Research shows that students, especially boys, benefit when teachers share their race or gender. Yet most teachers are white women.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/10/upshot/teacher-diversity-effect-students-learning.html…
New Study Finds Learning Outcomes Are Better Reading Print Than Reading Digitally
A new study titled Don’t throw away your printed books: A meta-analysis on the effects of reading media on reading comprehension finds that that reading comprehension is better with print rather than digital text.
Presentation of the Week: Augmented Reality: The What, the Why, and the How; Inspiring, Replicable Stories
How AI could compose a personalized soundtrack to your life
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Apple Has This Interesting Resource for Teachers Professional Development
I want to bring your attention to this awesome free educational resource from Apple called Apple Teacher Learning Centre. This is an online platform designed specifically for teachers implementing Apple products in their instruction. It provides a wide variety of …
7 Resources to Fight Digital Misinformation in the Classroom
The abundance of resources available 24/7 makes Information Literacy an essential life skill for one’s working, civic and personal lives. Recently, there have been a release of new tools to support this endeavour; along with some updates to some of …
A Good Web Tool for Collecting Students Feedback
Flipgrid is a video-based discussion platform you can use to engage your students in a wide variety of learning experiences. The way it works is very simple: as a teacher you create a grid for your class, then you add …
Google Titan Security Key Review: Two Great Keys For The Price Of One
Google’s getting into the two-factor security key game with their freshly released Titan Security Key Bundle. Here’s how the Titan holds up.
250 Google Tools Tutorials for Teachers
The tutorials in the playlist cover a wide range of features of Google tools for teachers and students. I’ve embedded a few of the highlights of the playlist below.
https://www.freetech4teachers.com/2018/08/250-google-tools-tutorials-for-teachers.html…
Which are the Best Educational Apps for Students?
Mobile apps are making the learning/teaching process fun and very easy. But nowadays there are many kind of apps are available and students have no idea how to choose perfect apps? If you are confused, then go through with the …
A Nobel Prize Winner Explains How to Finally Think Clearly
Nobel Prize winner and psychologist Daniel Kahneman wants us to consider how we make important decisions using different parts of the brain. In his book Thinking, Fast and Slow, Kahneman proposes two systems that govern how we think, and you …
The Sixth “R” of Open Educational Resources
I’ve seen the five R’s used many times in reference to the OER space (Open Educational Resources). They include the ability to allow others to: Retain, Reuse, Revise, Remix and/or Redistribute content with the appropriate use of licenses. These are …
Hard Copy or Electronic Textbooks? Professors Are More Concerned About Keeping Them Affordable
Cost can be a significant barrier, and most professors just want their students to have any version of the textbook, regardless of format.
https://www.chronicle.com/article/Hard-Copy-or-Electronic/244425…
10 tips for great classroom video calls
Video calls are powerful! Using Skype, Google Hangouts and others, you can bring the world to your classroom. Here are some tips for success.
Three Good Options for Digitizing Your Students’ Physical Work
Whether it’s a model made for a science fair or a paper on which a student successfully solved a complex math problem, there are times when we want to save a copy of physical work to use in digital portfolios. …