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Teacher salaries
NPR has just released an interesting article on teacher salaries. The article begins noting that this is the campaign season and focusing on Democratic candidates lists several campaign promises related to teacher salaries. Bernie Sanders proposes raising the starting salary … Continue reading
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Two free audiobooks a week for teens for the summer
SYNC is a free summer audiobook program for teens 13+. SYNC will give away two complete audiobook downloads a week based on weekly themes. In 2018, 26 titles were given away over 13 weeks.
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States highlight problem of fake news
Your state may or may not have a commitment to prepare students to learn in a world where fake news is published without apology and politicians even at the highest level endorse false narratives. As preparation for responsible citizenship, preparing … Continue reading
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PixelFed
If you are an Instagram user and have a desire to move some of your online activity away from the Facebook company, I recommend PixelFed. You will find this service similar to Instagram (images and comments) and it does not … Continue reading
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My Brave Ad Income
I have been following and participating in the Brave Internet program (ad blocking browser and ad-related services). My idealistic way of explaining the Brave program is that it provides the opportunity to protect user privacy while providing resources to content … Continue reading
Student prep for dealing with misinformation is no longer effective
This article from the Chronicle of Higher Education concludes that the approach taken to prepare students to identify misinformation online is no longer effective. The authors suggest that popular strategies typically involve providing students a list of things that can … Continue reading
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