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15 holiday gifts that teachers will actually like

sudshr47 December 7, 2018

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There is really no way to thank teachers, who are vital and woefully underpaid, for everything they do. But you can start by giving them end-of-year gifts that don’t suck.

This means stepping away from the corny mugs (sorry) and looking for gifts teachers might actually want — whether to give their classrooms a boost or allow themselves some much-needed relaxation.

Here are 15 gift ideas for the phenomenal teacher in your life.

1Some nice coffee

Teachers love coffee.

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Coffee is the unofficial official beverage of teachers, and there’s a good chance they’ll appreciate more of it. (Be sure to verify that they actually drink coffee, though, lest you commit a beverage faux pas.) Read more…

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What do a former Victoria’s Secret model and an Indy racer have in common? — Mashable Originals

sudshr47 October 10, 2018

Modeling, racing, and coding. What do they have in common? Well, 4-H is a community trying to get kids excited about coding by teaching them how to animate their own names, with the help of prominent figures. We went to check out their National Youth …

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Apple’s ‘Everyone Can Create’ curriculum launches on Apple Books

sudshr47 October 1, 2018

Fist announced at Apple’s education event in Chicago, the company today launched its new “Everyone Can Create” curriculum on Apple Books. The curriculum joins Apple’s “Everyone Can Code” initiative by offering teachers a way to integrate drawing, music, filmmaking and photography into their classroom lesson plans. Specifically, “Everyone Can Create” is designed to take advantage […]

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Facebook launches a digital literacy library aimed at educators

sudshr47 August 2, 2018

Facebook this morning announced the launch of a new set of educational resources focused on helping young people think critically and behave thoughtfully online. The Digital Literacy Library, as the new site is being called, is aimed at educators of children aged 11 to 18, and address topics like privacy, reputation, identity exploration, security, safety, […]

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Apple launches its free Schoolwork app for teachers

sudshr47 June 26, 2018

Apple this morning launched Schoolwork, a free app for teachers that was first introduced at Apple’s education event in Chicago back in March. The cloud-based app allows teachers using iPads in the classroom to create and distribute handouts and other assignments, collaborate individually with students, track students’ progress, and – perhaps most notably – allows […]

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Google’s Family Link software now recommends ‘teacher-approved’ apps

sudshr47 June 12, 2018

Google today is expanding the capabilities of its Android parental control software, Family Link, to go beyond helping parents better manage their child’s device and app usage. Now, the Family Link app will also help parents learn about what apps they may want to install for their kids, as well. In a new discovery section, […]

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Teachers make their own epic version of Carpool Karaoke with yodelling and floss dancing

sudshr47 May 29, 2018

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Teachers work hard, and they deserve to let their hair down and have some fun. And fun is precisely what was had by the teachers of Wragby Primary School in Lincolnshire, northern England when they made their own rendition of Carpool Karaoke. 

The staff of Wragby Primary School crammed in pop culture references to their DIY version of the format on James Corden’s show. One of the teachers yodelled in a supermarket while the other teachers sang and danced to Beyoncé’s “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on it)”. 

Also featured was the dance move that’s taken the world by storm lately—the floss dance. As the teachers drove along country lanes to school, other staff members did the floss dance by the side of the road.  Read more…

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Teacher sends back letter from White House, after correcting it

sudshr47 May 28, 2018

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Retired English teacher Yvonne Mason has spent much of her life correcting students’ writing.

But it’s a letter from the White House, signed by President Donald Trump, which has proved a pretty noteworthy correction exercise — and it’s attracted plenty of attention.

“If it had been written in middle school, I’d give it a C or C-plus,” she told The Greenville. “If it had been written in high school, I’d give it a D.”

Mason, who retired last year after a 17-year career in South Carolina, corrected the letter she had received in response to her concerns following the February shooting at Florida’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Read more…

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Selected’s recruiting platform matches teachers with schools they’ll love

sudshr47 May 17, 2018

A “dating app for teachers” is an odd but useful way to describe the startup Selected, which has just closed on $1.2 million in seed funding for its recruiting platform for educators. And, in all fairness, Selected said it first. The startup’s own website describes itself (a bit tongue-in-cheek) as a “dating app for job-seeking teachers […]

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Google’s new Tour Creator lets students make their own VR tours

sudshr47 May 9, 2018

Google today launched a new tool for teachers and their students called Tour Creator, which allows anyone to create their own VR tour using imagery from Google’s Street View or their own 360-degree photos. The new app is designed to work with Google Cardboard and Google’s existing VR “field trips” app Expeditions. The goal with […]

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