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eSports: The Growing Extra-Curricular Activity NOW!

The CoolCatTeacher

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Believe it or not, gaming is gaining popularity in schools, not just as a pastime, but as part of curriculum. Dr. Custer is a leader in character education and civic advocacy. Dr. Kristy Custer is one of the pioneers of the video gaming movement in schools.

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Announcing the 2021-2022 League of Innovative Schools Cohort

Digital Promise

Located in Mississippi, Columbus Municipal School District is committed to advancing advocacy of learners’ parents. In April 2021, the district launched monthly parent advocacy meetings focused on restorative justice, literacy, and college and career readiness. Follow the League on Twitter: @DPLeague.

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5 Ideas to Improve Rural Education in America

The CoolCatTeacher

Episode 40 of #10MT Interviews Daisy Dyer Duerr From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. The need for more rural education advocacy. Twitter handle: @DaisyDyerDuerr. Today Daisy Dyer Duerr @DaisyDyerDuerr reimagines what rural education can be. I hope you enjoy this episode with Daisy!

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If we don’t engage online, we cede mindshare to others who will

Dangerously Irrelevant

As a faculty member who has an outsized social media presence ( 53,000+ Twitter followers ; video series with 100+ million views ; one of the top education blogs in the world , etc.), Tales of “Bad Twitter” are legion, for example. I can attest that there is great power in being engaged in relevant online communities.

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What does it mean to be a true library advocate?

The Thinking Stick

She is chair of the TLA Public Relations and Marketing Committee, as well as chair for TASL’s Legislative and Advocacy Committee, and co-hosts the Libraries Transform Texas Podcast. She is an enthusiast of YA lIt and graphic novels, and can often be found reading them late into the night with her booklight.

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Excellent Free STEM Strategies from TGR Foundation and Discovery

The CoolCatTeacher

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter STEM can level up and it must begin to include underrepresented communities of women and minorities. Summer is a great time to learn how to do that as you prepare for fall and back to school. Who is TGR Foundation?

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Whatever Changes Come to Education, Schools Shouldn’t Be Run Like Businesses

Edsurge

This former high school teacher and current professor shared his thoughts in a Twitter thread today that got some attention. Advocacy is exhausting. At least one educator, though, worries that the arrangement is more of a misfit than even proponents of the idea might realize. See a version here, published with permission.

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