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10 Awesome Courses To Improve Your Online Classroom

The CoolCatTeacher

3 – Social Media Tools in Teaching – Using Them the Right Way I’ve seen social media used in ways that aren’t very safe or effective. For example, when teachers post their video conferencing links publicly on social media, they are unknowingly allowing unwanted attendees to enter their online classrooms.

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20 Ways to Personalize Your Learning This Summer

The CoolCatTeacher

Course: Implementing Culturally Responsive Teaching Strategies “In this course, you will explore the importance of culture; how it impacts thinking, learning, and behavior; and how to embrace cultural differences and become a culturally responsive teacher.” Play-Based Learning Play can be incorporated into learning at any age.

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KyEdRPG, Part One: Site Launch Announcement!

Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

I have certainly expressed my passion for game-based learning several times in prior Edtech Elixirs entries. KyEdRPG is several things: A place for articles and multimedia links on how roleplaying games can, or are, being used in education and making a positive impact on student learning.

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A Decade Into Experiments With Gamification, Edtech Rethinks How to Motivate Learners

Edsurge

We wanted to create a digital experience for kids that allows them to create things together, but isn’t saturated with the usual social-media-like engagement tools. Not only have they eschewed a social media setting for their digital playground, they’ve also steered clear of “gamifying” the experience.

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7 Global Project Ideas from a Leading 3rd Grade Classroom

The CoolCatTeacher

I think we’ve learned how to use social media in just a really positive way, and learned to communicate and build a global audience, and shared our learning, and learned with others. How Vickie Morgado Uses Social Media in Her Classroom. We have connected with different classrooms. It was fun!

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The ST Math Fall Challenge is Back

MIND Research Institute

Here's an example submission from last year's challenge: Fall ST Math Challenge @STMath @EarlhamSchools pic.twitter.com/1Kf3qN323k — Brian Becker (@44BBeck). All entries and social media posts must be submitted by administrators, not teachers, and cannot reveal any student information. October 3, 2020.

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Minecraft in the Classroom

The CoolCatTeacher

Example Lesson: Using Minecraft to Teach Science. Give us an example. Vicki: So Jeff, how did the teacher that you worked with in this particular example feel about what these kids understood about Mars? There are specific elements that you can add into the game – that you can’t do with the normal console version.

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