Sat.Dec 08, 2018

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Gingerbread House Making: A Fun and Engaging Cross-Curricular Lesson

User Generated Education

I believe that educators can be intentional in setting up environments where learners’ propensity to create flourishes. Some elements that can assist with this kind of unbridled making and creating include: Open ended projects that promote self-directed differentiation and personalization. Choice of projects, methods, materials. Some structure but lots of room for a personal touch; lots of room for creativity.

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Created Entirely By Students

Pair-a-dimes for Your Thoughts

The film you are about to see was created entirely by students. From beginning to end entirely by students. Every thought word shot line Everything. That’s iHub. That’s the opening to ‘Be Free – iHub Open 2018’ Except, I’m not sure you understand what that truly means. Have a look at the video now. Be Free – iHub Open 2018.

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Here Is A Simple Way to Convert PDFs to Word Documents in Google Drive

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

There are different ways to convert PDF files to Word documents. A quick search in Google brings up a number of web tools some of which are free. We tried out some of these tools and found them.

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Code a Google Calendar Event from Google Forms

Teacher Tech

Code a Google Calendar Event from Google Forms For my Coding Google Forms workshop I thought it would be super easy to make a tutorial on how to have people sign up for something on a Google Form with a Date and Time and then create a Google Calendar event. It is easy if I decide […]. The post Code a Google Calendar Event from Google Forms appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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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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Two Good Guides to Help You Make The Best of Keynote in Your Teaching

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Keynote is one of the best presentation apps out there. We have repeatedly featured it in several of our app lists in the past. Keynote provides users with a bunch of powerful features that makes.

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Code a Google Calendar Event from Google Forms

Teacher Tech

Code a Google Calendar Event from Google Forms For my Coding Google Forms workshop I thought it would be super easy to make a tutorial on how to have people sign up for something on a Google Form with a Date and Time and then create a Google Calendar event. It is easy if I decide […]. The post Code a Google Calendar Event from Google Forms appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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