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Interesting Articles

Here is where I have gathered some interesting articles, ones that made me stop and think, from some of the best minds around.  I update about every other month. Please enjoy!

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  • 10 Things All Students Want Teachers To Know by Dr. Justin Tarte

The BEST Place for Education Articles!

Edutopia
  • What New Teachers Need To Know About PD

Apps

  • 6 iPad Apps for Creative Writing by Monica Burns
  • 10 Great Apps for High School
  • 10 best Apple and Android Apps for research by Meris Stansbury
  • 5 apps for creative iPad storytelling by Stephan NooNoo
  • Apps for Kindergarten

Best Of...

  • Edutopia's Top 10 for 2014 by Betty Ray
  • The 5 Most Popular Educational Apps of 2014 for Elementary
  • 5 Teacher-Approved apps to Boost Kindergarten Skills

Blended Learning

  • 25 Tips for Success in Using Blended Learning to Personalize Education
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  • Blended Learning Provides Pathway to Success for High School Students by Joseph Rapposelli
  • 6 Ways to Be a Better Online Teacher by Paul Beaudoin

Blocking

  • Blocking access to YouTube creates dilemmas for schools by Megan Guza

Chrome

  • One Tab (Too many tabs in Chrome? Click OneTab to convert all to a list!)

Classroom Ideas

  • The 8 Minutes That Matter Most by Brian Sztabnik
  • 20 educational resources for new teachers 

Coding

  • 11 coding resources for the Hour of Code by Laura Devaney
  • ‘Let it Code’ with Frozen-inspired coding
  • 6 Tips To Get Your Kids Excited About Coding by Jen Mozen

Collaboration

  • 6 tools for parent-teacher collaboration by Laura Devaney
  • 10 ways to create engaging schools by Laura Devaney

Digital Citizenship

  • 13 Resources To Help You Teach Digital Citizenship J.V. Bolkan
  • 7 reasons digital equity is a social justice issue by Laura Devaney

Flipped Classroom Thoughts

  • Flipped-Learning Toolkit: Let's Talk Tech by Jon Bergmann
  • Should You Flip Your Classroom? by Ramsey Musallam
  • 7 free flipped classroom creation apps you might not know by Stephan Noonoo

Future Predictions

  • 8 soon-to-be-huge ed tech innovations by Meris Stansbury
  • Google, gaming, and going mobile: Today’s 5 tech trends by Stephan Noonoo
  • A Look Inside the Classroom of the Future by Dana Mortenson
  • 10 Classroom Ideas to Try in 2015 by Jennie Magiera

Google

  • Teach your students the right way to Google by Kelly Maher
  • How to Add 450+ Fonts to Your Google Documents & Slides by Richard Byrne
  • How to Create a Company Email Signature in Gmail / Google Apps
  • 10 Add-ons that will give your Google Docs unlimited powers
  • How to Recover Archived Mail
  • Add attachments to Google Calendar events
  • 5 Tips on Using Google Apps for Meetings
  • 5 smart ways students can use Google Scholar
  • 5 Smart Add-Ons That Will Make You A Gmail Ninja by Mark O'Neill

Portfolios

  • 4 Common E-Portfolio Mistakes To Avoid by David Raths

Questioning

  • 5 Powerful Questions Teachers Can Ask Students by Rebecca Alber

Social Media

  • Social media access challenges parents, educators by Zach Tyler
  • Social media has negative impact on academic performance
  • 6 Apps that Block Social Media Distractions by Cathy Morales
  • Using Technology to Teach Gratitude and Kindness by Jackie Myers
  • 10 ways to use social media to pass bond issues by Lucille Renwick
  • 12 Free Social Media Tools by Albert Costill

Tech Tools

  • 5 top tech tools of 2014 by Laura Devaney
  • 3 Tech Tools That Boost Early Literacy by Greg Thompson
  • 8 Great Tools for Classroom Presentations by Bridget McCrea
  • New Teachers: Resource Roundup
  • Practical Ed Tech Tip of the Week – 33 Ed Tech Tools Demonstrated in One Playlist by Richard Byrne

Texting

  • Texting with students can profoundly impact their success by Timothy Chipp

Twitter

  • 5 Twitter hashtags you should be searching by Laura Devaney
  • Tweeting the Read-Aloud: Engaging and Motivating Readers by Monica Burns

Video

  • 8 tips for creating video in online learning
  • An 'Easy Button' for Video Production
  • Adding Subtitles to Videos by Andrew Serwatuk

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