Catlin Tucker
AUGUST 29, 2021
Learning is a dynamic process that requires active engagement. Unfortunately, many students have gotten comfortable in their roles as passive observers or consumers in the classroom. Yes, that is a less cognitively and socially taxing role, but it is not nearly as interesting or engaging. This passive position also does not require that students think intentionally about their learning.
A Principal's Reflections
AUGUST 29, 2021
What is really needed for success in the world today? I think this might be the million-dollar question. Even though it is difficult, if not impossible, to predict the future, we can examine current trends and societal forces to determine the competencies that learners need to thrive. While some will remain the same, others will evolve or change completely depending on the disruption at the moment.
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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
AUGUST 29, 2021
Magic Digital Badges is a Google Drive add-on that lets you create and assign digital badges to students. You can use images saved in your Google Drive to create various types of badges. The way it.read more.
Teacher Tech
AUGUST 29, 2021
Mergo Add on to send mail merge from Gmail out of Google Sheets. The post Mergo – FREE for the DISTRICT – Mail Merge appeared first on Teacher Tech.
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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.
The Hechinger Report
AUGUST 29, 2021
SAN DIEGO – Before the Covid-19 pandemic, Morehouse College offered fewer than nine online courses. “Many of our faculty were resistant,” Morehouse President David Thomas said recently. Yet as the virus forced learning online, the private, historically black college for men in Atlanta quickly changed course – and now offers entire degrees online, including a full-time option and classes for those who dropped out and want to finish.
edWeb.net
AUGUST 29, 2021
Blog post by Michele Israel based on this edLeader Panel. Social-emotional learning (SEL) is all the rage in schools around the country, as it should be. It shapes children’s, youth’s, and adults’ knowledge, skills, and attitudes crucial to human development and education. For SEL programs to succeed, their implementers should consider several critical elements that make for high-quality initiatives.
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MiddleWeb
AUGUST 29, 2021
With the school year starting so differently from what everyone had hoped, AP DeAnna Miller recounts the challenges her district is facing, including pushback on the decision to require masks. She admires the commitment of educators to support kids’ learning, no matter what. The post Meeting the Challenges of Our Mask Mandate first appeared on MiddleWeb.
Philly Teacher
AUGUST 29, 2021
This post is an introduction to an information book club conversation on Twitter centered around Audrey Watter’s new book, Teaching Machines. Information on the logistics and how to purchase the book are below. Continue reading for some context around why we are excited to read this book.
The Daring Librarian
AUGUST 29, 2021
Did you know about Secret Bitmoji's? Well, I just stumbled over them this summer and WOW! Cool! Are these new features or something we just missed? Since Bitmoji never talks to me -- and I've Tweeted and Instagrammed them over and over for years and nothing.I guess this is a new feature? The ability to make a Bitmoji with just about any word. I found this in the weirdest way, I was searching for a picture of an orchid -- because my Dad got my Mom & I orchid plants and I was asking how hers w
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