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A group of Ontario high schoolers will be invited to negotiate their final grades this year as part of an experiment that is challenging the preoccupation with marks and how teachers and students think about academic achievement.

https://beta.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/education/ontario-high-school-students-to-negotiate-final-grades-in-experiment/article36162866/?ref=http://www.theglobeandmail.com&…

Add-ons are third-party tools that provide extra features for Docs.  Below is a list of 12 recommended Docs Add-ons, what they do, ideas for how they can be used in schools, and a quick overview of how to install, use, …

According to a recent editorial in Nature, the digital natives are a figment of our collective imagination—about as easy to find as a “a yeti with a smartphone.”

The editorial points to a review paper published this June in the …

This survey was conducted online within the United States by YouGov on behalf of Dictionary.com from Aug. 4-8 among (do you know if we can say more than 800 instead of 801?) 801 teachers. Respondents range from teachers at elementary …

Real-time collaboration is a game changer, making your team more effective, efficient, and, well, collaborative. Microsoft Teams brings a new level of collaboration to Office 365 users in the workplace, especially for remote employees.

https://www.cbtnuggets.com/blog/2017/08/6-reasons-to-love-microsoft-teams-and-office-365/…

While there is a high probability that machine learning and artificial intelligence will play an important role in whatever job you hold in the future, there is one way to “future-proof” your career…embrace the power of design thinking.

http://www.datasciencecentral.com/profiles/blogs/design-thinking-future-proof-yourself-from-ai…

By using digital tools, teachers can promote more interactivity and community outreach.

https://edtechmagazine.com/k12/article/2016/09/3-ways-educators-can-embrace-social-media-increase-engagement…

Padlet reaches as far as your imagination. It’s you that makes an educational app like this really powerful. So, let me give you some padlet ideas for in the classroom.

https://www.bookwidgets.com/blog/2017/08/30-creative-ways-to-use-padlet-for-teachers-and-students…

Read2Me is a free service that will convert a webpage or an uploaded document into an audio file that you can listen to on the Read2Me website.

http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2017/09/read2me-free-text-to-audio-conversion.html…

Email feels like it consumes our lives. But there are ways busy teachers can make it work for us! Here are some tips.

http://ditchthattextbook.com/2017/09/04/the-gmail-survival-guide-for-busy-teachers/…

We Spoke With BioMetric Signature ID About The Most Secure Authentication Available For Classrooms.

http://www.nibletz.com/education/bio-sig-id-video…