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A great holiday activity for your class (a free, adaptable template included)

EdTech4Beginners

I recently created a really good activity which will motivate your pupils to read over the holiday. It’s called ‘Holiday Reading Bingo’ Basically, add 16 books into the boxes, and ask your students to read as many as they can over the break. Their parents must sign each box when complete. On the first day back, call out the books at random ( you could use this great tool ).

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An Interesting Infographic Explaining How Music Positively Impacts Learning

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

July 15, 2017 Did you know that music facilitates comprehension of complex concepts? Did you know that music enhances language learning and boosts cognitive abilities? The infographic below, created.read more.

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Google Sheets: Sort Names Randomly

Teacher Tech

Use Randomize Range It seems there is a new trick in Google Sheets. When you highlight a range and right click you can choose “Randomize range.” This sorts the selected range in a random order. I used to have to insert a column, type the formula =rand() and then sort by the random number and […]. The post Google Sheets: Sort Names Randomly appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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Some Very Good Educational Android Apps for Middle School Students

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

July 15, 2017 In response to the multiple requests we received over the last few weeks, we went ahead and created the chart and visual below. These are some very good educational Android apps.read more.

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Quickly Create Personalized Learning Experiences that Work

How can we actively engage learners 24/7, on their level and according to their interests, while respecting their learning styles? It’s not impossible. In this guide: Explore how to transform traditional, one-way videos into two-way interactive learning experiences Understand different types of artificial intelligence (AI), including - Generative vs.

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?Dev Bootcamp Community Reacts to Closure Decision

Edsurge

John-Michael Murphy had just finished up a long day of assessments on Wednesday evening when he received an email with some unexpected news. His school, Dev Bootcamp, wrote that it would be shutting down about three months after his graduation this summer. “I was at first shocked, and then felt sad realizing that DBC will no longer be,” Murphy tells EdSurge.

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TeachThought Updates & Events For July 2017

TeachThought - Learn better.

The post TeachThought Updates & Events For July 2017 appeared first on TeachThought.

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Gamification In Genetics

Kevin Corbett

(graphic courtesy of BigFishGames/blog/stats) The question was recently posed to me on Twitter: How is GAMIFICATION impacting Life Sciences–specifically GENETICS? My answer was simple: In many powerful ways combined with crowd-sourced “citizen scientists”! To follow-up with Abraham, here are a few reference links to information on the GAMIFICATION OF GENETICS The Gamification of Scientific Discovery.

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“Any path that leads to a happy and healthy life.”

The Principal of Change

Just something I was thinking about the other day…excuse the ramble. Years ago as a principal and assistant principal, I would go to the same McDonald’s for breakfast about once a week and over four years, and the same young lady was working the drive-thru. After maybe two visits, I swore she would literally recognize my voice through the intercom and would greet me with an awesome “hello!