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10 Ways to Use Twitter in Class

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For anyone who missed the April announcement, Twitter switched its app category from ‘social media’ (where it consistently ranked in the top ten with Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, WhatsApp, and Pinterest) to ‘news’ (now ranked #1, ahead of apps like CNN, Fox News, and Reddit). Formative assessment. You decide.

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5 Tools To Shake up the New Year

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I belong to several Tech Teacher forums, FB groups, G+ Communities, and every day I find more great tools I can’t wait to use in my classroom. This is a useful tool for rewording news stories to fit up to five different reading levels. With just a few clicks of the mouse, I can play music in my classroom. I love this one.

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Edit and Share Videos Like a Rock Star

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If you don’t have time to edit or format videos, here are twenty-four sources of rigorous academic videos that will support your lesson plans: Art Babble — videos themed to art, such as STEM topics. Bright Science — short videos on various science topics, many by learned presenters against a white board. Video apps.

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10 Reasons Why Videos are Great Educational Tools

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I’ve written a lot lately about the benefits of using videos in your classroom. If you’re not a believer in video and need some convincing, or you’re still slowly hopping on the bandwagon, here are 10 reasons why educators should be using video inside and outside of the classroom.

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How Educators Can Empower Students Through Technology

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billion students out of the classroom , schools have been forced to make a decade of progress in online learning in just a few short months. You’ve probably seen stories or heard from friends with listless teenagers at home, struggling with the new format. It’s not as simple as flipping a switch.

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The Future is Now: Preparing Our Youngest Scholars for a Digital World

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Use should be appropriate, tied to classroom content areas, and guided. Interactive, game-based lessons designed by experienced educators help you engage students at all grade levels and bring critical real-world skills like financial education, early literacy, character education, health & wellness, and more to your classroom.

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Technology and Explanation in Modern Education

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Topics like health, history, geography, music, etc. Make use of the Internet and have students check the news to improve their research skills. Imagine how the number of primary resources can grow in your classroom! Think of flipping the classroom and providing working areas to become a role model of 21st-century teaching.