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The programs also support live subtitles in multiple languages.

Raise your hand if you’ve ever experienced any of these things: A computer crash wiped out all of the favorites from your web browser You wanted to access a bookmark on your work computer from home…

Quite a few museums and libraries have projects where anyone, including students, can transcribe historical handwritten documents. There’s quite a variety, and they would be cool student proj…

The Khan Academy has launched a new series of videos focused on civics for students in K-12 and higher education — and anybody else interested in learning how government works in the United States.

Most of us are familiar with TED Talks and TED-Ed animated videos and lessons – I certainly share enough of them and you can read more at The Best Teacher Resources For “TED Talk…

My first year of grad school, I found myself totally overwhelmed by the amount and density of the required (and recommended) readings. I spent hours slogging through all of it. I had piles of notes. But I felt lost. So now I share these tips with my students…

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Seth Godin's Blog on marketing, tribes and respect

Jose Luis Vilson is an NYC math teacher, speaker, and activist, and the author of This Is Not A Test: A New Narrative on Race, Class, and Education.

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As regular readers know, it’s time for me to begin posting my mid-year “The Best….” lists. There are over 1,900 regularly updated lists now. You can see them all here. As usual, in order to…

Neuromyths are misconceptions about brain research and its application to education and learning. Previous research has shown that these myths may be quite pervasive among educators, but less is known about how these rates compare to the general public or to individuals who have more exposure to neuroscience. This study is the first to use a large sample from the United States to compare the prevalence and predictors of neuromyths among educators, the general public, and individuals with high neuroscience exposure. Neuromyth survey responses and demographics were gathered via an online surv...

It's easy to get in a rut with your digital marketing program. Here's how you can re-evaluate and optimize your efforts to make sure you continue to achieve maximum results.

Some people can dig up great music like magic, or have friends inside the industry who keep them updated. Some people are contented with their weekly Spotify Discover playlist. But if you need more ways to find music, here are 50 ideas, taken from Twitter users, my colleagues at Lifehacker’s publisher Gizmodo Media Group, and some of my own habits. Some are obvious, some bizarre, some embarrassing, but they’ve all helped people find their new favorite song, or even their favorite band.

Finding many educators are using outdated flipped learning techniques, a new group proposes global training standards to keep them up to date.

If you’re going to procrastinate on your phone, you might as well download these while you’re at it

In this post, we'll explore 5 ways to use PowerPoint as a graphics editor. I use it to create custom images, do simple editing, or build illustrations.

So, by now, everyone in the universe has seen Oprah’s speech from the Golden Globes, right? The one about the importance of telling your truth and sharing your story? “Speaking your tru…

Start by listening. If you’re wrong, acknowledge it.