Edudemic » Tools http://www.edudemic.com Education Technology Tips For Students And Teachers Thu, 01 Jun 2017 15:00:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 How to Protect Students From Fake News http://www.edudemic.com/protect-students-fake-news/ http://www.edudemic.com/protect-students-fake-news/#comments Mon, 29 May 2017 15:00:54 +0000 http://www.edudemic.com/?p=57317 For those raised in the information age, life without the internet is no life at all. It is often a primary focus of a teen’s day (75% of teens are online several times per day) and an important means by which they communicate with the world and take in new information. While information can be […]

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]]> http://www.edudemic.com/quiz-results/feed/ 1 Calling All Educators: What Do You Care About? http://www.edudemic.com/edutech-quiz/ http://www.edudemic.com/edutech-quiz/#comments Mon, 03 Apr 2017 15:00:49 +0000 http://www.edudemic.com/?p=57251 To ensure we're producing content that interests our readers, we'd love to know what you want to read more about in the education space.

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]]> http://www.edudemic.com/edutech-quiz/feed/ 4 10 Skills Modern Teachers Need http://www.edudemic.com/10-skills-modern-teachers-need/ http://www.edudemic.com/10-skills-modern-teachers-need/#comments Mon, 06 Mar 2017 16:35:43 +0000 http://www.edudemic.com/?p=57227 For educators to thrive in the classroom and navigate these and other modern difficulties, teachers must have certain skills that their predecessors didn't.

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]]> http://www.edudemic.com/10-ted-talks-educators/feed/ 1 The Pros and Cons of Technology http://www.edudemic.com/technology-pros-cons/ http://www.edudemic.com/technology-pros-cons/#comments Mon, 16 Jan 2017 15:00:23 +0000 http://www.edudemic.com/?p=56405 Using technology in the classroom is one of those issues that makes it easy to be a fence sitter. It’s difficult to be 100% for the use of educational technology all of the time, when there are so many convincing arguments against it.  Most teachers find a happy medium with technology—it’s useful in some situations, […]

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]]> http://www.edudemic.com/technology-pros-cons/feed/ 22 Cursive in the Classroom: What Else is Becoming Obsolete? http://www.edudemic.com/cursive-in-the-classroom/ http://www.edudemic.com/cursive-in-the-classroom/#comments Mon, 09 Jan 2017 16:00:21 +0000 http://www.edudemic.com/?p=57178 Determining which concepts will be permanently left by the wayside is a challenge for many educators. What is becoming obsolete in the classroom?

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