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Blended Learning That Is Truly Blended
Even though blended learning is erroneously becoming synonymous with online, digital learning, it is arguably the most intrig...
Learning
Do My Students Still Need Me?
I'm a teacher and whereas I used to think my students couldn't learn without me, I'm no longer so sure. Recently I found mys...
Leadership
The Power Hour - Curate Yourself
The Power Hour runs a single concept or idea through your own personal mind, body, spirit algorithm.
Learning
What Teachers Really Want
If teachers are to transition to the kind of blended learning that has been found to work best for today’s kids, we need tr...
EdTech
MindMixer: It Takes a Community
Is there a way that we can build a platform that has the nuisance of engagement built into it but would allow for cities to m...
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Power Management: A New Step in Digital Citizenship
Power management should be a tenant of digital citizenship. Being a good digital citizen is the passport to the modern world, and staying charged and connected is certainly at the base level.
5 months ago by Adam Renfro
Learning
Enroll Monsters In Kindergarten
The kindergarteners at my school enter with an incredibly wide range of literacy abilities, so we know we need to quickly focus on their reading skills immediately in order that everyone, from the high achievers to the ones still struggling to recognize their letters, will end the year strong. Not always an easy task. ...
5 months ago by Alison Anderson
EdTech
The Exit Survey: Go Digital for Data Collection
If you’re in a 1:1 school or if your classroom has enough smartphones and tablets, you can jump start the old exit slips and make them work like rocket fuel in collecting data from your students.
5 months ago by Adam Renfro
Learning
Calling All Resources: Fostering the Right Time to Write
Creating the ultimate writing atmosphere that inspires students to produce their very best level has always coincided with a constant search, a continual revamping, and an open platform for students’ suggestions. As a collective writing community, Studio 113 students and I seek the most powerful writers’ tools; the...
6 months ago by John Hardison
EdTech
Tales of a Closet Tweeter
You’ve seen the look. You’ve mentioned in polite company that you learned something amazing on Twitter. The room goes suddenly silent. Eyebrows shoot up. Listeners exchange questioning glances. The people you think of as your colleagues look at you as if you have been caught with your hand in the till… or worse,...
6 months ago by Susan Lucille Davis
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Learning
Wikispaces For Designing Common Core Activities
Are you wondering where to begin to adopt the Common Core ELA standards? While there are many individual standards to sift through, it’s important to take a step back and look at the big picture to gain an understanding of the importance of the teacher’s role in designing learning experiences to facilitate a more ...
6 months ago by Susan Oxnevad
Learning
Why a Badge Is Better Than an A+
We are not totally gamifying our classrooms or currently using Edmodo, so this year I was not really considering the possibility of awarding my students digital badges. That is, until I recently came across this awesome site and FREE web tool for teachers, classbadges.com and I knew I had to have these for my students.
6 months ago by Alison Anderson
