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Monarchs, milkweed, and learning
Many classrooms raise monarch butterflies to see the transition from caterpillar to chrysalis to butterfly. In doing so, students probably learn that the monarch is endangered because of the loss of habitat that pretty much translates as access to milkweed … Continue reading
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Computational thinking and related strategies rehash
Buitrago and colleagues (2017) offer several specific recommendations for the use of programming experiences to develop computational thinking skills. These recommendations include: A clear statement of objectives so the computational skills to be learned are understood the use of educational … Continue reading
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Vacation or Off Season
Most K12 educators have now completed the 2018-2019 academic year. Many have taken to social media to comment in different ways about the end of the year. The comments express a wide range of sentiments. I react to some of … Continue reading
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Howard Rheingold explains RSS
I have written multiple posts explaining why I think educators should use an RSS reader to focus their online reading. Howard Rheingold, a long-time time tech leader, has just released his own justification for prioritizing RSS and suggestions for what … Continue reading
Using a chromebook with LastPass
I have made the transition to using a password manager so my multiple accounts are protected with more complex passwords. I should have anticipated a problem using my chromebook, but I did not. The default way you activate your chromebook … Continue reading
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Summer teacher blogs
Summer would be a great time for educators to contribute a blog. They could make this a summer blog and declare it as such. If time did not allow during “the season”, they could simply not add posts. A summer … Continue reading