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10 Popular Educational Trends and What You Need to Know

Waterford

Some, like social-emotional learning and digital citizenship, have long been important—and they may require even more focus this year. Others, like genius hour and bite-sized learning, are recently arrived educational trends that may have a helpful place in your classroom. Blended Learning. and Horn, M.B.

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Will You Take the 2016 Cool Cat Teacher Reader Survey?

The CoolCatTeacher

So, I’m opening up my 2016 reader survey. 2016 Cool Cat Teacher Blog Reader Survey. Fighting Teacher Burnout Productivity Digital Citizenship How to understand most software in the first 10 minutes of opening it. The post Will You Take the 2016 Cool Cat Teacher Reader Survey? Let your voice be heard!

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New, free digital citizenship curriculum helps students become responsible tech users

edWeb.net

A strong understanding of digital citizenship is essential for students of all ages to be able to make smart choices online and in life. The new, free K-12 Digital Citizenship Curriculum from Common Sense Education has lessons for all ages to address the current technology landscape. About the Presenters.

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Let’s Catch up at #iste2016 : Here’s how

The CoolCatTeacher

ISTE 2016 is here! If you want links to these events to register, go to my ISTE 2016, Presenter Page. See Vicki’s ISTE 2016 Schedule. They have an excellent free digital citizenship training program for teachers, Netsmartz. BLENDED LEARNING CLASSROOMS: PEDAGOGIES, SKILLS, AND TOOLS FOR TEACHING.

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10 Digital Citizenship Resources: The Web in the Classroom…Part 3

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

This classroom might be 1 to 1 or might be using technology to leverage student centered learning. In this post I would like to explore resources that are available for facilitating proper digital citizenship in the classroom. I am now booked through the end of December and the 2016 calendar is beginning to fill.

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How Librarians Hold the Key to Future Ready Schools

Digital Promise

Courtesy Mark Ray Mark Ray is the Chief Digital Officer for Vancouver Public Schools. I posed that question in my recent TEDx talk during the 2016 Digital Promise League of Innovative Schools meeting in San Diego. Do you see librarians as part of the future? In my district , across the League, and across the U.S.,

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How Great is MS Office Mix

Ask a Tech Teacher

Because Mix uses audio and video tools to communicate ideas, students are eager to view the resulting lessons, making it a perfect addition to a blended learning program. It’s reason enough to reconsider MS Office in your classrooms or update to MS Office 2016. How to get started. –first published on TeachHUB.

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