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Croatia Teachers Protest Over Stalled Education Reforms
Teachers, students and activists will take to the streets of Zagreb on Thursday to demand a resumption of reform to the nation’s out-dated educational system.
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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 official web page: “Plickers is a powerfully simple tool that lets teachers collect real-time formative assessment data without the need for student devices.” That sums it up! It’s so simple and fast. Just register on plickers.com and download the iOS/Android app on your mobile.
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Announcing the new 2016-2017 Microsoft Innovative Educator Experts
I’m very happy and proud that I’m selected into the new generation of Microsoft Innovative Educator Experts for 2016-2017.
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Impact in Profile: Miljenko Hajdarovic
Miljenko Hajdarovic says that with every new book he reads, testimony he watches or historical site he visits, he finds it harder and harder to comprehend the magnitude of the Holocaust. But he hopes that his upcoming trip to Poland on the Auschwitz: The Past is Present professional development program will help him connect all the dots.
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Twenty-Five Teachers Chosen to Participate in “Auschwitz: The Past is Present” Professional Development Program
Twenty-five teachers from around the world have been chosen by USC Shoah Foundation – The Institute for Visual History and Education and Discovery Education to participate in a unique professional development program in Poland as part of Auschwitz: The Past is Present, a global communications and education program that will support the official observance of the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz on Jan. 27, 2015. Group selected from educators from around the world who submitted applications, this unique educator professional development opportunity is just one component of the education initiative between Shoah Foundation and Discovery Education. The Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum and the International Auschwitz Council are the organizers of the official commemoration event.
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Fresh and Motivating – eTwinning
What to say about eTwinning? I am really a beginner/newbie on this platform but as far as I can see it is a great platform for cooperation. I am teaching a lot of high school subjects in high school. Each year I am preparing my curriculum for history, sociology, politics and civics. And each summer I am “wasting” a lot of my free time preparing something interesting for the next school year. Each year I am thinking how to prepare projects that involve international cooperation without begging for money for travel. Last year I was exploring some web sites and by accident I discovered something called eTwinning. I followed some…
