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Amber Chandler March 06, 2019

Fighting Fake News

Each week it is my pleasure to teach a course at Canisius College called “Adolescent Literacy in a New Literacy World.” It is for undergraduate Education majors, and our goal is to decipher what “l

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PBS News Hour Classroom March 06, 2019

Alabama tornado aftermath, getting help and studying why

Directions: Read the summary, watch the video and answer the discussion questions.You may want to read along using the transcript 

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PBS News Hour Classroom February 28, 2019

Modern construction leads to discoveries of Rome’s ancient past

Directions: Read the summary, watch the video and answer the discussion questions.You may want to read along using the transcript 

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PBS News Hour Classroom February 28, 2019

Study guide: Michael Cohen hearing

Directions: Read the summary, watch the video and answer the discussion questions.You may want to read along using the transcript 

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Barbara Blackburn February 26, 2019

Differentiating Instruction: Working Without Lowering Rigor

 #7 Top Blog of 2019

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Google's Applied Digital Skills February 25, 2019

Digital Learning: Integrate Technology in Your Classroom with Google

Celebrate Digital Learning Day with Google

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ADL February 21, 2019

The Historical Harm of Blackface: How to Talk with Young People

Blackface has taken center stage in our public discourse. Again.

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Julia Thompson February 19, 2019

Develop Your Sense of "With-it-ness'’

Almost everyone has had at least one teacher who was able to simultaneously write notes on the board and tell students in the back of the room to stop making faces at each other.

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PBS News Hour Classroom February 19, 2019

At George Washington’s Mount Vernon, remembering the enslaved people who built America

Directions: Read the summary, watch the video and answer the discussion questions. You may want to read along using the transcript 

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AFT February 15, 2019

New teachers: ‘A little help here?’

Raphael Bonhomme thought he was well prepared when he started teaching.

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