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Computational animated demos

Computational thinking proposes that the skills exercised by experienced programmers can be applied (transfer) in other areas. This value added argument for k12 coding experiences is in my opinion unproven, but others see coding for all as a way to … Continue reading

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Achievement during pandemic

I have been wondering if anyone would find a way to evaluate student learning during the pandemic. Obviously, this was an emergency situation with schools having little time to prepare and access from home was inconsistent from family to family. … Continue reading

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Diigo for layering

Diigo is an online service for social bookmarking. It allows a user to collect links to many online resources and to highlight, annotate, tag these resources. It is social in the sense that as a user you designate your stored … Continue reading

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MoocNote for annotating video

MoocNote is a tool (web based or Chrome extension) for adding time-stamping annotations to online video. Educators could use MoocNote to add comments, questions, or links to videos students are assigned to study or could be used by a student … Continue reading

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Juneteenth

Looking for Juneteenth resources? Google has a nice collection. For the first time. the Google doodle also recognized Juneteenth.

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COVID and the digital divide

This article from EdSurge makes an interesting point about COVID. The claim is that while COVID did not create the digital divide and the possible impact on learning, it did require that everyone recognize the problem. Far more learners than … Continue reading

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