Professional Development With Richard Byrne
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Every year for the last five years I've published a free ebook that is simply titled The Practical Ed Tech Handbook. This week I finished creating the updated version for the 2019-20 school …
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During a virtual staff meeting this week I was asked for help with making a basic video on a Chromebook. By "basic" we're talking about just recording something, saving it, and sharing it just like …
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Last summer I tried a new service called Knowt for making practice activities. At that time it would take your notes and turn them into multiple choice quizzes. Last week I revisited Knowt before …
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It has been a strange few weeks as most of us have had to rapidly transition to teaching online. In addition to working hard to help my colleagues make that transition I've been answering more emails …
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This afternoon I was informed that my school is closing for two weeks. This has left a lot of people wondering how to quickly put together some online lessons. I plan to use a lot of video over the …
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The impact of COVID-19 (coronavirus) on schools is on everyone's mind right now. I've had lots of people email and Tweet me in the last ten days asking about ideas and resources for teaching online if …
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Have you ever spent a lot of time writing a newsletter or blog post for your students and or their parents and then felt like no one read it? I have. It's frustrating, but there are some things we can …
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