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Flipping the classroom together—from 3,000 miles away

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For the last few years, this enterprising duo has been flipping their English classes, co-moderating a weekly Twitter education chat, presenting at conferences, planning lessons, and collaborating regularly from opposite sides of the country. Not Andrew Thomasson and Cheryl Morris, that’s for sure.

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10 Inspired Tech Trends Every Teacher Should Know About

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EdSurge recently spoke with four educators to see what they were most excited about. Here’s what they shared: The start of the school year means handing out course outline packets by the dozens. We can solve a lot of problems as educators if we can just get people to read the syllabus upfront.”.

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Free Tech Tools Teach Social Emotional Learning in Classrooms

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Educators must rethink the way they teach important life skills and social issues to Generation Z. For Parents and Coaches —Share what you know and receive further resources about character education. For Fans —Select an NFL team and discover local community efforts to support character education. Course Time. •

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The Things I Did Badly: Looking Back on My First Five Years of Teaching

Faculty Focus

Last year, however, I inserted a passage in my course outlines stating that I would answer student email only during regular business hours: Monday–Friday from 8:30 a.m. If the purpose of education is, as the ancients believed, to help us lead “the good life,” what kind of example am I setting if I live entirely to serve my students?

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Redesigning the Syllabus to Reflect the Learning Journey

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If we think about learning as a journey that gets compartmentalized in formal education, then the first experience for middle and high school students is often the syllabus. As I improved it, I also worked on developing a smoother flow and incorporating reflections into the course. The Syllabus Gets a Facelift.

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5 Best Typing Tutors for Everyone

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Keyboarding is always a concern with educators, and one of the most questions is–how do you teach it? Adam Fort, an education strategist at Ratatype , has five ideas: Typing tutors are aids that enable users to increase their own typing speed, skills and touch typing techniques.

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A Case for Bi-Modal Flexible Learning, Part 2

Faculty Focus

Offering both synchronous and asynchronous options may be referred to as hybrid, blended, or bichronous course delivery, but often these are not flexible enough. Educators will need to be open-minded and flexible as they will be adapting delivery and materials with in-person lessons and changing amounts of students throughout the year.

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