Description

In this episode, Mike and Glen discuss another controversy with Teachers Pay Teachers, run down the best EdTech tools of 2018 according to Common Sense Media and our guest this week is Diana McGhee from Fort Thomas, Kentucky.

References:

• Are print textbooks better than screens? https://www.businessinsider.com/students-learning-education-print-textbooks-screens-study-2017-10?fbclid=IwAR1ZG1M0wQfWCH28TGCUfln0MSbCt1sC1xGld2ezJHchEnMrN-_sr4iDvIg
• Teachers Pay Teachers is profiting from stolen work: https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2018/12/19/on-teachers-pay-teachers-some-sellers-are.html?cmp=soc-edit-fb&fbclid=IwAR1msDzaAsp7WpvsSphWgmauazNJIMr3Vjn-rSVjnI4qEPB6iqiydAtZp9s
• Common Sense Media's Top 20 List doesn't make sense to us: https://www.commonsense.org/education/top-picks/best-edtech-of-2018
• Diana McGhee's EdTech vetting session at FETC: https://s23.a2zinc.net/clients/lrp/fetc2019/Public/SessionDetails.aspx?FromPage=Speakers.aspx&SessionID=3831&nav=true&Role=U%27

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