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EdWeek reports on COVID-19 adjustments
EdWeek has transformed its online publication to focus mainly on the topic of how educators and educational institutions are coping with the Coronavirus pandemic. Here is a nationwide summary of school closings and ongoing online activity.
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No wait Harry Potter
Using your library to get digital books and audiobooks is great, but often you have to wait months to get what you want. If you want Harry Potter books, this is your lucky month. Author Rowley must have waived the … Continue reading
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Online in Times of Crisis and Copyright
Educators in nearly every district are finishing out the year meeting their students online. Those of us who prepare teachers to use technology are attempting to offer suggestions for how educators could (not necessarily should) work with students under present … Continue reading
Layering explained
Layering is a term I have been using for some time to describe a category of online services that educators can use to extend existing online content to make this content more effective. This video (created using Loom) explains this … Continue reading
That coffee shop ambiance
I love working in coffee shops. Retired or not, I still call reading and writing my work. I am not sure why I think or at least imagine I work better in a coffee shop. Perhaps the distraction of those … Continue reading
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Subsidizing Internet Services
In this period of the U.S. government considering how it might subsidize various components of the economy in response to the shutdown caused by the Coronavirus, the Wall Street Journal offers an article asking whether Internet access should be included … Continue reading
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