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Tag: HackEducation

  • 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…

  • Where in the World are the Best Schools and the Happiest Kids?

    The best test scores don’t always mean the happiest kids at school.  The Best Schools and the Happiest Kids visualizes the results from a worldwide survey of over 500,000 15-year-olds globally. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s triennial international survey compared test scores from 65 countries. Happiness was ranked based on the percentage of…

  • Are We Still Teachers?

    The next collaborative project between English and Information Technology is going to be this project from the NYTimes Learning Network:  Student Contest | 15-Second Vocabulary Videos If we can fit this into CCSS, the deliverology we are mandated, collection of Data Team results, statistics for evaluations, new systems implementation, and everything else required this year.…