Spiral offers teachers a quick and easy way to engage their classroom and measure understanding. Teachers can create and log into Spiral using a Google, Facebook, Twitter, Clever, or Edmodo account. They can also create an email log in if they don’t have access to those services. Once logged in, you can use one of the four apps…
Delaying school start times has been universally touted as the answer to the growing epidemic of teenage sleep deprivation, but this common orthodoxy may be based in false ideas about how teen biological clocks really work. The argument for later start times hinges on the fact that teenagers prefer to go to bed and sleep in…
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Teaching students to be good citizens and makers requires the knowledge of copyright and of the ability to create your own content. Drawing characters for comics, cartoons, Scratch, etc. can be difficult. Students want their work to look good, and when they can’t draw items that look good, they get discouraged. This past week I…
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