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The Great Learning Management System Debate: Featuring Canvas, Schoology and Google Classroom

TeacherCast

With so many choices on where to build your digital classroom, the questions often arise: “Why do I need a learning management system? Why consider Schoology? Schoology is an LMS that has the visual appeal of a social media application like Facebook, which provides students with a platform they are comfortable in.

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Game Based Learning in Action

The CoolCatTeacher

On today’s show Matthew Farber, author of Game-Based Learning In Action: How an Expert Affinity Group Teaches with Games , talks about how to use games in the classroom effectively. They are practical courses that have teachers developing tangible resources to use in their classrooms immediately. There’s gamification.

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How One Teacher's Curiosity Led to Gamification in the Classroom

Graphite Blog

Yes, it may take several attempts or even days, but that sense of accomplishment kids have when they "win" is something I'd like to see in my classroom. I’ve organized my missions into folders in Schoology. Other photos from BrainPop and Schoology captured by the author. Games offer the perfect amount of challenge.

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Teacher Absent? How Tech Can Bridge the Gap

Graphite Blog

Only the classroom teacher can manage classroom tech. It's true that subs don't always find quick success with classroom management. Strong Class Culture Is Key As the classroom teacher, I learned that the biggest factor for how things went when I was gone was the strength of the classroom culture.

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Teacher Absent? How Tech Can Bridge the Gap

Graphite Blog

Only the classroom teacher can manage classroom tech. It's true that subs don't always find quick success with classroom management. Strong Class Culture Is Key As the classroom teacher, I learned that the biggest factor for how things went when I was gone was the strength of the classroom culture.

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Teacher Absent? How Tech Can Bridge the Gap

Graphite Blog

Only the classroom teacher can manage classroom tech. It's true that subs don't always find quick success with classroom management. Strong Class Culture Is Key As the classroom teacher, I learned that the biggest factor for how things went when I was gone was the strength of the classroom culture.

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The Business of 'Ed-Tech Trends'

Hack Education

Or one could look at ed-tech companies that laid off staff: the coding bootcamp Galvanize , the analytics company Civitas Learning , the learning management system Schoology , MOOC provider Coursera , the education giant Pearson , for example. Two high-profile coding bootcamps, The Iron Yard and Dev Bootcamp, closed their doors.

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