Fact Monster, a comic, and the Public Domain – Top 3 of the Week
https://eduk8.me/2020/01/fact-monster-is-a-reference-site-designed-for-kids/ https://eduk8.me/2020/01/comic-future-hiring/ https://eduk8.me/2020/01/new-in-the-public-domain-for-2020/
New in the public domain for 2020!
Starting on Jan. 1, anyone can legally remix George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, screen Buster Keaton’s silent films, or publish their own edition of Agatha Christie’s whodunnit The Man in the Brown Suit. These classics are among the hundreds of books, films, novels, maps, music, and art created in 1924 that will enter the public…
Fact Monster is a reference site designed for kids
Source: Fact Monster – A Trusted Reference Site for Kids Fact Monster is a reference site to be used with students in grades 3 or 4 on up. Some content may be usable in the lower grades, but a lot of the references pull from sources such as the Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia. The site pulls…
The air quality in your school can have a huge impact on learning
He finds that math scores went up by 0.20 standard deviations and English scores by 0.18 standard deviations, and the results hold up even when you control for “detailed student demographics, including residential ZIP Code fixed effects that help control for a student’s exposure to pollution at home.” Source: Air filters create huge educational gains…
Eduk8me’s top 10 posts of 2019
I’m not a big fan of yearly countdowns in December. What about posts in December? So, I’m doing my top 10 posts now, and there is one post from December that made the list. https://eduk8.me/2019/02/preceden-a-free-for-students-timeline-creator/ 0x0D Ways to Teach Like a Hacker https://eduk8.me/2019/02/another-option-to-quiet-youtube-df-tube-distraction-free-for-youtube/ https://eduk8.me/2019/01/an-entirely-free-9th-grade-computer-science-curriculum-from-carnegie-mellon-university/ https://eduk8.me/2019/01/workaround-for-verizon-customers-using-remind/ https://eduk8.me/2019/05/play-the-classic-version-of-minecraft-for-free-in-your-browser/ https://eduk8.me/2019/06/google-sheets-has-a-translate-function/ https://eduk8.me/2019/12/get-them-coding-with-tic-80/ https://eduk8.me/2019/09/the-note-taking-app-notion-is-now-free-for-college-students-and-educators/ https://eduk8.me/2019/10/ted-ed-has-a-new-youtube-series-for-kids-about-coding/
Managing Edtech, free ebooks, and a comic – Top 3 of the Week
https://eduk8.me/2020/01/eric-sheningers-tips-for-managing-edtech-in-the-classroom/ https://eduk8.me/2020/01/epic-offers-free-ebooks-and-reading-activities-for-teachers/ https://eduk8.me/2020/01/comic-going-back/
Are you burning out?
We tend to think of burnout as an individual problem, solvable by “learning to say no,” more yoga, better breathing techniques, practicing resilience — the self-help list goes on. But evidence is mounting that applying personal, band-aid solutions to an epic and rapidly evolving workplace phenomenon may be harming, not helping, the battle. With “burnout”…
