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Madcap Logic's New 'Creativity Express' Suite of Apps Receives Top 5-Star Awards from the Educational App Store.

Madcap Logic's New 'Creativity Express' Suite of Apps Receives Top 5-Star Awards from the Educational App Store. They're Creative Mobile Fun Parents Can Feel Good About!

Art education is increasingly cut from school curriculum due to budget cuts, but online learning can reverse that trend. Madcap Logic's 'Creativity Express' suite of iPad apps wins top 5-start awards for introducing children to the elements and…

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Added by Timothy Gangwer on April 21, 2015 at 9:15am — No Comments

THE FLIPPED CLASSROOM IN THE FLIPPED LEARNING MODEL

Reflections on Morphing One Cancelled Class into The Flipped Classroom

By Denise Douglas-Faraci, EdD, Adjunct Faculty, School of Education …

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Added by Timothy Gangwer on April 14, 2015 at 3:06pm — No Comments

Classroom Power Tools

This is an ever changing list of my favorite tech tools for the classroom. I love using technology in my classroom and believe that when used correctly, it is a gamechanger for everyone involved. Please feel free to check out some of following websites and/or apps to find out how they can be used in your classroom.…

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Added by Timothy Gangwer on March 31, 2015 at 10:37am — No Comments

Older brains learn plenty, but don’t filter

February 2, 2015 By NDG Staff No Comments

The finding is not necessarily discouraging news, says Takeo…

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Added by Timothy Gangwer on February 3, 2015 at 2:01pm — No Comments

50+ Tools for Differentiating Instruction Through Social Media

DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION

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50+ Tools for Differentiating Instruction Through Social Media

JANUARY 16, 2015

Imagine a world where resources…

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Added by Timothy Gangwer on January 27, 2015 at 11:10am — No Comments

24 Awesome Free Resources for Readers

JANUARY 8, 2015 BY LISA VAN GEMERT LEAVE A COMMENT

Readers are always on the lookout for great resources to feed their reading habit.…

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Added by Timothy Gangwer on January 20, 2015 at 9:24am — No Comments

Visual Literacy and the Soundtrack to Our Lives with Timothy Gangwer

Visual Literacy and the Soundtrack to Our Lives with Timothy Gangwer

The International Conference of Creativity, Thinking & Education

Saturday & Sunday, April 18-19, 2015…

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Added by Timothy Gangwer on January 13, 2015 at 4:53pm — No Comments

Visual Teaching and Creativity

Visual Teaching and Creativity

Timothy Gangwer, M.A.

January 9, 2015

During a rehearsal of Debussy’s La Mer, Maestro Arturo Toscanini found himself unable to describe to the orchestra the effect he hoped to achieve from a particular passage.…

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Added by Timothy Gangwer on January 9, 2015 at 2:08pm — No Comments

Put that iPhone down! And 14 other digital resolutions for 2015

Kelly Wallace is CNN's digital correspondent and editor-at-large covering family, career and life. Read her other columns on digital life and follow her reports at CNN Parents and on…

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Added by Timothy Gangwer on January 9, 2015 at 2:03pm — No Comments

The Power of Digital Story

by Bob Dillon

DECEMBER 15, 2014

Telling our story is an essential part of our humanness. It allows us to feel part of the community that knows our story, and it fosters empathy for those that surround us. Story is a powerful force in shaping mental models, motivating and persuading others, and…

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Added by Timothy Gangwer on January 6, 2015 at 10:04am — No Comments

With age, we lose our visual learning filter

posted by news on november 26, 2014 - 5:30pm

Older people can actually take in and learn from visual information more readily than younger people do, according to new evidence reported in the Cell Press journal Current Biology on November 26. This surprising discovery is explained by an…

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Added by Timothy Gangwer on November 28, 2014 at 5:37pm — No Comments

The Screen Time Rules You Really Should Enforce This Year

The Screen Time Rules You Really Should Enforce This Year

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The Huffington Post | By Rebecca Adams

While parents grapple with how much screen…

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Added by Timothy Gangwer on October 31, 2014 at 10:43am — No Comments

MSU psychology study takes unique look at visual learning

MSU psychology study takes unique look at visual learning

6:36 p.m. CDT October 26, 2014

You’re driving on the interstate with traffic all around you. In tiny increments of time, you are aware of the types of cars on either side. Because you’re familiar with them, your conscious attention is directed elsewhere.…

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Added by Timothy Gangwer on October 27, 2014 at 9:05am — No Comments

PhotoMath app solves equations for you

PhotoMath app solves equations for you

By Jacque Wilson, CNN

updated 7:40 AM EDT, Wed October 22, 2014

The PhotoMath app solves equations for you using your phone's camera.

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Added by Timothy Gangwer on October 22, 2014 at 8:52am — No Comments

International Visual Literacy Association Conference to Open Eight Innovators’ Keynotes to the Public

Innovators from fields as varied as medicine, film and education will convene at the Toledo Museum of Art for a series of keynote lectures about the rise of visual language.

Free and open to the public, the presentations are part of The Art of Seeing: From Ordinary to Extraordinary, the 47th annual conference of the…

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Added by Timothy Gangwer on October 21, 2014 at 4:57pm — No Comments