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Help Students Develop Vital Interviewing Skills in Your Classroom
By Leigh Ann Whittle on March 1, 2016
Interviewing subjects isn’t just that thing HR Managers do. In fact, interviewing can be a great form of experiential learning. This is true whether students...
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17 Great Resources for Building a Student’s Self Image
By Joy Nelson on February 23, 2016
What do your students see when they look in the mirror? Do they see someone worthwhile or someone who will never be good enough? While...
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5 Maker Movement Tools That are Not 3D Printers
By Dustin Le on February 16, 2016
In my previous article on this subject, I wrote about the Maker Movement and its importance to the educational realm. The Maker Movement is also...
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Robots in Education: What’s Here and What’s Coming
By Kristen Hicks on February 9, 2016
Decades before the computer revolution began to spread in earnest, science fiction’s most creative minds sketched out a future most of us never thought we’d...
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What Drone Technology Can Teach Students
By Leah Levy on October 27, 2015
If you’re like most people, you think of drones in a military or even in a police context. It’s no wonder why, really, when they...
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10 Ways iPads Teach Kids With Learning Disabilities
By Leah Levy on December 22, 2014
By now, saying that “the iPad is a great tool for customizing the classroom” wouldn’t exactly be breaking news. But while this holds true for...
Predictions for K-12 Education in 2015
By Don Kilburn on December 17, 2014
It is tough to think about what is on the horizon for K-12 education in 2015 without thinking about the changes that have occurred in...
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5 Ways to Incorporate TED Talks into Learning
By Leah Levy on December 15, 2014
Photo Credit: Mike Linksvayer With a motto like, “Ideas worth spreading,” it’s almost like TED Talks were made for the classroom — after all,...
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10 Most Popular Teaching Tools Used This Year
By Edudemic Staff on December 11, 2014
Last year, Edudemic published a list of the most essential and popular educational tools used in modern classrooms across the globe. While many of 2013’s...
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How to Help Students With Nonverbal Learning Disabilities
By Leah Levy on December 10, 2014
The first time I encountered the term, “nonverbal learning disability,” I was in the middle of an intake call with a parent, and I had...
Celebration of Computer Science Education Week
By Edudemic Staff on December 9, 2014
It’s easy to take digital technology for granted these days. To students who were practically born with an iPad in their hands, it’s hard to...
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6 Technologies to Revolutionize the Classroom
By Edudemic Staff on December 8, 2014
From the computer to the iPad, technology is revolutionizing how we work, play, socialize, and learn (sometimes all at once). In celebration of Computer Science Education...
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10 Apps to Make Reading in Class More Fun
By Leah Levy on December 1, 2014
Just about a year ago, we published a post detailing the 10 best web tools for enhancing the reading experience. We still love those tools...
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Why the Growth Mindset is the Only Way to Learn
By Edudemic Staff on November 28, 2014
“You’re too old to learn a foreign language.” “I couldn’t work on computers. I’m just not good with them.” “I’m not smart enough to run...
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10 Creative Ways to Use Your iPad in the Classroom
By Leah Levy on November 24, 2014
If you’ve had an iPad (or several) in your classroom for any extended period of time, you’re probably familiar with the many practical ways this...
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7 Ways to Deal With Digital Distractions in Class
By Leah Levy on November 19, 2014
Some call today’s students “digital natives.” Others call them the “distracted generation.” Whichever term you prefer, it’s clear they’re both far more than labels: they...
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8 Ways to Help Introverts Brainstorm for Creative Projects
By Leah Levy on November 17, 2014
Here’s a little scenario that will be familiar to most teachers. There you are leading a brainstorm for a creative project, when you notice several...
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5 Creative Ways to Help Students With ADHD Thrive in the Classroom
By Leah Levy on November 10, 2014
Recently, the NY Times ran an excellent article entitled: A Natural Fix for ADHD. In this piece, Dr. Richard Friedman, Professor of Clinical Psychiatry and...
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10 Ways to Get Student Centered Learning Right
By Leah Levy on November 3, 2014
Photo credit: Francisco Osorio If there’s been a single educational buzzword with traction over the past few years, “student-centered learning” certainly tops the charts. From...
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Doodling: A Teacher’s Secret Weapon for Unlocking Learning
By Leah Levy on October 27, 2014
For educators, there are few things more frustrating than looking out into a classroom during the middle of a lecture and seeing nothing but bent...
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How Stress Affects the Brain During Learning
By Leah Levy on October 13, 2014
A fight or flight reaction may be useful in some situations, but it is highly detrimental in the classroom. Whether anxiety stems from test taking...
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5 Ways to Use Integrated Google Drive Apps for Group Projects
By Leah Levy on October 9, 2014
Google Drive empowers teachers as they use Google Docs to provide real time feedback. It also helps students engage in discourse via Google Moderator, and...
10 Resources to Better Understand Dyslexia
By Edudemic Staff on October 2, 2014
Imagine trying to read a sentence when every other word looks like made-up gibberish. It’s exhausting to read the sentence over and over again, trying...
3 App Smash Video Projects to Challenge Your Students
By Greg Kulowiec on September 8, 2014
When app-smashing on iPad, students and teachers use multiple apps to create individual pieces of content that are then merged or smashed together into one...
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10 Things Every Teacher Should Know How To Do With Google Docs
By Jennifer Carey on July 18, 2014
Google Docs is a powerful word processing tool that many schools have adopted. As it’s similar to Microsoft Word and other word processing tools, most...