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Rebecca Swanson retweeted
A new type of typeface might be beneficial to neurodivergent readers! 🤯
It's called bionic reading — the first few letters are bolded, making it easier for readers to glide through text and stay focused.
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Rebecca Swanson retweeted
New Full Screen Layout - all GeoGebra Apps now have a shiny new layout with a full screen option for the Algebra View! Try it on geogebra.org/calculator 🎉
Rebecca Swanson retweeted
"Instead of saying “Great!” or “Fine,” imagine if we answered, “Honestly, I’m languishing.” It would be a refreshing foil for toxic positivity — that quintessentially American pressure to be upbeat at all times." nytimes.com/2021/04/19/well/…
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medium.com/q-e-d/my-daughter…
Please allow me to give a vulnerable and sad update. My daughter now suffers depression from failure--in which she attributes 75% to school. She feels she has no identity or purpose in life. That she isn't good enough...even though she loves math and art.
Rebecca Swanson retweeted
Can you “untangle” this graph, so that none if its edges overlap? Mathematicians call graphs with this property “planar”. math.fit/planarity
Rebecca Swanson retweeted
Most parents just don’t realize how personally teachers take their job. They don’t realize how invested they are in the success of their students.
It’s really hard to understand it if you’re not in that classroom day in and day out.
Rebecca Swanson retweeted
Together, we will build a world where the accomplishments of our daughters will be celebrated, rather than diminished.
Rebecca Swanson retweeted
Leonardo Fibonacci’s “Liber Abaci” is one of the most influential books in history: it first introduced Arabic numerals to Europe, explains how merchants can use algebra to calculate profits and interest, and investigates the famous Fibonacci numbers. mathigon.org/timeline/liber-…
Rebecca Swanson retweeted
Q: How many letters are there in the alphabet?
Topologist: Just 3…
mathigon.org/go/topology
Rebecca Swanson retweeted
“Live” video calls aren’t as live as we think they are—and that’s taxing for our brains. @VirtualBrenda explains how it works, how to fight it & how anyone can teach and learn better on Zoom edsurge.com/news/2020-09-15-… #edtech @stephenoonoo @EdSurge #remotelearning #distancelearning
Rebecca Swanson retweeted
Reasons online students should be able to keep webcam off buff.ly/3mqZdrf
Rebecca Swanson retweeted
A high school junior stayed on Zoom after my final class today.
He said he “just wanted to do a vibe check on his teachers.”
“Like... you're all checking in on us. But who’s checking in on you?"
Rebecca Swanson retweeted
📈 A new study suggests that asking open-ended questions in videos pushes students to engage in information retrieval, which enhances their learning.
Give it a read, if you're nerdy like us. 🤓
#videolesson #edtech #flippedclassroom
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Rebecca Swanson retweeted
Assigning a video ≠ assigning a #videolesson 👈🏼
Read our tips for creating engaging educational videos. 🧑🏻💻
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Rebecca Swanson retweeted
We love idea #13! 😍
💡 Why not make a welcome-back video for your class and then put it through Edpuzzle?
(@WeAreTeachers)
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Rebecca Swanson retweeted
#808educate What do you find most effective when using @edpuzzle?
Here’s the amazing @buddyxo explaining how “she uses the feedback that #Edpuzzle provides both her & her students to inform her teaching, with plenty of practical examples.” blog.edpuzzle.com/edtech/stu…
Rebecca Swanson retweeted
A Quick Introduction to the All New @Flipgrid Camera youtu.be/LhF43xTLujE
#FlipgridForAll #edtech #remotelearning #distancelearning #onlinelearning #screencast #screenrecording #video #flipclass #flippedclassroom
