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What Does Blended Learning Look Like in an AP Class?

Catlin Tucker

I teach AP Psychology, blended and traditional, at a high school in the northwest suburbs of Chicago. She is a veteran social studies teacher who has taught Sociology, US History, World History, Anthropology, and Psychology. Cori Schwarzrock is an AP Psychology teacher at Cary-Grove High School in Cary, Il.

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Diving Deeper with ParaFLY

HistoryRewriter

This post features examples of a 10th-grade World History class practicing interpreting literary criticism. This was a part of a large, interdisciplinary project that required the collaboration of an ELA teacher, a History teacher, and a Spanish teacher.

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Waiting for the traveling teacher: Remote rural schools need more hands-on help

The Hechinger Report

And of the positions that were filled, many were staffed by people who do not have traditional training or are not considered qualified to work in the subject area they are teaching. He first signed up for a college-credit world history class with Mitchell, who is also employed by a nearby community college to teach the course.

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Must a classroom be high-tech to make personalized learning work?

The Hechinger Report

Many classrooms resemble a traditional setup, with a teacher at the front of the room and students sitting in rows, at desks, completing assignments with pen and paper. This is what the Dysart school district is hoping to do for every student, from the most high-tech classrooms to the most traditional. Right now, most do not.

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Unearthing the Origins of Plantation Slavery on São Tomé

Sapiens

São Tomé’s role in this devastating and transformational history is largely unknown—some people have never heard of the tiny nation. Our team aims to illuminate the island’s central and brutal place in world history. Reconstructing their experiences and Praia Melão’s place in history will take more research.

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How one high-poverty district is adding virtual reality to its classrooms

The Hechinger Report

Dunning followed up with a traditional class discussion in which students were eager to share what they learned. Sometimes technology is cool but not particularly educational, said Cornell teacher Andrew Erwin, whose sophomore world history class took a virtual field trip to Rome.

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Refreshed Digital Notebook Activities for Social Studies

Students of History

I designed the digital pages I created to look like traditional notebooks - vertically aligned and in the style of the "cut-and-paste" activities we were already doing. Thankfully, I had been using digital notebooks in my classes for a few years. It started with occasional trips to the computer lab.