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Layering categories

Posted on November 12, 2021 by admin

Richard Byrne who writes the Free Tech 4 Teachers blog and I seem to have similar interests. In a recent post, he describes three services that allow an educator to add questions to a video. The idea is to encourage … Continue reading →

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50 Year Anniversary of Oregon Trail

Posted on November 10, 2021 by admin

I recently wrote a post describing the most recent offering of the Oregon Trail. Those of us working in the midwest who participated in the early days of classroom uses of technology are likely to have a special fondness for … Continue reading →

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Windows 11 SE vs. Chromebooks

Posted on November 9, 2021 by admin

I think Microsoft just announced hardware and a modified version of Windows 11 (Windows SE) to challenge Chromebooks in Education. The company was promoting Surface laptops under $250. I had read a Chromebook columnist predicting this possibility and watched the … Continue reading →

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Competency is mastery by another name

Posted on November 9, 2021 by admin

The Office of Educational Technology provides resources and information to educators covering multiple topics that may involve technology. Here is a link to a comment on state-by-state implementation of Competence-Based Education. The links from this resource allow educators from different … Continue reading →

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Kahoot backstory

Posted on November 3, 2021 by admin

When I ask educators in classes I work with to demonstrate a technology tool they work find useful, Kahoot always seems to be one of the requests. I have explored Kahoot myself. I have worked with technology in education since … Continue reading →

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Evidence, causes, effects, solutions

Posted on November 1, 2021 by admin

Current events and their politicized interpretations require some way for the public to process it all. Since the world is now engaged in an important conference of political leaders to address the issue of climate change. I thought I would … Continue reading →

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