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Ann Oro: Developing A Digital Citizenship Curriculum

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Ann Oro helped her diocese develop curriculum standards for digital citizenship by grade level. Ann Oro: A Digital Citizenship Curriculum. We were just talking about how we’re pretty sure we met just about ten years ago to the day that we are recording this, in Princeton way back in 2008. Listen Now.

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Books You’ll Want to Read This Summer

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Christensen Selected as one of Business Week’s Best Books on Innovation in 2008, Disrupting Class remains a worthy read. It offers strong historical perspectives while introducing current coverage such as the use of technology in the classroom. Disrupting Class will open your eyes to new possibilities and evolve your thinking.

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Technology and Digital Media in the Classroom: A Guide for Educators

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While it can be hard to keep up with every trend in educational technology, the mindset you have when it comes to classroom tech matters just as much as which ones you use. So, why and how should you use technology in your classroom? What Is the Proper Role of Technology in the Classroom?

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Are Smartphones in the Classroom a Smart Move?

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Liz Kolb reflects upon how far cell phones have come since she wrote one of the first books on cell phones in the classroom. The post Are Smartphones in the Classroom a Smart Move? Liz Kolb in episode 387 of the 10-Minute Teacher From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Listen to the Show.

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Essential Guide to Digital Citizenship for CIPA and E-Rate

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What does E-rate have to do with digital citizenship? What does E-rate have to do with digital citizenship? The connection between E-rate and digital citizenship may not seem obvious at first. This is where Common Sense Education's K–12 Digital Citizenship Curriculum can help.

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Understanding, Teaching, and Reaching Digital Native Students—and Digital Native Caregivers

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That’s why it’s important for teachers, whether they’re digital immigrants or digital natives themselves, to change the traditional approach to learning. How Digital Natives Process Information in the Classroom. To the typical digital native, learning comes from doing, not from a lecture.[2] Edutopia.org.

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Keyboarding Basics Part 1

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Zeitz, 2008. when students are expected to use classroom computers. Sormunen’s 1991 study found that classroom instructors were teaching keyboarding, but only 12% had any formal preparation in how to do that. Here–briefly–is a summation of the research: 1 Why Learn Keyboarding.