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10 Ways to Use Twitter in Class

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For anyone who missed the April announcement, Twitter switched its app category from ‘social media’ (where it consistently ranked in the top ten with Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, WhatsApp, and Pinterest) to ‘news’ (now ranked #1, ahead of apps like CNN, Fox News, and Reddit). Establish rules for Twitter use.

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How to Create a Paperless Classroom

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This includes how-to videos, lesson reviews, homework help, whiteboard explanations of math or science, and anything required for a flipped classroom. They don’t need to meet in a physical location or call each other on the phone. Encourage students to meet in study groups via virtual rooms like Google Hangouts.

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3 Apps That Energize Learning

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make access from digital devices easy and intuitive. Here are three apps I love that meet these qualifications: Flipgrid. IFTTT is intuitive, friendly, and will quickly become one of your favorite time-saving, life-organizing, classroom management apps. Provide video evidence of class activities in a flipped classroom.

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35 Take-aways from Summer 2016 Professional Development

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We experimented with some of the hottest tech tools available for the classroom such as Google Apps, differentiation tools, digital storytelling, visual learning, Twitter, blogs, Common Core and tech, digital citizenship, and formative assessment options. Twitter Chats worked best with larger groups.

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17 Take-aways from Summer PD

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It was run like a flipped classroom where class members picked 60% of daily topics, then they read, tested and experimented. Some had been teaching for thirty years and still enthusiastically embraced everything from twitter to the gamification of education. Failed and tried again. They were curious. They are life long learners.

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Top 10 Reasons to Sign Up for Summer Learning with Ask a Tech Teacher

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You want to meet new people. Digital portfolios—via wikis. Flipped Classroom—attendees learn in a ‘flipped classroom’ environment. Google Hangouts–used to meet as a group and discuss topics. Your school will pay for it of you promise to teach colleagues–or show the videos.

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20 Ways to Personalize Your Learning This Summer

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From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter We educators need to rest and recover this summer. If you go into lesson planning with an understanding of differentiating instruction, your assignments can engage learners and meet a variety of their needs. So many of us are exhausted.