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Books You’ll Want to Read This Summer

Ask a Tech Teacher

My Twitter friends gave me great suggestions, but first: A comment on the selections : I did get more suggestions than I could possibly list so I avoided books that involved politics or hot-button subjects that teachers are divided on and focused on positive and uplifting reading. teacher training programs. This book is free online.

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A Very Useful Guide to Virtual Classroom Collaboration

The CoolCatTeacher

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter In this episode, we welcome Billy Krakower, a nationally recognized educator with 16 years of experience and a passion for bringing technology and creativity into the classroom. Training and Founding Partner at Evolving Educators.

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Science of Reading Training for Teachers: A Guide for School Administrators

Waterford

In connection with the Science of Reading Virtual Summit , Waterford is sharing an article series exploring the science behind how students learn to read and what administrators can do to guide school and classroom strategies. Read on to learn how training on the science of reading can transform your school district.

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13 Websites That Provide Lots of Digital Books for Summer Reading

Ask a Tech Teacher

The reasons were varied (teacher training, infrastructure, and professional support to name a few), but one of the most prominent was money. There is one bright spot in this story: Online books. Here are a list of sites that offer digital books for kids to adults: Bookopolis. Books can be read online or on most mobile devices.

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AI in the Classroom: A Complete AI Classroom Guide

The CoolCatTeacher

Today's three guests are expert authors of the newly released The AI Classroom: The Ultimate Guide to Artificial Intelligence in Education. From budgets to banking to credit and savings, choose a topic and use it in your classroom with EVERFI’s free financial literacy lesson plans. Is it helpful? Should it be welcomed in schools?

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12 Websites for Digital Books Summer Reading

Ask a Tech Teacher

The reasons were varied (teacher training, infrastructure, and professional support to name a few), but one of the most prominent was money. There is one bright spot in this story: Online books. Here are eight sites that offer free books for kids to adults: Bookopolis. Kids can even watch book trailers before making a selection.

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How to effectively train your teachers and faculty on utilizing a digital learning platform to its fullest

Hapara

To get the maximum out of any digital learning platform your school uses, your operators need to be well-trained and skilled. K-12 teachers, tutors and faculty can’t be trained on edtech like machine operators in a shop. The analogy stops here, though. Managing edtech tools isn’t and was never intended to be their main gig.

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