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3 Tech Tools for the Sped Classroom

Being a Special Education teacher is something that takes patience and a warm heart. These teachers are truly in it for the love of seeing a student develop as a person socially and mentally. However, they seem to be in need of and short of resources more than most other classrooms.

3 months ago by Guest Author

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How Active, Digital Learning Fosters Business Skills in Students

The array of social technologies open a wide swath of possibilities for active learning, particularly in the online and blended teaching space.

3 months ago by EdCetera Staff

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12 Wishes for a Creative New Year

Call me hopelessly Romantic in the 19th-century sense, but I believe deeply in creativity as the wellspring of a meaningful, productive, and happy life. I am never more joyful than when I am fully engaged in puzzling out a challenging problem, making something with my hands (including wiggling my fingers on a keyboard ...

4 months ago by Susan Lucille Davis

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3 Lessons on Faculty Development from an Education Innovator

Oregon State University went from not offering formal tech support to its faculty to having the director of its faculty tech training program named one of this year’s top 50 innovators in education. What can we learn from the success of OSU’s program?

4 months ago by EdCetera Staff

5 Ways to Use Google Docs in the Classroom

Google Docs is a user friendly suite of online collaborative tools that come with tremendous potential for use in the classroom. Last year all of the students in our school received Google Docs accounts and I was kept quite busy getting students and teachers up and running with the new tools, then discovering innovati...

5 months ago by Susan Oxnevad

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3 New Teaching Methods Improve the Educational Process

The traditional “chalk and talk” method of teaching that’s persisted for hundreds of years is now acquiring inferior results when compared with the more modern and revolutionary teaching methods that are available for use in schools today. Greater student interaction is encouraged, the boundaries of authority are...

8 months ago by Guest Author

6 Powerful Google Docs Features to Support the Collaborative Writing Process

Google Docs is an online suite of digital tools that provides teachers with some powerful features to help students develop 21st century writing skills. Since Docs are collaborative and available 24/7, the tool is well-suited for facilitating digital writing workshops that combine peer editing with cooperative grouping...

8 months ago by Susan Oxnevad