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Seven years ago I published the first version of The Practical Ed Tech Handbook. Every year since then I've published an updated version. The new version for the 2021-22 school year is almost done. …
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Last week I received an email from a reader who asked, “what would you say are some ‘essentials’ that I can recommend to incoming staff at my school?” I get variations on that question fairly …
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While Google is the default search engine for many students (either mentally or technically because of browser settings), there are other public search engines for them to use. In some cases using an …
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Google Scholar is an excellent place to find academic articles on just about any topic you can think of. If there's an academic journal related to your research topic, Google Scholar has probably …
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Developing mind maps or concept maps can be a great way for students to see the connections between topics within a subject. But for some students looking at a mind map is confusing and they'd prefer …
One of my all-time favorite examples of a student video project is a Next Vista for Learning video titled A Healthy Meal. The video is a compilation of short animations narrated by kindergarten …
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