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What is Mastery Learning and How Do You Implement It Effectively?

The CoolCatTeacher

Jon Bergmann is one of the pioneers of the Flipped Classroom. He has helped schools, universities, organizations, and governments all over the world introduce active and flipped learning into their contexts. So John, for those who follow you, they know you're “the Flipped Classroom guy,” right? Well, actually.

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Model Teaching–How Today’s Educators Learn

Ask a Tech Teacher

Topics include but not limited to: Flipped Classrooms. Student-led Classroom Management. Transforming Traditional Classroom Lessons to Online Learning. A PDF program (like Adobe Reader) and Microsoft Word or Google Docs will satisfy most (all?) Elementary Math. Writing Prompts. Blended Learning.

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The Great Learning Management System Debate: Featuring Canvas, Schoology and Google Classroom

TeacherCast

Schoology is an LMS that has the visual appeal of a social media application like Facebook, which provides students with a platform they are comfortable in. These include, but aren’t limited to: Google Drive, Turnitin, Respondus, Quizlet, Playposit and more! Google Classroom. Why consider Google Classroom?

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5 tips to engage parents using technology they already use

eSchool News

Even if parents can and want to be involved, there are other barriers, like the fact that classrooms and teaching may no longer resemble what parents remember. Experiential learning, flipped classrooms, and new standards have turned the familiar to foreign, and this can be intimidating.

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2013 miGoogle Conference Wrap Up

The Electric Educator

On November 4-5, 2013, Brighton High School hosted the 2013 Michigan Google Education conference. This year a "pre-conference" day was added featuring full and half day breakout sessions to provide an opportunity to go deeper with various Google tools and teaching styles. Every session was filled. Didn''t even know about it?

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14 Tips For Helping Students With Limited Internet Have Distance Learning

MindShift

Check-in via Google Forms . You can also use a Google Form to ask students how they’re feeling and what support they need to succeed. . WhatsApp is used around the globe and it doesn’t require as many GB as Facebook or Google. Schools can create a Google Drive. Make Transcripts Using Speech-to-Text Features.

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Coursera’s Rick Levin On the Evolution of MOOCs and Microcredentials

Edsurge

The venture-backed startup based in Mountain View (near all those online giants like Google and Facebook) has partnered with more than 150 colleges and universities around the world (including the old and famous ones like Princeton and Yale). One thing that I see a lot of interest in at colleges these days are flipped classrooms.

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