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Oculus Rift in the Classroom
With the 2016 release of the Oculus Rift to the public, the age of virtual reality for the everyday American may be underway. Although smartphone-based...
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5 Maker Movement Tools That are Not 3D Printers
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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Go Green in Your Classroom: 16 Resources for Environmental Lessons
Take a walk through the woods or spend an evening soaking up the sight of the night sky. Planet Earth is chock full of gorgeous...
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English Grammar Activities App Helps Students Learn Grammar Rules
After considering other online reviews and testing the app in my classroom for several weeks, I can endorse Cambridge English Grammar in Use: Activities as...
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NatureMapping: What It Is and How It Can Be Used as a Learning Tool
Students spend their school days learning science, but rarely do they have the opportunity to contribute to it. With NatureMapping, students can learn important scientific...
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15 Tips and Tools for Teaching Grammar
Who doesn’t love grammar? Well, most people as it turns out. The subject is often regarded as tedious by students, if not also by many...
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Be a School Leader: The 16 Best Resources for School Administrators
The role teachers play in the educational system is significant and vital, but if teachers are the heart of the operation, administrators are the bones....
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Helping Students Become Better Online Researchers
Your students are probably Internet authorities. When it comes to Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube, they might know far more than you. All of that time...
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The Teacher’s Guide to Using YouTube in the Classroom
YouTube is one of the most popular websites on the planet and a vast resource for educational content. The site is home to over 10...
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10 Emerging Education Technologies
Are you or your students wearing your Apple Watches to school, and if so, are you using them as part of your curriculum? What about...
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The Ultimate Guide to Using iPads in the Classroom
Congratulations! Your school district or principal has just decided to use iPads in your school. But how do you make sure this new technological tool...
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A Teacher’s Guide to Wikipedia
Wikipedia is often vilified in educational circles. The site’s loudest critics think that it offers biased, non-credible information. Many teachers specifically ban students from using...
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The Teacher’s Guide To Open Educational Resources
You’ve probably heard about Open Educational Resources and maybe even used some in your classroom. But the world of OERs is growing constantly, with more...
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Chicktionary: The Goofy New App That Makes Learning Vocab Fun
After evaluating online feedback from the education community and testing the app in my classroom for two weeks, I can recommend Chicktionary as the best...
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iPads in the Classroom: The Right Questions You Should Ask
The pressure is on to make sure the education of U.S. students is on track with their global peers. Unfortunately, according to a 2015 report...
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The Maker Movement and the Classroom
The Maker Movement is a new trend based on old school traditions in which the philosophy of doing, building, and creating prevails over just simply...
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What Wearable Tech Could Mean for the Classroom
Not too long ago, tablets and smartphones were largely viewed as educational scourges — mere distractions responsible for dulling minds and derailing productivity. Now, instead...
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12 Unexpected Ways to Use LEGO in the Classroom
LEGO Bricks are toys. They’re items that students willingly seek out to play with and get excited to receive as gifts under the Christmas tree....
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21 Great Special Education Blogs and Apps
Teaching is a challenging field, there is no doubt about it. On a daily basis, teachers work with twenty or thirty students, each one with...
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The Educator’s Guide to Pinterest
Your classroom probably has a bulletin board. It’s the perfect spot to organize information and show off great work. Increasingly, learning is happening online, and...
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A Teacher’s Guide to Using PowerPoint
Different people learn differently. That’s always been true, but only in recent years have teachers had access the tools that allow them to really accommodate...
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The Go-To Tablet Activity Starter Kit
This is a follow up to my previous tablet-focused article, which aimed to ease the nerves of our generation of teachers who were trained in...
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Top 10 Best Free Math Resources on the Web
For many students, the words “math” and “fun” don’t seem to have much overlap. Math is often thought of as a dry subject – equations...
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Makerspaces in the Media Center
For most people when they hear the words location, location, location they think real estate. I think of school library media centers. In almost all...
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4 Steps to a Useable and Used LMS
The term learning management system (LMS) means many different things to teachers, administrators, students and parents. For some, it’s an essential part of their teaching...
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Affordable Online Colleges in America: 2016 Rankings
At long last, online learning is maturing to the point of being a viable option for many. Let's uncover the truth about cheap online colleges and if they're right...
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