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The #everydaycourage of sharing our work as educators

September 1, 2017June 18, 2018 Jeanie Phillips 0 Comments #everydaycourage, collaboration

3 ways to de-privatize our practice My first teaching job was in the library at a large, open-concept elementary school

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PBL robotics
Project-Based Learning Science Saturdays 

Robotics, PBL, and collaboration

January 31, 2015April 15, 2022 Mark W. Olofson 8 Comments collaboration, constructivism, robotics, STEM

At TechJam this past autumn I was fortunate to run into a number of student groups who were there to

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Flipped Classrooms Tools We Like 

4 ways to use Flipboard in your flipped classroom

September 12, 2014April 15, 2022 Audrey Homan 13 Comments Android, collaboration, curation, current events, Flipboard, flipped classrooms, Google Nexus, iPads

We’re flipping for Flipboard — and your students will too! Flipboard is a free mobile app for the iOS, Android and

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Science Saturdays 

Citizen Science: routes to collaboration on scientific research

July 12, 2014July 29, 2014 Mark W. Olofson 2 Comments collaboration, Science, STEM

For a lot of kids, science can be something you learn about, instead of something that you do. This is

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