Why Teachers and Students Should Blog This recent article, Why Teachers and Students Should Blog, offers 4 reasons and 5 tips for using blogs in the classroom for increasing student engagement and learning. Link: http://www.edudemic.com/how-and-why-teachers-should-blog/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_term=Education%20Dive%3A%20K12&utm_campaign=Issue%3A%202015-06-01%20K12%20Education%20Dive%20Newsletter
Category: Blogs
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Mar 23
Don’t Be Fooled: Recognizing & Avoiding Predatory Publishers
On March 2, as part of the 2015 Scholarship Symposium at Texas A&M University-Commerce, Jeffrey Beall presented Don’t Be Fooled: Recognizing & Avoiding Predatory Publishers. Mr. Beall alerted us to current scams with scholarly open-access publishing. Mr. Beall is the only monitoring entity (there are no known regulatory bodies to police predatory publishers) and uses his …
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Sep 03
Progress Blog #1 : Composition in a Digital Age
This fall semester, I’m doing something new with my online composition classes. It’s something I’m not really sure they are going to like. It’s something I’m not sure I’m going to like either. But that’s sort of the point of humanities education, right? Trying to communicate in new and more profound ways the various experiences …
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Jul 16
Bill Gates and His Thoughts on MOOCs
Found this online article in a the July 16th issue of The Chronicle. What is your reaction to Mr. Gates’ comments? Link: Bill Gates Discusses MOOCs at Microsoft Research’s Faculty Summit
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Feb 28
Adobe: Bring creativity to the classroom
An informative article from Adobe, with video, on why creativity is so important in education. As an educator, you have an opportunity and an obligation to foster creativity in your students, while also helping them develop digital skills. When students become creators of digital content, they can amplify their ideas and increase their impact. Take …
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