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4 Free And Simple Blogging Platforms That Are NOT WordPress
By Katie Lepi on June 5, 2014
Blogging can be a great tool for both teachers and students. Teachers can get a lot out of it both personally and professionally – collecting...
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New WordPress Plugin Lets You Build Your Own Online School
By Jeff Dunn on January 21, 2013
Ever wanted to build your own online school? A new Wordpress plugin called Sensei by WooThemes might be a good place to start.
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10 Cheap Premium Kick-Ass WordPress Themes
By Jeff Dunn on January 7, 2011
You may have noticed Edudemic just got a fresh coat of proverbial paint a couple days ago. While it’s usually not a good idea to...
WordPress 3.0: What’s New And What’s Next
By Jeff Dunn on June 17, 2010
If you’re a blogger, designer, or tech-savvy teacher, you’ve likely heard of WordPress. (If you haven’t, now is the time to learn more about it!)...
Best of: Premium and Free WordPress Themes
By Jeff Dunn on April 15, 2010
A new feature we’re unveiling at the Geek Guidebook is the ‘Best Of’ series. In it we will be showcasing some of the best people,...
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Lifelong Learning is the Most Crucial Educational Mindset
By Edudemic Staff on January 2, 2015
Doctors, lawyers, and other professionals never stop learning new techniques and strategies to hone their craft and remain on the cutting edge in their field...
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How to Turn Computer Games into Lesson Plans
By James Hinton on December 29, 2014
How to Turn Computer Games into Lesson Plans I was a child of the ‘80s. I started kindergarten in ’77, and proceeded to have the...
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10 Most Popular Teaching Tools Used This Year
By Edudemic Staff on December 11, 2014
Last year, Edudemic published a list of the most essential and popular educational tools used in modern classrooms across the globe. While many of 2013’s...
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9 Tips For Conducting A Live Online Discussion
By Katie Lepi on September 4, 2014
As a teacher, getting students interested in and thinking critically about a particular subject is often what you’re looking for from your students. This can...
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The 6 Levels Of Bloom’s Taxonomy, Explained With Active Verbs
By Jeff Dunn on August 7, 2014
The various levels of Bloom’s (Revised) Taxonomy are pretty well known to most teachers at this point. The gradated levels of critical thinking allow teachers...
How To Get Into The ‘Flow’ In Your Classroom
By Katie Lepi on July 14, 2014
The best laid plans of mice and men oft go astray. – Robert Burns How many times have you planned out a lesson, been excited...
9 Powerful (And FREE) Tools To Boost Summer Learning
By Lisa Johnson on June 16, 2014
Rapidly approaching the dog days of summer (give or take a few days or weeks), I felt a need to share a power packed suitcase...
5 Tools To Help Create A Paperless Book Club
By Corey Holmer on May 23, 2014
This post was co-written by Corey Holmer and Jamie Trow A class set of novels, binders, poster boards, and enough post-it notes to wallpaper a...
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How The World Worked Before Social Media
By Jeff Dunn on May 21, 2014
Sometimes it is hard to imagine how we functioned without our smartphones, tablets, laptops, and other devices. Whenever I head out to explore a new...
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18 Ways To Use Rubrics In Education
By Katie Lepi on May 19, 2014
Rubrics are an extremely useful classroom evaluation tool, though many teachers these days aren’t using them anymore, and don’t think they are necessary. The lovely...
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Do You Know The 4 Stages Of Learning?
By Katie Lepi on May 18, 2014
The idea that different students may learn differently (otherwise known as ‘learning styles) is a pretty hot-button issue. In fact, I don’t think any other...
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The 60-Second Guide To Education In The US
By Katie Lepi on May 5, 2014
Take a quick look at some interesting facts about education in the US
The New Alphabet Students Are Really Learning
By Katie Lepi on April 30, 2014
We talk a lot here about the technologies available to our students now that were not available to us at that time in our lives....
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5 Free Social Bookmarking Tools I Use Every Day
By Katie Lepi on April 10, 2014
Most people I talk to have some sort of what might best be called an online routine. You know, the when and how of approaching...
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Why You Should Try Video Feedback With Students
By bcotmedia on April 9, 2014
As Katie Lepi showed in her recent article, the use of video in education is fast emerging as an efficient, creative, and effective way to...
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15 Tips For Facilitating Online Discussion
By Katie Lepi on March 15, 2014
Facilitating discussions between students is one of those things that is infinitely easier when you’re teaching in a physical classroom rather than online. When the...
10 Big Education Stories You Should Know About
By Jeff Dunn on March 5, 2014
Here are our picks for the must-read education stories of the past few days. You can see all these stories, some witty remarks, and more...
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15 Tips For Better Online Student-Faculty Communication
By Katie Lepi on March 4, 2014
Online learning offers a host of conveniences that make it a popular option for students. Students don’t need to live near a physical university to...
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Why You Should Share Your Ideas
By Katie Lepi on February 28, 2014
I was chatting with a friend the other day about how the business she now runs got started. The short version of the story is...
What Is Connected Learning?
By Katie Lepi on February 12, 2014
Connected learning brings together all of the various experiences, interests, technology, academics, people and communities that learners are a part of in order to make...