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In this second week, I was able to dive a little deeper into EdPuzzle. According to the EdPuzzle Website , the company was founded in 2013, is in 70% of schools, has over 8 million lessons, and services 35 million students.  Jawed et al. (2019) suggest that 65% of the population are visual learners, making EdPuzzle perfect because participants can watch a video, do work, and answer questions during it. Though I believe the main market is for education, I see how there could be a benefit to other markets, especially when training videos are involved. Oh, and I failed to mention that there is a FREE and a PRO version, so anyone can use it!  Here  is the EdPuzzle Video I created for you to learn about EdPuzzle. Below is a little more information about creating content. 1. After you create a free account, you can add content. You can discover already made content and use that in your classroom, or you can upload your own video (like I did). You can upload through a file, or ...

I am about to type some words I never thought I would say: I think I am a flat earther! Okay, well, not in the sense that I believe the world is flat, but I feel like Friedman has some very compelling points and is still relevant in today’s society. I think that the web and web-based programs are evening the playing field. Last year when we taught fully online, our school purchased many web-based programs to allow for students to learn. In addition, we provided a Chromebook for all our students and hot spots if the students needed it. Students could then access school from anywhere: the contiguous U.S., other parent’s households, the beach, anywhere. Though I cannot say I am for 100% distance learning for all students, we provided the opportunity for students in a difficult time. Bostrom (2015) wrote about how collaboration is needed to create A.I. and that it would be complicated to do. However, with the ability to work across the globe simultaneously, this might be accomplished (whic...

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