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Three Years After Launch, and Still $1,000, Demand for Valve’s VR Headset Remains Strong
A smaller number of people willing to buy an expensive product can really add up, as Valve has found with its high-end Index headset. At the third anniversary of the headset’s release—despite its age and never-discounted $1,000 price tag—the headset has continued to rank among the 10 highest grossing products on Steam.
Valve has been pretty quiet about […]
The Rise of Teacher Influencers And What it Takes to be One
When we think about what an influencer is, this definition is helpful: ‘Someone who has a social media presence and has the power to affect the decisions of others because of their authority, knowledge, position, or relationship with them.’
With this description in mind, it’s not surprising that the teacher influencer phenomenon is on the rise. Teachers are natural influencers due to their education status and constant drive for improvement, both personally and from their students.
Influencers connect with their audiences by creating content that people want to relate to. By nature, teachers are adept at creating connections across a […]
Automation as The Key to Ease Teacher’s Workload: What You Need to Know
All over the world, teachers are quitting in droves. And they’re not silent about what’s causing this mass exodus.
Stress.
Teacher stress is at epidemic levels, and it’s having a major, negative impact on education worldwide.
Teacher stress is a well-discussed topic both on this site and elsewhere, so we won’t linger on its causes. Let’s just say that a lot of things need to change – and change fundamentally – in order to address the problem.
Some changes (the pressure to meet increasingly unattainable targets, for example) need to come at the government level. Others (e.g. tricky relationships […]
Hacking Google Classroom for Standards Based Grading
Standards Based Grading for Google Classroom users. Hack your class to allow for a better way to communicate student progress on standards.
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Now Dates in Google Sheets
For a timesheet you need to know what time it is now. Use Now Dates in Google Sheets to determine how much time has passed.
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Slides Timer – Countdown in Google Slides
Slides Timer is a super easy way to add a Google Slides Countdown timer. If you need a timer for your Google Slides while you are presenting check out this easy way to add it to your slides. It also has a Google Slides Count UP timer
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How to Build a Minecraft lesson
How to Build a Minecraft lesson to increase student engagement and learning. Register free for the OTIS webinar with Alice Keeler to learn. more about building MinecraftEDU Lessons
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For Goodness Sake Only Put In Once in Google Sheets
The Rule of One! Only Put In Once in Google Sheets!! Here is how to handle if you need something twice or more in a spreadsheet.
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7 Ways To Retain and Attract Teachers
How do we retain and attract teachers? Business as usual certainly is not making happen. Education, like business, has to change to accommodate families
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How to Quizlet Live
Looking for a fun review activity with your students? You can use Quizlet Live as a fun class activity.
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The Hashtag is #ISTElive 22 – Find @alicekeeler
Let’s connect at #ISTElive 22 Here is the official hashtag and tips for getting the most out of ISTE even if you are #NotAtISTE
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5 Steps to Get Started with Spaces EDU
Use a FREE Spaces EDU account to engage and interact with students. Here are 5 steps to get started with Spaces EDU
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5 Google Jamboard Templates
Here are 5 Google Jamboard Templates to help you engage your students. Get students collaborating and critically thinking with Google Jamboard.
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What is Prezi and How Can it Be Used to Teach? Tips & Tricks
Prezi is a powerful presentation system that uses lots of media types making it very versatile as a teaching tool.
An MD Turned High School Teacher’s Prescription to Improve School Mental Health
Teachers can make their lives easier and help students with their mental health by reframing their teaching and looking to healthcare for inspiration, says Dr. Christopher Jenson
What is Mural and How Can it Be Used to Teach? Tips & Tricks
Mural is a digital whiteboard that’s useful for connecting students and teachers.
Top Sites and Resources to Support LGTBQ+ Students
It’s estimated that nearly two million American youth aged 13-17 identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
5 Pieces of Advice for New Teachers
Asking questions and making sure to give yourself time off are among the advice veteran and award-winning educators offer for new teachers.
Best Practices for Trauma-Informed Teaching
Trauma-informed teaching needs to be part of every educator’s toolbox
Teacher Who Inspired Stranger Things Creators: Using the Arts to Educate
Strangers Things’ creators, the Duffer brothers, credit Hope Hynes Love with fostering and encouraging their early creativity. Love shares strategies for inspiring and educating students through the arts.
Reading Comprehension Can Predict College Success
For a new study, researchers looked at 26 previous studies and a total of 25,090 students and found that differences in reading comprehension could explain 8.4 percent of the variation seen in college grades.
What is Common Curriculum and How Can it Be Used to Teach? Tips & Tricks
Common Curriculum is a digital lesson planning tool with lots of useful features for teachers.
Tech & Learning Announces Winners of Best of Show at ISTE 2022
This annual awards celebrates the products, and businesses behind each one, who are transforming education in schools around the world.
Best Origami Apps for Kids and Students
Origami is an ancient Japanese work of art that involves ‘folding paper into decorative shapes and figures’. Origami is not only about creating beautiful designs but is also about…
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Great Social Emotional Learning Apps to Use with Students and Kids
Social emotional learning (SEL), as defined by EQ, is “the process through which children and adults acquire and effectively apply the knowledge, attitudes, and skills necessary to understand and…
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