Blackalicious Offers A Dizzying Definition Of Alliteration
Alliteration is the repetition of the same sound at the beginning of a sequence of words: Sally and her seashells, Peter and his peppers.
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Teachers, Keep Your Eye On The Prize
I was moved to share Bryan Stevenson’s “We Need To Talk About An Injustice,” because of its authenticity, utility, and value for teachers.
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20 Of The Best Study Apps For The Plugged-In Student
The included list highlights some of the best study apps out there, from stalwarts like Evernote and Any.Do to others like CamScanner & Zite.
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The Difference Between Technology Use And Technology Integration
Is technology peripheral to the learning activity or essential to its success? Does it deliver information or help students create meaning?
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The ABCs Of Sticky Teaching
What is ‘sticky teaching’? It’s an obvious and relatively simple but interesting idea: teaching that causes learning to stick.
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1:1 iPad Initiative: A Four Year Study & Review
Franklin Academy 1:1 iPad Initiative: A Four Year Study & Review by Teaching & Learning With The iPad Conference Abstract The Franklin Academy High School implemented a 1:1 iPad deployment a the beginning of the 2010-2011 school year. Over the course of the next two school years, the pilot was expanded to include all grades 9-12…
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Spreading Your Wings And Becoming A Connected Educator
Becoming a connected educator means plugging in, making it official, “unconferencing,” and connecting your class/school immediately.
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A Free App That Promotes Fire Prevention Awareness
A Free App That Promotes Fire Prevention Awareness by weareteachers.org New free app for kids teaches fire safety with creativity and compassion The National Fire Protection Association’s (NFPA) children’s website, Sparky.org, has launched a new app for kids in honor of Fire Prevention Week October 5-11, 2014. Sparky and The Case of the Missing Smoke Alarms aims…
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Shifting Toward An Architecture of Participation
Learning is changing–becoming more entrepreneurial than directly didactic. That is, more learner-centered and than teacher-controlled.
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What Is A Learning Simulation?
Learning Simulations: An Overview This post has been updated from a 2012 post. Clark Aldrich is an enthusiastic advocate for new learning forms, and leading thinker on the power of learning simulations and author of Learning Online with Games, Simulations, and Virtual Worlds and Unschooling Rules: 55 Ways to Unlearn What We Know About Schools and Rediscover Education. (These…
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The Increasingly Dated Image Of The Slacker Teacher
The slacker teacher stereotype has led lawmakers to enact reforms that direct the curricula teachers teach and how they measure progress.
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It’s Time To Stop Talking About Bullying & Talk Kindness Instead
We have to change the way we talk about bullying. I’m convinced that we have to confront it with its psychological opposite – kindness.
