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3 Reasons I’m Hopeful About the Future of Education — in 2021 and Beyond

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Throughout the unusual and challenging year that was 2020, it was sometimes a struggle to look beyond the next few weeks—or even days—into the future. Contemplating the future is difficult when the present feels so unsettling, especially in the classroom. While the abrupt shift to a remote environment forced educators into unfamiliar territory, it also provided us with an opportunity to innovate and potentially change the course of education forever.

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Two Great Kahoot Features for Math Teachers

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

For those of who have not already seen it, this relatively new feature from Kahoot call math symbol editor is of special help to math teachers and students. Math symbol editor is now part.read more.

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Choosing Choice Boards

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The essence of the demand for freedom is the need of conditions which will enable an individual to make his own special contribution to a group interest, and to partake of its activities in such ways that social guidance shall be a matter of his own mental attitude, and not a mere authoritative dictation of his acts. John Dewey Democracy and Education.

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Here Is How Students Can Use Google Slides to Show Appreciation for A Special Individual

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

One creative way to use Google Slides is to create presentations to show appreciation for a special individual. This was the theme of the Applied Digital Skills lesson on the occasion of Dr Martin.read more.

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Can Brain Science Actually Help Make Your Training & Teaching Stick?

Speaker: Andrew Cohen, Founder & CEO of Brainscape

The instructor’s PPT slides are brilliant. You’ve splurged on the expensive interactive courseware. Student engagement is stellar. So… why are half of your students still forgetting everything they learned in just a matter of weeks? It's likely a matter of cognitive science! With so much material to "teach" these days, we often forget to incorporate key proven principles into our curricula — namely active recall, metacognition, spaced repetition, and interleaving practice.

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Do You Have An Education Podcast?

TeachThought - Learn better.

Do you have an education podcast? You can now submit podcasts centered around innovative teaching and learning to TeachThought. The post Do You Have An Education Podcast? appeared first on TeachThought.

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The Need to Be Skeptical and Critical of STEM Education and Business Demands for Certain Kinds of Graduates

The 21st Century Principal

".it was in the 1990s that shop class started to become a thing of the past, as educators prepared students to become 'knowledge workers.'" Matthew B. Crawford, Shop Class as Soulcraft I recently read Matthew B. Crawford's book Shop Class as Soulcraft , which I highly recommend for all educators. This quote from the beginning of the book captured my attention immediately because the book as a whole outlines an important mindset educators have been neglecting when it comes to thinking about the k

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Do You Have An Education Podcast?

TeachThought - Learn better.

Do you have an education podcast? You can now submit podcasts centered around innovative teaching and learning to TeachThought. The post Do You Have An Education Podcast? appeared first on TeachThought.

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The TeachThought Podcast Ep. 230 Making PLC’s More Effective

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Drew Perkins talks with Chad Dumas about his new book Let’s Put the C in PLC: A Practical Guide for School Leaders. The post The TeachThought Podcast Ep. 230 Making PLC’s More Effective appeared first on TeachThought.

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