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Against “Personalized Learning” « Annie Murphy Paul

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But if students are not properly equipped to direct their own learning, then what? “We created the profession we call ‘teaching’ largely to solve for this problem,” he dryly observes: “Students need to be guided down the path of their learning. Teachers should remain central to the activity of imparting knowledge to students.” From my…

1. To do folder (from 13 Gmail hacks for teachers – http://u.eduk8.me/13gmailhacks)

1. To do folder (from 13 Gmail hacks for teachers – http://u.eduk8.me/13gmailhacks)

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This is part 1 of 13 Gmail hacks for teachers. There’s a phrase I like to use, “Your inbox is not an organizational tool”. But, how many people do you know that have thousands of emails in their inbox, mingling archived emails with actionable emails? By working toward inbox zero you’ll lessen the cognitive load…

Google’s url shortener, goo.gl has an extension and can also create QR codes

Google’s url shortener, goo.gl has an extension and can also create QR codes

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A url shortener is used to take a very long link and make it shorter. The shorten links are more easily shared then their longer counterparts, since the longer urls may get cut off in email or other ways of messaging. Google offers a url shortener at https://goo.gl, which works well when you want to…

Timer in Google Slides, highlight Google Sheets, Google Photos – Top 3 posts of the week

Timer in Google Slides, highlight Google Sheets, Google Photos – Top 3 posts of the week

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Adding a timer to a Google Slides A neat little hack to show a timer on a Google Slides. Highlight rows in Google Sheets with conditional formatting Use conditional highlighting to highlight an entire row, not just a cell. ⓔ Use Google Photos for managing your classroom photos  Getting started with using Google Photos in…