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Flipsnack: A fun way to make interactive online magazines #edtech

The CoolCatTeacher

Flipsnack: A fun way to make interactive online magazines #edtech. I personally have used FlipSnack as a way of creating more interesting workshops instead of a powerpoint or Google Slides. I’ve also seen it used kind of in the same way as a sports magazine, it was a sports literature course that was using it.

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How to listen actively (rather than deeply) in difficult or vulnerable conversations

The Cornerstone for Teachers

Last fall, I decided to improve my own listening by signing up to teach a workshop on it (deadlines are an excellent motivator for my learning). My workshop was titled “How to Listen ‘Actively’ rather than ‘Deeply.” Researching for the workshop helped me to identify my own weaknesses in listening quickly. Covey, Steve R.

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How to Improve Student Engagement at Scale

eSpark

Students participate in a writing workshop. Guiding Questions: How can my students provide peer feedback? How can technology build these connections? Students write and submit a short story to their favorite literary magazine. Guiding Questions: How are students supported throughout the learning process?

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Teaching (Digital) Literacy: Driving Students to the Intersection of Reading, Writing, & Discussion

Baker's B.Y.O.D.

Part of my job as an English teacher is to teach students how to read, analyze, talk, and write about texts in both paper-based and digital formats. teens report reading a book, magazine or newspaper daily for pleasure, while more than 80 percent say they use social media every day."

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What it Takes to Integrate Robotics and Coding into the Classroom

EdTech Magazine

Wonder Workshop, Sphero, Ozobots — they all have lesson ideas on their web pages. Prairieview uses Sphero, Code and Go Robot Mouse by Learning Resources, Bee-Bots from Terrapin, Ozobot, Dash and Dot from Wonder Workshop and Cozmo by Anki, Innes says. “My The students will build out a maze and teach the Ozobot how to navigate it.

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What We’re Reading: 3 Resources for Implementing Edtech

Edthena

In planning for a robust rollout process, you must examine how you define proficiency, differentiate resources, and provide accessible learning opportunities. Step 3: Sustain Support Users learn at different rates, and new students and staff will need to be brought up to speed on how to use the tool as well.

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National Alliance of Black School Educators Names Audrey Muhammad as Inaugural Recipient of the 2021 NABSE $10,000 Scholarship Award

eSchool News

During this time, she served as a high school English teacher, mentor teacher, and facilitator of various education workshops. She is also the author of numerous books, including How to Set Worthy Goals and Rhymes of the Times: Black Nursery Rhymes , and is the publisher of the inspirational Virtue Today Magazine. “It