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Here’s how the National Museum of American History describes Becoming US:

Becoming US is a new educational resource for high school teachers and students to learn immigration and migration history in a more accurate and inclusive way.

There are versions in English and in Spanish.

I’m adding it to:

The Best Resources For Developing Lessons On The Question, “Who Is An American?”

The Best Websites For Teaching & Learning About U.S. History

The Best Sites For Learning About Immigration In The United States

     

Should Teachers Offer Extra Credit? Yay or Nay? is the headline of one of my recent Education Week columns.

Does extra credit warp the accuracy of grading, or does it reinforce skills students will use later.

Here are some excerpts:

     

Why I’m Not Betting on the Future of Alpha School is the headline of one of my Education Week columns.

A former champion of the ed-tech movement shares his concerns about this new school model.

Here are some excerpts:

     

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Ten years ago, in another somewhat futile attempt to reduce the backlog of resources I want to share, I began this occasional “Ed Tech Digest” post where I share three or four links I think are particularly useful and related to…ed tech, including some Web 2.0 apps.

You might also be interested in checking out all my edtech resources.

Here are this week’s choices:

Iconicoal offers free images to use.

Rabiska is a free online version of Pictionary.  I’m adding it to The Best Online Games Students Can Play In Private Virtual “Rooms”

Policy Simulator lets you create your own economy.

Absurd Trolley Problems is fun. I’m adding it to The Best Videos About The Famous “Trolley Problem”

Build Wordle lets you play Wordle with friends in a private virtual room. I’m adding it to The Best Online Games Students Can Play In Private Virtual “Rooms” and to THE BEST RESOURCES FOR USING WORDLE IN THE CLASSROOM.

Fabletide looks like a well-designed free site where people can write stories collaboratively.  They don’t have a feature that allows you to create private rooms where you can choose who can add to your story, but I assume they’ll eventually add it.  I’m adding it to The Best Sites For Collaborative Storytelling.

     

The Harvard Business Review has, for years, published tons of thoughtful pieces that can be applied to all sorts of areas, including education. During the past year, though, it’s pretty much sold its soul to Artificial Intelligence and only writes about it.

Now and then, though, they still have some gems, and The Science of Strong Business Writing is one of them.

The above text box highlights the elements the author says are key to effective prose.

If I was in the classroom, I’d basically make the article a short unit.  We’d read and discuss what he says about each of those elements, one at a time, examine examples, and then students would try writing a piece demonstrating it.

I think it could be an engaging and helpful series of lessons.

I’m adding this info to Best Posts On Writing Instruction.