March 14th Is Pi Day – Here Are A Bunch Of Useful Videosgeralt / Pixabay Pi Day is celebrated on March 14th. You might be interested in THE BEST VIDEOS FOR CELEBRATING PI DAY .
A Beginning List Of Resources On Supporting Our Students As We Make Baby Steps Towards Returning To A Post-Pandemic ClassroomClker-Free-Vector-Images / Pixabay We’re moving from full-time distance learning to concurrent/hybrid in May and, with luck, we may get back to something that might approach “normal” in the fall. Since half of our high school student body is sixteen or older (and eligible for the vaccine) and – theoretically, at least – all of our students’ families would have been eligible for the vaccine by the
Schools Went Remote A Year Ago – Here Are My Choices For The Best Pieces Written About School Reopening Since Thenqimono / Pixabay What a year it’s been! It’s been twelve months since that fateful day when our physical school closed down, and we’ve been full-time distance learning since that day (we’re going back hybrid/concurrent shortly). I’ve obviously been posting continuously about how we’ve all been handling it (see Best Lists Of The Week: Teaching Online Amid School Closures ). Education journalist Al
Thursday’s Must-Read Articles On School Reopeningssahinsezerdincer / Pixabay Here are new additions to THE BEST POSTS PREDICTING WHAT SCHOOLS WILL LOOK LIKE IN THE FALL : LA reopening deal ends California’s biggest schools standoff is from Politico. L.A. schools could reopen starting in mid-April under deal with teachers is from The L.A. Times. Resources for Reopening Schools is a great new resource from The Learning Policy Institute. Slowly, Mo
Statistics Of The Day: Here Are Details On Education Funding In The New Stimulus PackageThe American Rescue Plan has been passed, and Congress approves massive infusion of funds for schools, and high-poverty districts will get the mos t, a new article in Chalkbeat, provides the best narrative description of what it means for schools. The Congressional Research Service has provided a detailed report about how much is going to each state for what exact education purpose. I know quite
It’s A Miracle! Kahoot Now Can Show Questions On The Same Screen As The AnswersI know tons of educators have been enthusiastically endorsing Kahoot for years. From my perspective, it’s been okay, but I’ve always thought it was weird that it didn’t show the questions on the same screen as the answers. It moved from being weird in my mind to not making any sense at all over the past year when, in order to use it, students had to split their screens. Though the Quizizz interfa
Actively Learn Upgrades All Teachers To “Prime” Through June 30thActively Learn is an excellent tool used by many teachers, and offers a free plan that many of us use. Its Prime plan, though, is much, much better, but a bit pricey. And pretty much the only way you can access it is if you can convince your school or district to ante up for it. Today, though, Actively Learn announced that all free accounts will be upgraded to Prime from March 15th to June 30th.
Learn About Electronic Music & Create Some Yourself With New Google ToolGoogle has just announced a new exhibition at Google Arts and Culture called Music, Makers & Machines: A Brief History of Electronic Music. A particularly neat part of it is a tool that lets you create your own electronic music and share it with others. I’m adding this info to The Best Online Site
