MJ Linane

MJ Linane is an award-winning teacher, blogger and founder of Guildway. He has written for Edsurge and Smarter Schools. He focuses on education technology, blended learning, gamification, and teacher productivity. He lives and teaches in Massachusetts with his wife and young son.

Finding The Right Tools With The Essential Toolkit For Teachers

As a teacher, there are plenty of tasks that will demand a lot of time, that it seems impossible to balance it out on some days – school work, family responsibility, home chores, professional development, and even personal time. The list could go on. These tasks seem to constantly pile up with no end in …

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Why Your Online Tests Are At Risk And How To Fix It

Giving online quizzes has many benefits but there are some legitimate concerns over test security. Students can easily browse the internet, share answers using messaging tools, or have a separate answer sheet in another window. Whether you are a teacher who uses high-stake tests or low-stake formative checks, assessment authenticity is important. Any assessment of …

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New Grading Features of Google Forms

Google has revealed a new quiz feature in Google Forms during the ISTE 2017. Like clockwork, Google has updated Google Classroom every month with additional capabilities since Classroom’s release in 2014. One of the big ones of last summer were automatic parent notifications. This month’s ISTE update wasn’t Google Classroom but it’s quizzing tool: Google …

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This Is What Your Awesome Technology Strategy Should Look Like: SAMR

Do you know why rubrics work so well? It presents a clear outline of what work needs to be done for both teachers and students. It is a map that sets the expectations for what needs to be done. Just as a rubric does for your assignments, the SAMR model helps teachers come up with …

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