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Heinemann concerned with educator resale of copyrighted content

Cindy forwarded this post from the Heinemann blog site. The post outlines Heinemann’s effort to clearly state their position regarding copyright as some educators have obviously taken content from Heinemann sources and repurposed what has been copied as part of … Continue reading →

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Newsela – beyond reading levels

For educators wanting an alternative to textbook-focused instruction or quality compliments to textbook-focused instruction using historical documents and quality news stories, Newsela may provide just what you are looking for. In addition to the carefully curated content, the education service … Continue reading →

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WordPress ‘Gutenberg’ Design Flaw

The Gutenberg plugin for WordPress has a characteristic I find very annoying. This “defect” occurs when I select a phrase that signals the link to another page. The “word processing” options including the link button appears (white bar), but is … Continue reading →

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Data Care Act (proposed)

Several Senate Democrats have proposed a Data Care Act. It seems obvious that there is pressure for politicians to impose expectations on online companies to address concerns for the use and protection of user information. I have concerns that Republicans … Continue reading →

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Hungry caterpillars and ed book critiques

Dean Shareski posed a question on Twitter about the lack of critical reviews of education books. The tweet generated an interesting discussion which you can probably still read if you search Twitter for Shareski soon after this post appears. Just … Continue reading →

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Models are not strategies

I came across an article written from a brain-based model of learning that makes the point I have also made many times. A model of how learning happens is not intended as a recipe for instruction. To me, a description … Continue reading →

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