Sat.Nov 16, 2019

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College Credit Class in Digital Citizenship

Ask a Tech Teacher

Through the Midwest Teachers Institute , I offer four college-credit classes that teach how to blend technology with traditional lesson plans. They include all the ebooks, videos, and other resources required so you don’t spend any more than what is required to register for the class. Once you’re signed up, you prepare weekly material, chat with classmates, respond to class Discussion Boards and quizzes, and participate in a weekly video meeting.

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Helpful Chromebook Resources for Teachers

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Below is a chart we created specifically for teachers using Chromebooks in their teaching. It features resources we have curated from Chromebook Help and covers almost everything teachers need.

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#TwistedTropes 16. Cupid's bent arrow

Learning with 'e's

Photo from PxHere In ancient mythology, Cupid is the 'god of love'. More accurately, he's the god of desire, attraction and lust. Cupid's arrow is always meant to aim true, to capture the 'true love of your heart'. What it's really doing is saying to your head 'Wow, they're really fit. I wonder if I stand a chance?' So what if the arrow was bent, and didn't fly straight?

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Educational History Apps for High School Students

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

This is the second post in a series of posts dedicated entirely to educational apps to use with high school students. The previous list was about math apps. Today's updated collection features a.

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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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Wealthy cities can afford to expand pre-K: What about everyone else?

The Hechinger Report

Ready, Set, Enroll parent ambassadors Gloria Hicks, center, and Joan Van tell a young man about preschool options. Though he didn’t have children of his own, he said he has several young nephews and would let his family know. Megan Conn/The Hechinger Report. EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. — Gloria Hicks steered her minivan through East St. Louis, passing the relics of a bigger, busier city: the abandoned high school whose halls Olympian Jackie Joyner-Kersee once walked, the weedy lot that once held the cl

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