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The Impact of Creativity on College and Career Readiness

Edsurge

Leveraging creativity in the classroom helps students develop a deeper understanding and make cross-curricular connections. Tacy Trowbridge Lead for Global Education Thought Leadership & Advocacy Adobe What importance does creativity play when it comes to college and career pathways?

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Making Media Literacy Central to Digital Citizenship

MindShift

It’s easy to get caught up in the hype around the latest and greatest classroom tech, from video games to 3-D printers to Raspberry Pi kits to VR to AR and beyond. The reality is that kind of tech — expensive, bleeding-edge tools — makes headlines but doesn’t make it into many classrooms, especially the most needy ones.

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Making Digital Citizenship a Key Component of Back-to-School Time

Graphite Blog

That's why we've worked with California Assemblymember Ed Chau to introduce a resolution, ACR 203, to declare October 16–22 Digital Citizenship Week. The goal of Digital Citizenship Week is to raise awareness about the importance of digital citizenship as a set of defined, teachable skills for kids in the 21st century.

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How our district uses tech to fight cyberbullying

eSchool News

It involves creating positive school climates, adopting rigorous reporting systems, and educating students and parents about digital citizenship and how to use social media responsibly. We use Impero Education Pro because it includes monitoring software as well as classroom/IT management software.

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Social and Cultural Literacy Resources for Classrooms

Graphite Blog

Each of us -- teachers and students alike -- enter classrooms from different perspectives and points of view. Challenging or Difficult Conversations Controversial and difficult conversations are unavoidable in classrooms, especially those grappling with important cultural, social, and political issues.

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Technology Resources For Early Childhood Learning

The Web20Classroom

She will sit with her letters making words and then, the best part, she can create a digital story using the words she learned. ( ) Now, my background isn’t in Early Childhood. The closest I came was that one day I spent observing in a Kindergarten classroom during college.)

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Enhancing Civic Education with Game-Based Learning

EdTechTeacher

We are experiencing a rising tide of advocacy for high quality civic education across the nation. The ability to have students travel off-site has logistical roadblocks, and some experiences are simply too difficult to replicate in a live classroom environment. Why Simulations? Doing so, however, can be quite challenging.