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The Teacher’s Challenge: Designing Paper Topics in an Internet Age

Posted on November 9, 2015 by forstegrupp

The chief weapons against the temptation to plagiarize are student excitement and engagement. Continue reading →

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When professional development does not meet expectations

Posted on August 5, 2015 by forstegrupp

On Monday and Tuesday, I spent time with a sizable number of fellow educators at an “Institute” which turned out to be a great disappointment. Life is full of disappointments so the question is always how to make the best … Continue reading →

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How does a teacher keep students interested before spring break?

Posted on March 20, 2015 by forstegrupp

Yesterday was a post about technology learning. Today is a post about atechnology learning. Sometimes the students and I need to get away from the computers and instead of creating something in the cloud, create something tactile. And I needed … Continue reading →

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What do I do on the computer all day?

Posted on March 19, 2015 by forstegrupp

“With tools like augmented reality, games, and coding, it’s possible to imagine a model of schooling that departs from its behaviorist past — creating Ludic Education for a Ludic Age, promoting inquiry, collaboration, experimentation, and play.” Sophia Nguyen The March/April … Continue reading →

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