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Our History Is Not Lost: Resources for Learning and Teaching the Fullness of Black History

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Resources for learning and teaching the fullness of Black history all year round. Humanizing pre-colonial history catapulted a spiritual reckoning and unlocked a familiar wholeness for me. From studying African and Black American history, I developed what Joyce E. My desire to know exploded.

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Why Effective Digital Learning Shouldn’t Disrupt Traditional Teaching Techniques

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Lecture + Digital Formative Assessment I recently attended a local conference and the keynote was delivered by Aaron Polansky , superintendent from Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical High School in Rochester, Mass. Within his talk he exclaimed, “Lectures are only terrible if you are a terrible lecturer!”

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EdSurge Staff Picks for What to Read, Watch and Listen to Over the Holiday Break

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The opening to this essay , penned by Finck, sheds some light on why I find her work so entertaining. “A I was struck by the tight argumentation in the recent Vox essay, “ The incredible shrinking future of college ,” written by New America’s Kevin Carey. Do you love history? Do you love puppets?

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Top 10 EdSurge Podcast Episodes of 2023

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A new book by a high school history and civics teacher collects innovative strategies, and argues that getting the issue right is crucial for building a strong democracy. So they’re looking for inspiration from other sectors — including video game design and elementary school classrooms — to keep lectures interesting.

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How Podcasting Is Changing Teaching and Research

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It was a podcast version of the BBC radio show In Our Time, where a panel of academics discussed the history of ideas. Because let's say a student essay of 2,000 to 3,000 words, you can't easily read that out on a podcast. Other people do sort of mini-lectures as podcasts and give them to their students.

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How Mega-Universities Manage to Teach Hundreds of Thousands of Students

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Classes aren’t led by a lone professor lecturing at the front of the classroom, but by teams of educators, with at least three virtual instructors and as many as ten to fifteen assigned to larger classes. Performance assessment varies, with students submitting essays, videos or presentations to demonstrate they’ve learned the material.

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8 EdTech Trends to Watch Out for This 2020

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Our guest writer Jacqui Murray mentions some of its popular uses in education , such as producing scaled models for math and history classes, as well as creating “visual aids” to make learning more immersive. Over time, 3D printing has expanded outside of niche uses, and is now impacting schools too.

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