2016

Plickers for History Teachers: a Great Tool for Assessment

I have to admit in the beginning – I was not searching for Plickers! But now that I have found the app and tried it out with my students it’s going to stay with us. My students and I love it. To explain what Plickers is I will start by using the sentence from the […]

More than Locker Talk: Hate Speech in Schools

As educational institutes continue to grow as centers for hate speech and discrimination, lecturer Barry van Driel, a curriculum developer and teacher trainer at the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam, focuses on how teachers can counteract discrimination and prejudice in the classroom by teaching tolerance. This is a response to such measures, from a student’s

I am a “Microsoft Certified Educator”

I’m happy to add a new certificate and a digital badge in my personal development record. The Microsoft Certified Educator (MCE) certification validates that educators have the global educator technology literacy competencies needed to provide a rich, custom learning experience for students.

Digital witnesses

In one of his many interviews in recent years, Oleg Mandić said: “I had a wonderful life thanks to Auschwitz.” Oleg, along with his mother and grandmother, was the last surviving prisoner to leave Auschwitz a month after its liberation. The death camp was liberated by Red Army soldiers on January 27, 1945. Today, that

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