Reduce teacher workload and start your school year with MoxieReader, an app that transforms the way teachers and students manage independent reading. MoxieReader features book scanning and tracking, leveled book recommendations, digital reading logs, and peer interaction to support the growth of your reading community. MoxieReader looks at each student as an individual and builds a personalized reading progress plan based on that student’s level and interests in order to both motivate and develop a love of reading. For the month of September, celebrate the MoxieReader launch with a $19.99 per year special, down from $63. Use code launch1999$special during checkout. Kickstart your school’s reading goals today.
Each year we publish blogs and newsletters full of digital learning, funding, professional growth, social media, and STEM resources. Below are items from our blogs and newsletters that educators turned to the most in 2020.
PBS affiliate WETA has made available a list of propaganda techniques that make false connections (such as the techniques of “transfer” and “testimonial”), or constitute special appeals (such as “bandwagon” and “fear”), or are types of logical fallacy (for example, “unwarranted extrapolation”).
How can educators help students navigate the treacherous terrain of misinformation that runs rampant online? The Stanford History Education Group’s Civic Online Reasoning (COR) curriculumfeatures 67 freelessons and assessments that teach students the methods fact-checkers use to sort fact from fiction by evaluating the trustworthiness of online sources.