Author: John Walker
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Useful Google Docs Add-On
Clipboard by Diigo for Google Docs The Clipboard Add-On by Diigo is useful for writers. The tool streamlines the editing process by providing users with a sidebar clipboard for managing content. The content on the clipboard is accessible from any Google Doc. The tool helps users collect and manage content, and use it again when…
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Moodle Mobile 1.5 is Out
And it works with my class Moodle #Moodle Mobile 1.5 is now available on Google Play with new features and improvements: https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=264282
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Best RSS Feeds for Educators
When what to my wondering eyes did appear, in my Diigo Top feed, but a list of the Best RSS Feeds for Educators. I have added a number to Feedly Education 1. Edutopia – Add feed The perennial favourite, Edutopia dishes out practical classroom strategies and tips, lesson ideas, personal stories, and innovative approaches to…
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Average HS Student Given Little Chance of AP CS Success
From Slashdot AP Computer Science is taught in just 10% of our high schools,” lamented The White House last December as President Obama kicked off CSEdWeek. “China teaches all of its students one year of computer science.” And the U.S. Dept. of Education has made the AP CS exam its Poster Child for inequity in…
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30 Things To Tell Students You’ll Never See Again
From TeachThought At the end of every school year, you lose dozens of relationships that changed you. That’s no small thing. Teaching is a personal act that binds teacher and student together even if that binding isn’t made in mutual affection. To teach and learn is to come together. Every year when students walk out…