What’s the Buzz: Active Learning

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Sometimes, when thinking about educational buzzwords, we only think about student applications.  As a coach, I realize that I need to apply the same concept when working with adults.  Active Learning is a concept that applies when working with adults as well as with children. As educators, we pick up and use buzzwords all the … read more »


Tech Tool of the Month: Penzu

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In the fall I had a chance to get reacquainted with Penzu. It’s a great tool for writing that allows you to create a free online journal. Individual entries can be public or private which allows you to share them in many ways. Using Penzu would be an excellent way to reflect or share your … read more »


Being Re-sourceful, When More Is Not Better, Part One

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In today’s world of instant information, students often are overwhelmed by the myriad of resources available to support research assignments. When teaching students to use search engines, I emphasize the importance of asking the right questions, finding the best keywords, and, most importantly, using advanced searching techniques to retrieve limited results containing the information they … read more »


TechBytes: Build Google Slides Like a Master With These Four Design Tips

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Build Google Slides like a master. Watch this episode of TechBytes for four great design tips. Participants will learn to: maximize the power of the SHIFT key to nudge, select, resize, move, and recolor objects; use design guides to align objects on the slide canvas; insert special characters as part of a text box or … read more »