Fiscina learned how to create engaging learning activities using Educreations. He also developed his own blog and started a Twitter account for his classes. History teacher Rebecca Millan started her own blog and is now having her students blog as well in Sociology.

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10 Reasons to Screencast in Your Class and 7 Best-in-class Tools

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Provide video evidence of class activities in a flipped classroom. Share the screencast where students will find it — YouTube, class blog, class website, or another location. I’ve started for you by noting cost, what digital devices they work best on, and suggested age group: Educreations .

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Finding Content for Reteaching, Blending, and Flipping

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We talked about using a tool like Socrative or InfuseLearning to get a quick feel for where students are in their learning, and then apps like Explain Everything , Educreations , or ShowMe which teachers can use to create video tutorials based on learning needs. These were ideas we came up with in a fairly brief brainstorming session.

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Go Paperless for Earth Day

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To kickstart your paperless digital classroom requires a modicum of preparation. Take a few weekends this summer to set up a class blog and class website and get comfortable with the digital side of your school. Instead, send them out digitally as well as embedding them into class websites, blogs, and school announcements.

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