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Why ‘promiscuous clicking’ on Google gets you into deep dodo, fast. A lesson on “click restraint” with classroom materials. 1/10 You’ve noticed the “Featured Snippets” addition on Google, the box

With Thanksgiving coming up, let’s talk about formative assessment (There’s a connection..stay with me for a sec). 1/15 You’ve heard the term: “Formative assessment”-- it’s a buzzword of sorts. What

Here's an easy (& timely) lesson for your kids tomorrow. Let's start with this tweet. What's the difference between mis- and disinformation? It's big. 1/11 "The media doesn't select the

"How I made my peace with Zoom -- but not in the way my University's 'be great at digital' told me to." 1/10 "Use Padlet! Use Jamboard! Use Hypothesis! Use

Before you don sackcloth and ashes over the latest NAEP history results, take a deep breath. Consider the baleful warnings from the first History-Civics NAEP in 1987-88 Or the "limited"

Why is teaching about historical context so hard? (thread, followed by exercise for AP & college students) 1/21 Lots of reasons. For one, language. Not a foreign language. One's own.

What’s historical thinking? What’s “context”? A quick but worthwhile exercise for your high school and college students. 1/ Seeing words that evoke associations, but pausing long enough to think about