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Workers Are Less Productive Working Remotely (At Least That’s What Their Bosses Think)
Workers with full schedule flexibility report 29% higher productivity and 53% greater ability to focus than workers with no ability to shift their schedule, according to a just-announced report from Future Forum. So why do bosses not trust employees to be productive when working out of the office?
https://www.mguhlin.org/2010/01/writing-ed-tech-list-article.html?m=1
PBL Planning: Begin with the End in Mind • TechNotes Blog
Remix the 5E Model with PBL and Technology • TechNotes Blog
Collaborative Projects in PBL, Part One • TechNotes Blog
PBL and Transversal Competence: A Free Curriculum • TechNotes Blog
Wish you had free curriculum for your first grade students? Explore This Works!, engaging content with a PBL focus.
Napkin PD: PBL Your Jigsaw • TechNotes Blog
PBL Your STEM Projects • TechNotes Blog
Make your STEM projects more than maker-based activities. PBL them to heighten classroom discussion and multiply student learning.
Gamifying PBL: Smashboard Edu • TechNotes Blog
Napkin PD: A PBL Approach to Texas History • TechNotes Blog
Blend PBL with technology to engage learners with Texas history. Introduce them to the Texas GLO Education Resources featuring lesson plans and activities.
Exploring Educational Frameworks
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Read the companion blog entries and responses by Miguel Guhlin (@mguhlin@mastodon.education)
How to Use the Triple E Framework for Edtech Evaluations
The Triple E Framework, created by Dr. Liz Kolb, helps evaluate the use of edtech in the classroom. Dr. Kolb shares how.
Elon's Mastodon Vendetta Makes Us All Less Safe
By flagging benign links to Mastodon servers as "potentially harmful," Twitter is making it harder to tell when a threat is real.
Five Sources of Evidence-Based Research
Dig into evidence-based research with these five sources. You will find strategies, research, and video series that will guide you.
How to Post to Mastodon From Anything Using IFTTT
You can use IFTTT's webhooks target to hook up *anything* to autopost to a Mastodon account.
How to Join Mastodon, the Ad-Free Social Network Billionaires Can't Buy
A short primer how to join the great #TwitterMigration and what to expect from the servers you join.
An official Google social account is now on Mastodon
It will be interesting to see where brands lands post-Twitter, but Google (via its Search Liaison account) has a Mastodon presence...
Article: 10 Stoic quotes we need right now
There's a reason it's called "timeless wisdom."
Migrating to Mastodon: power and social media dynamics in the great #TwitterMigration
Initial survey for the project Migrating to Mastodon: power and social media dynamics in the great #TwitterMigration
Joining the herd: what’s it like moving from Twitter to Mastodon?
Users fleeing Elon Musk’s takeover will find themselves in a different world – quixotic, communal and defiantly democratic
As Musk reshapes Twitter, academics ponder taking flight
Many researchers are setting up profiles on social media site Mastodon
https://www.mguhlin.org/2022/11/roundup-of-tootorials-for-mastodon.html?m=1
Gizmodo | The Future Is Here
Dive into cutting-edge tech, reviews and the latest trends with the expert team at Gizmodo. Your ultimate source for all things tech.
A Big List of Mastodon Resources
I took a pop at Mastodon several years ago, but it didn’t work. I couldn’t figure out how to make it social, and I didn’t have a good grasp of how the “federated” part…
TCEA Responds: Helpdesk Ticketing and Asset Management Digital Tools
If you're looking for systems or software for your district for helpdesk ticketing, inventory/asset management, or both, check these out.
We May Be Approaching Critical Mastodon
Mastodon is taking off in a way we've never seen before. Here's why it doesn't need to be better than Twitter to replace it.
Thousands Have Joined Mastodon Since Twitter Changed Hands. Its Founder Has a Vision for Democratizing Social Media
Thousands of users have joined Mastodon since Elon Musk took control of Twitter. Mastodon's founder Eugen Rochko says it's been a vindication
Mastodon – Simplified Federation!
Simplifies following or interacting with other users on remote Mastodon instances in the Fediverse. It skips the “Enter your Mastodon handle” popup and takes you to your own “home” instance, without entering your Mastodon handle on remote instances.
Mastodon - Decentralized social media
Learn more about Mastodon, the radically different, free and open-source decentralized social media platform.