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Three Good Chrome Extensions to Enhance Your Online Reading and Watching Experiences

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

In today's post we are sharing with you three important Chrome extensions to help you enhance your browsing, reading, and also watching experience. These add-ons change the white bright colour.read more.

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No Paper or Google Forms Spelling Tests

Teacher Tech

Ditch the Spelling Test I’ve been asked how to turn off spell check (facepalm) for Google Forms to administer spelling tests. There are a few issues with this. Do not fight technology, change what you do. If spell check has made the spelling test obsolete, own it and let’s value spelling a different way. Same […]. The post No Paper or Google Forms Spelling Tests appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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Placing Tasks Before Apps

Tom Murray

Monica Burns (@ClassTechTips) joins Tom for this #LeadershipMinute.

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I’m your neighbor: A genre of empathy and inclusion

NeverEndingSearch

[link]. Is it time to welcome a new genre to our children’s and young adult collections? Kirsten Cappy thinks so. The co-founder and director of I’m Your Neighbor , leads a project highlighting the lives of New Arrivals and New Americans through the sharing of children’s literature. At the MASL Conference in Augusta, Maine last week, I had the pleasure of meeting Kirsten (@imyrneighborbks) who shared the value of this type of sharing: By reading and engaging with children’s books, re

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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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Time Graphics- A Tool for Creating Multimedia Timelines

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Time Graphics is a good timeline maker for students and one that has been featured in AASL's best websites for teaching and learning 2018. Students can use Time Graphics for a variety of purposes.read more.

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Recording and Editing a Podcast using Native MacOS Applications – vs – Recording on a Chromebook

TeacherCast

In this blog post, we are going to take a look at ways you can record and edit your podcast using the MacOS Operating System and discuss best practices for creating audio podcasts for relatively little cost to you. Recently, I was approached by a teacher asking for advice on creating a podcasting curriculum with their students. He told me that his school was a 1:1 Apple MacBook Air school and wanted his students created audio podcasts.

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Recording and Editing a Podcast using Native MacOS Applications – vs – Recording on a Chromebook

TeacherCast

Welcome to the TeacherCast Educational Network. Have you ever wondered if a MacBook or Chromebook is better for recording and editing a podcast? The answer just may surprise you! The post Recording and Editing a Podcast using Native MacOS Applications – vs – Recording on a Chromebook appeared first on The TeacherCast Educational Network.

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What’s Your Purpose? Finding A Sense Of Meaning In Life Is Linked To Health

MindShift

Having a purpose in life may decrease your risk of dying early, according to a study published Friday. Researchers analyzed data from nearly 7,000 American adults between the ages of 51 and 61 who filled out psychological questionnaires on the relationship between mortality and life purpose. What they found shocked them, according to Celeste Leigh Pearce, one of the authors of the study published in JAMA Current Open.

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Recording and Editing a Podcast using Native MacOS Applications – vs – Recording on a Chromebook

TeacherCast

Welcome to the TeacherCast Educational Network. Have you ever wondered if a MacBook or Chromebook is better for recording and editing a podcast? The answer just may surprise you! The post Recording and Editing a Podcast using Native MacOS Applications – vs – Recording on a Chromebook appeared first on The TeacherCast Educational Network.

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Project Based Learning Done Right … 10 Misconceptions: Plus… 10 Resources to Raise the PBL Bar

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

I wanted to take a moment to share some of the thoughts I often hear from educators as I travel the country providing PBL Professional Development. I really believe it might be a helpful read for those wanting to make that PBL possibility in their school or district. Before continuing, I would appreciate having you take a moment to subscribe to this Blog by RSS or email and follow me at ( mjgormans ).

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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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It’s Been A While

RafranzDavis.com

I have so much to say as much has been buried deep inside my soul. It honestly feels weird to be able to express my thoughts without worry that I just might offend someone enough to warrant a conversation. In case you missed it, I am no longer working in a school district and to be honest, I have no plans whatsoever to return to one any time soon. I have had some of the greatest honors of my life occur during my time as a classroom teacher from working alongside some of the most impactful humans

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