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Should I Download That App? A Ten Question Checklist for Choosing Tools Worth Your—and Your Students’—Time | EdSurge News Whether you are a classroom teacher, instructional coach, or administrator, ask yourself these ten questions before tapping GET, INSTALL, or BUY. I totally concur with number one.
Today is a day I despise on the Internet. Filled with wannabe Onion writers, millions of sites think they are funny when in reality it’s just annoying. But, all is not lost. There have been great contributions on April Fools Day, and the optimist in me believe there will be in the future. Apple Computer…
We are all lifelong beginners. We need to redefine the word as one that empowers people and not undermines or reduces their contribution. Source: I’m a “Lifelong Beginner”. Are you? – DEV For a couple of years after college I worked in the private sector. It was pretty weird not having a beginning (August) and…
Checklist or Art Form? What we teach is not really as important as how we teach. In my first years of education, those suggested activities were my lifeline. I needed them because I thought of teaching as more of a checklist, than an art form. “If I do this, then I will be able to say that…
It need hardly be said that these fads were and are (at best) a waste of time and (at worst) a set of expensive distractions. But open plan offices are worse. Much worse. Why? Because they decrease rather than increase employee collaboration. Source: It’s Official: Open-Plan Offices Are Now the Dumbest Management Fad of All Time |…
After a certain point in time, I began to realize that if I actually memorized all of this stuff—or tried to—I might be spending all my time memorizing and doing little else. It really begs the question, what is worth memorizing? Source: To memorize or not to memorize? – DEV Community ???? When everything is a…