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October 22, 2010 | 4:21 PM | By Tina Barseghian
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Tech or No Tech: A Great Teacher is Key - Tech tools are just a means to an end. Faster test scores, closer communication with students, collaborative assignments, customized learning based on each student’s skill — those are ways that technology can make a teacher’s job easier and the learning process more enjoyable.
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Telling Tales Together: 4 Great Collaborative Writing Tools - Students can not only flex their writing wings, but do it together, by creating group-led e-books, fictional stories, blogs, op-eds, and petitions, and, in some cases, see their edits and additions. Here are a handful of examples of collaborative writing tools with classroom applications. Of course, these can be used outside the classroom, too.
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Learning Better, One Kid at a Time - For those who have difficulty reading, or have learning disabilities, individualized curriculum can engage them in the content without alienating them from the learning process.
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Why Today’s College Kids Prefer Print – And Tomorrow’s Won’t - Two studies show that college students prefer bound books. But by the time today’s grade-schoolers start packing for college, the publishing market will have been turned on its ear.
- 7 Fantastic Free Social Media Tools for Teachers – Though there are half a billion people using Facebook, it’s not the only available social network for educators and students to connect to them and to each other. Here’s a great list compiled by Mashable.