Sat.May 18, 2019 - Fri.May 24, 2019

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An Excellent Web Tool to Create Jeopardy-Like Games

Educators Technology

JeopardyLabs is an excellent web tool that allows you to easily create Jeopardy-like games without the need for PowerPoint. We have already reviewed it in the past, however, if you haven't it.read more.

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Shoe Design Project

User Generated Education

As the final project of the school year, I asked a group of my gifted 4th through 6th graders to design and prototype a new type of shoe. In a recent post from Idea U, Why Everyone Should Prototype (Not Just Designers) , Chris Nyffeler, IDEO Executive Design Director, discussed the purpose and value of prototyping: When we say prototype, that’s anything that gets the idea in your head into an artifact people can experience and offer feedback on.

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Presentation Checklist: 5 Ways to Prepare for Presentations

The Innovative Educator

Innovative educators understand the importance of being prepared to give a great presentation to inspire and influence others. Keeping these five ideas in mind, will help ensure you don't fall short. Presentation Checklist Have speaker notes on your slides. Know how to access the speaker notes as needed. When I present, I have speaker notes view on my phone.

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California High School Students First in Nation to Earn New Web Animation Industry Recognized Certification

CTE Learning

Congratulations – Adelanto High School Adelanto, California May 16, 2019 – Four Adelanto High School Students are the first in the nation to earn the Web Animator International Industry Certification from the Web Professionals Association. As part of instructor Nikki Jarvis’ Design, Media and Visual Arts program , these students completed CTeLearning.com’s Web Animation Course and then passed the Web Professionals Web Animator Industry Certification Exam.

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Can Brain Science Actually Help Make Your Training & Teaching Stick?

Speaker: Andrew Cohen, Founder & CEO of Brainscape

The instructor’s PPT slides are brilliant. You’ve splurged on the expensive interactive courseware. Student engagement is stellar. So… why are half of your students still forgetting everything they learned in just a matter of weeks? It's likely a matter of cognitive science! With so much material to "teach" these days, we often forget to incorporate key proven principles into our curricula — namely active recall, metacognition, spaced repetition, and interleaving practice.

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28: Packing Up Your Classroom

Trina Deboree Teaching and Learning

{Blog Post for Show Notes: [link] } There is a love hate relationship with the end of the school year for teachers. We often hate all the tedious tasks we are asked to do like pack up our entire classroom just to unpack 2 months later, create class lists, and say goodbye to our kids and co-workers. We also love the idea of starting fresh in August, organizing our things, and getting a much needed break from the daily grind.

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Why the Internet #Sux: Lessons from @TheBillyGregory on #GAAD at #NYCDiCon19

The Innovative Educator

The Internet #SUX because it was designed in a way that shows only “ S OME U SERS E X PERIENCE” matters. Slide from Billy Gregory's presentation at the Digital Inclusion Conference This is the message Billy Gregory shared on Global Accessibility Awareness Day ( # GAAD ). In his talk he explains exactly what that means and what we can all do to make it better.