Catlin Tucker

APRIL 25, 2020

When teachers introduce tasks or assignments in the classroom, they often provide both text and verbal directions. They have the luxury of holding up papers or projecting online assignments to show students exactly what to do. Teachers working with younger learners who may not be strong readers or teachers who are introducing a complicated or multistep assignment will want to explore strategies for providing audio or video directions.

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Edsurge

APRIL 25, 2020

In the lottery of economic timing, my brother drew a bum ticket. On the day of his college career fair—September 15, 2008—Lehman Brothers collapsed. The unfolding was so hasty that no one thought to disassemble the firm’s recruiting table, which stood vacant as my brother and his classmates grimly filed by. Today, the site of that fair—Yale’s Payne Whitney Gymnasium—is decked not with recruiting tables, but with hospital beds.

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Teacher Tech

APRIL 25, 2020

During a live session with students there are several options for how you poll students. A quick and dirty is to reuse the same Google Form repeatedly. Steps Create a Google Form with one multiple choice question. It can be generic “Answer the question” and “A, B, C, D.” OR you can edit the question […]. The post Use the SAME Google Form to Poll appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

APRIL 25, 2020

Today as I finished reading The Unthinkable by Amanda Ripley (a book I discovered through The Thesis Whisperer), it dawned on me to share with you this short list of books on pandemics. This is.read more.

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The Innovative Educator

APRIL 25, 2020

How do you have a prom or other school celebrations in a time of social distancing? Students, staff, and families across the nation are getting innovative. Ideas from across the nation You can check out what some students are doing in the stories below. New York City school host prom in a virtual world Students in Indiana show off their prom dresses Prom in San Diego done safely on Zoom Virtual celebrity prom And, then there is John Krasinski's "Some Good News" on YouTube.

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NeverEndingSearch

APRIL 25, 2020

Jason Reynolds, our current Library of Congress National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature , chose the platform, GRAB THE MIC: Tell Your Story. His two-year term is devoted to listening and empowering students to share their own personal stories. While he might not currently be traveling around the country, he is speaking directly to young people in his GRAB THE MIC monthly blog/newsletter , published the first Monday of each month.

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