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4 Good iPad Apps for Seamlessly Managing Students Assignments. July 25, 2015 Below are three good iPad apps for teachers to use to create, distribute and share assignments with students.

4 Good iPad Apps for Seamlessly Managing Students Assignments

There are several other apps out there with more or less similar features, but based on our experience from the numerous reviews we covered in the past, these apps are particularly ideal for teachers keen on enhancing their teaching workflow. besides the grading features, the apps offer a variety of collaborative features perfect for paperless classrooms. 1- Skaffl Skaffl is an excellent iPad app for teachers. Reflecting On These “Crippling Behaviours” As A Teacher. As the Winter Break comes to an end, I can’t help but think of an article that I read earlier on during the holiday that’s been on my mind ever since.

Reflecting On These “Crippling Behaviours” As A Teacher

On December 23rd, my previous vice principal, Kristi, shared this Forbes article on 7 Crippling Parent Behaviors That Keep Children From Growing Into Leaders. As Kristi suggested in her tweet, I shared this article with parents, but I also started to think about the words in it as a teacher. Was I engaging in these same “crippling” behaviours? 1. Inadvertent Algorithmic Cruelty. I didn’t go looking for grief this afternoon, but it found me anyway, and I have designers and programmers to thank for it.

Inadvertent Algorithmic Cruelty

In this case, the designers and programmers are somewhere at Facebook. I know they’re probably pretty proud of the work that went into the “Year in Review” app they designed and developed, and deservedly so—a lot of people have used it to share the highlights of their years. Knowing what kind of year I’d had, though, I avoided making one of my own. I kept seeing them pop up in my feed, created by others, almost all of them with the default caption, “It’s been a great year! Alabama man asked 'Dirty Jobs' Mike Rowe about following his passion: Here's the answer he received. Mike Rowe testified before the U.S.

Alabama man asked 'Dirty Jobs' Mike Rowe about following his passion: Here's the answer he received

Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation about "Manufacturing Our Way to a Stronger Economy. " (Contributed photo/Discovery Channel)Leada Gore | lgore@al.com Discovery Channel's Mike Rowe is famous for getting his hands dirty at jobs ranging from coal mining to roustabouting and maggot farming to sheep castrating. He's also well known for his interaction with fans, who often pose questions on social media only to have television host reply with his words of wisdom. This week, a question from an Alabama man garnered a lengthy response from Rowe. Morning Mistakes That Ruin Your Day. You haven't even made it to work yet, and you might have already set yourself up for a crappy day.

Morning Mistakes That Ruin Your Day

How many of these common health mistakes did you make this morning? See where unintentional flubs throw you off, and the simple ways to fix them to get your day going in the right direction. You Wake Up in a Cave If you roll out of bed, hit the shower, guzzle your coffee, then bunker down in your office, you'll barely see the light of day until lunch. Missing out on morning rays might mess with your body mass index, a new study from Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine found. Hard Lessons From The Insanity Ward About Those Hidden Secrets. - Faithreel.com. Would you open up and tell the world your deepest darkest secrets?

Hard Lessons From The Insanity Ward About Those Hidden Secrets. - Faithreel.com

Promiscuity, alcoholism, addictions, bulimia, drugs, perfectionism, any of these are self shaming, and hard for anyone to admit to, let alone get help for. Glennon Doyle Melton has experienced it all, and with great courage she shares her life’s trials in this great ted talk.