When students explain it and they have a way to make it extremely relevant to your life and show you how this actually relates to you specifically, that can make the material really exciting.
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When students explain it and they have a way to make it extremely relevant to your life and show you how this actually relates to you specifically, that can make the material really exciting.
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Google is so entrenched when it comes to finding information on the internet, we named the act after it. However, there are a ton of other tools and tricks that can get you answers to your question when Google doesn’t …
It’s very difficult to improve on something when it’s really good! OneNote Class Notebook has really become a ‘killer app’ in our school, with teachers making the most of the technologies available within Office 365 to enhance teaching and learning …
Edmettle is a feedback management tool with a positive reinforcement focus. As a teacher, you select the soft skills you wish to focus on with the class (initiative, collaboration, self-regulation, grit, etc.).
http://brianaspinall.com/?p=792
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Chrome Web Apps are interactive webpages that run from within the Chrome Browser. Many Apps link directly to Google Drive allowing users to upload to the App and save creations in their Drive account. Here is a list of my …
On March 2015, Periscope became the latest trend in social networks focused on providing quick and easy video broadcasting to millions of mobile devices. Read the first thoughts on Twitters new global broadcasting app.
http://www.teachercast.net/is-periscope-appropriate-for-education/
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Beneath Gmail’s minimalist interface are dozens of hidden features that can boost your productivity.
http://blog.nsays.in/2015/04/7-gmail-tricks-that-will-make-you-more-productive
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Betsy Chao, a Rutgers student, began a campaign against software used to monitor online students taking tests. The school said the software was not mandatory.
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Ed tech should be a means, not an end, to improving our education system.
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With the evolution of social media, professors and students are now able to forge a lifetime of mentorship and friendship – if they do it right.
http://smartblogs.com/education/2015/03/25/how-social-media-supports-professor-student-mentorship/
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Check out these 8 tech tools that will make citations and bibliographies manageable for students at any level.
http://www.edudemic.com/6-tools-to-help-students-build-bibliographies/
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Searching for answers online gives people an inflated sense of their own knowledge, according to a study. It makes people think they know more than they actually do.
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Data-driven decision-making is the new buzz-phrase in education these days.We do need data to inform learning in schools but, I would suggest, we need a people-centred approach to running our schools more than anything.
http://crowleym.com/2015/04/06/behind-the-statistical-mask-data-obsession-in-schools/
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