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Facing Plagiarism with a Positive Attitude?

Reblogged from Deep Down in the Classroom:

I don’t know about all of you, but I have found some plagiarism over the past week or so.  Last night, particularly, an essay came back from Safe Assign with a 70% rate of plagiarism. It was a documented essay…

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Revisiting comic creation

Reblogged from NspireD2: Learning Technology in Higher Ed.:

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One of the early posts on this blog was Creating seriously good comics online, a review of the comic-creation site Pixton. To…

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Twitteracy: Tweeting as a New Literacy Practice

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This new research article explores how Twitter, and other social media technologies, contributes to new and traditional literacy practices. It offers models of using Twitter as a learning tool, explores how Twitter is used by…

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Technology and gritty learning

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Psychologist Angela Duckworth defines grit as a combination of passion, perseverance, and stamina applied over the long term. Dr.…

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Experiments in Creative Approaches to Science EducationExperiments in Creative Approaches to Science Education, by Mika Munakata and Ashwin Vaidya By Dr.…View Post

Experiments in Creative Approaches to Science Education

Experiments in Creative Approaches to Science Education, by Mika Munakata and Ashwin Vaidya

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Performing Arts as Pedagogy, by Christopher ParkerPerforming Arts as Pedagogy by Christopher Parker Lauren Worsham in Dog Days (photo by James…View Post

Performing Arts as Pedagogy, by Christopher Parker

Performing Arts as Pedagogy by Christopher Parker

Lauren Worsham in Dog Days (photo by James…

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Using Screencasting for Teaching, by Kirk McDermidUsing Screencasting for Teaching, by Kirk McDermid by Dr. Kirk McDermid, Department of Philosophy…View Post

Using Screencasting for Teaching, by Kirk McDermid

Using Screencasting for Teaching, by Kirk McDermid by Dr. Kirk McDermid, Department of Philosophy…

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Playing Games to Learn - Ideas and ResourcesMy 7th/8th grade math teacher, Ms. Whitney, always included logic puzzles at the end of every unit…View Post

Playing Games to Learn - Ideas and Resources

My 7th/8th grade math teacher, Ms. Whitney, always included logic puzzles at the end of every unit…

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Virtual Video Platform Eases the Use of Debate in Teaching Critical Thinking and Perspective

Using structured debate in the classroom to teach perspective, critical thinking, review, editing, rhetoric, and application of theoretical concepts, is no new tactic, though it’s often dismissed as too difficult to implement, too time-consuming, or too…

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Creative videos show cultural connections

Creative videos show cultural connections.

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