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5 Technology Tools To Measure Text Complexity by Kellie Ady, District Instructional Technology Coordinator, Cherry Creek Schools I posted some time ago about finding accessible online text, but a recent blog post from Eye on Education (“How to Select Complex Text to Increase Rigor”) made me think about revisiting the topic. My original post was more about…
This is a guest-post by Green Ribbon Schools and Healthivores We hear time and time again about children’s increasingly unhealthy lifestyles, and the United State’s ever decreasing STEM skills, but often the problem seems to big and intimidating to address in your classroom. Technology is ever changing, and often times teachers are left in the…
While schools in the United States continue to experiment with how to best use technology in the classroom, the same challenges faces educators in other countries as well. A new survey by Dell compares and contrasts how these two world superpowers are currently approaching the concept of technology integration, and some of the data is…
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It’d be easy to think of the Library of Congress as a stodgy old place full of dusty and antiquated resources. That perception would be wrong. The Library of Congress adds about 10,000 items to its collections every day, and has over 150 million resources overall. Among the resources? Sheet Music Maps Lesson Plans Manuscripts…
For as long as it’s been around, criticisms of eLearning have been aimed at its authenticity, viability, and general quality. Are they true?
There is a saying that “Teaching creates all other professions.” It rings with truth so loud that one should hear it from miles away. So my thoughts this morning turn to teacher preparation. Since it is true that teaching creates all other professions, why do I get the impression that teacher preparation is not as…
by Dr. Justin Marquis, Ph.D. Twitter is one of those pieces of technology that people either love or hate. For the haters, it seems like a superfluous, narcissistic, even petty platform through which people who think they are more important than they really are share their most intimate details with the world. For those who…
How effective technology actually is in enhancing learning depends on how it functions in the learning process. Outside of David Blaine, few things are magic. The following visual is interesting because it explains how technology enhances learning from the perspective of the teacher. This is critical because a teacher’s beliefs about what works is (obviously)…
Here are places to find open-source textbooks, whether you’re enrolled in college or an educator looking for books to use in your class.