We all have beliefs about teaching and some of these beliefs shape the way that we teach. In this episode, we look at some of these myths ranging from learning styles to multi-tasking for students. Why do we still believe in some of them even though they are not evidence based? We unpack the myths and look at how we can change the myths to a more evidence based idea that can help improve our practice.

In part 2, Mark shares the tool Read Aloud. Read Aloud is a chrome extension.Read Aloud uses text-to-speech (TTS) technology to convert webpage text to audio. It works on a variety of websites, including news sites, blogs, fan fiction, publications, textbooks, school and class websites, and online university course materials.

Read Aloud allows you to select from a variety of text-to-speech voices, including those provided natively by the browser, as well as by text-to-speech cloud service providers such as Google Wavenet, Amazon Polly, IBM Watson, and Microsoft.

This is especially good for teachers who need to listen and grade student assignments. Now you can get it read back to you.

Check it out at - https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/read-aloud-a-text-to-spee/hdhinadidafjejdhmfkjgnolgimiaplp?hl=en

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