Home Archive for March 2017

The Month in Review - Spring Is Here (Kind of)

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The calendar tells me that it is spring here in Maine, but the weather tells me otherwise. We're expecting ten more inches of snow to fa...
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How to Use SoundCloud to Record and Comment

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During Thursday's Practical Ed Tech Live session I answered a question about recording and sharing audio. The person asking was looking...
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5 Good Resources for National Poetry Month

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April is Poetry Month. Whether you're trying to help students understand and interpret the meaning of poems or you're trying to help...
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How to Create an Interactive Diagram-based Quiz on Formative

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With the NCAA basketball tournament Final Four games happening this weekend I thought this would be a good time to share an easy way to crea...
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Practical Ed Tech Live - Recording

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Yesterday afternoon I hosted FB Live and YouTube Live sessions simultaneously. During those sessions I answered questions from readers and v...
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The Hack Education Unconference & After-Party | Saturday, June 24th, ISTE "Unplugged!"

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Hack Education , the unconference. Saturday, June 24th, 2017 - 9 am - 4 pm: Henry B. Gonzรกlez Convention Center. SIGN UP HERE . More informa...
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Google Calendar Now Optimized for iPads- Finally

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My life seems to be run by Google Calendar and Google Keep these days. I use it to schedule and keep track of appointments, to keep track of...
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Lighthouses and Designs for Democracy

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Earlier this week the featured document from the U.S. National Archives was a drawing of the Matinicus Rock Lighthouse on the coast of Main...
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Global Leadership Week: April 24 - 28, 2017 + NEW Global Education Online Fair!

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Announcing the second annual  Global Leadership Week  (GLW) celebration, which will take place at the end of April. GLW is a weeklong conven...
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Draft - A Distraction-free Collaborative Writing Tool

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Draft is a free, collaborative writing platform that provides a distraction-free environment. When you write in Draft you won't see any...
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Practical Ed Tech Live!

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The Practical Ed Tech Facebook page reached 3,000 likes yesterday. I promised to host a Facebook Live Q&A when the page reached 3,000 l...
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Teach Your Monster to Read Minigames Overview

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Last month the folks behind the popular Teach Your Monster to Read virtual world for literacy development introduced a set of minigames. The...
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Teens: Are Their Brains to Blame?

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Teenagers! They’re impulsive. Aggressive. Engage in risky behavior and just don’t know what’s best for them.  And there’s research now that ...
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How to Create Short Answer Activities in Socrative

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Socrative is one of the original and best platforms for creating quiz games to be played in your classroom on Chromebooks, laptops, and mob...
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PD Webinar - Fun With Formative Assessments

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As good teachers know, gauging your students' understanding of the topics you teach is a process that involves discussion, a bit of intu...
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Fight Fake News: A @CommonSenseEd #MediaLiteracy Toolkit

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Innovative educators understand that they play a crucial role in our democratic society. However, a teacher’s job to ensure students are inf...
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