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Top 10 Blog Posts This Week
Why Teachers Need to Keep Going Even When It’s Hard – Inspired by Vedran Smailovic, the Cellist of Sarajevo, a post encouraging teachers to keep making their music even when they’re discouraged.
Why Minecraft in Schools is the Modern Marvel: 5 Epic Ideas – An Interview on Every Classroom Matters with Lucas Gillispie, the teacher who runs one of the largest implementations of Minecraft in schools in the world.
Kid President: Kids Inspiring Kids to Change the World – an Interview with Brad Montague, director and creator of Kid President
Social Media in Schools – a piece written for Cathy Rubin from the Global Search for Education top 12 Teacher Blogs answering her question of the month “What is the role of social media in classrooms?”
How to Make Google Chrome Faster, Better and Prettier a tutorial series on the ins and outs of getting the most out of Google Chrome
15 Best Google Drive Add-Ons for Education an older perennial favorite. I’ll be updating this one soon with one tweak.
What to Do When Someone Hates You one of the most popular posts I’ve ever written. Hate is something many of us struggle to overcome. These are truths I learned when grappling with a hate situation of my own. Lots of people read this one after searching for a solution to their problem on Google.
4 Writing Tips to Help the Writing Process – I’m getting thank-you emails about this post more than any other. As you help kids with college essays and high school essays, this post has the tools and tips to help you teach kids. It includes tutorials and links to sites that help you.
Note Taking Skills for 21st Century Students – Note taking has changed. Here are some tips and videos that I share with students and teachers so that when you take notes, you’ll remember.
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