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What role should a teacher play in choosing books kids read?

The Cornerstone for Teachers

I want to preface again that my context is different from many of the writers of teacher blogs because I work at a private Christian international school with an American curriculum in Asia. Previously , I wrote about the tension surrounding book choice in schools from four main parties: parents, teachers, students, and admin.

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Media Literacy Resources for Classrooms

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Digital Citizenship Curriculum (by Common Sense Education): Features free K-12 lessons on news and media literacy. Media literacy is a way for us to better understand our world and have our say in it. It involves understanding how -- and why -- a media message is constructed as well as its impact on the world. Media Platforms and Industries.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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For the past ten years, I have written a lengthy year-end series, documenting some of the dominant narratives and trends in education technology. I think it is worthwhile, as the decade draws to a close, to review those stories and to see how much (or how little) things have changed. Good for you. But that’s not my job. with Pigeons.

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Allsides: Curating diverse perspectives (or looking at news from most sides now)

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John noted that many teachers discovered AllSides during election season, possibly because they felt challenged by how to frame controversial news issues in class, fearing push-back from parents and administrators. Free people from filter bubbles so they can better understand the world and each other. AllSides.com mission.

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The Business of 'Ed-Tech Trends'

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She also noted the growth of markets in China and in India. Longer doesn’t necessarily mean better or smarter (as readers of this series will surely attest), and some observers wondered if the length of Meeker’s report reflected a lack of focus on her part or a lack of innovation on the part of the industry itself.

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Wahoo! The 2013 Global Education Conference - Still Time to Present + Plan to Attend!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Please mark your calendars for November 18 - 22 for the fourth annual Global Education Conference ( [link] ). Lucy Gray and I, the founders and co-chairs of this massive, worldwide, and free event, may have gotten ourselves a little behind this year on GlobalEdCon planning (with STEMxCon in September, then the Reform Symposium , Library 2.01

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Notes from Some Summer Reading 2018 f/ @shawnachor @gretchenrubin @micheleborba @IAmMarkManson @askpang @DanielCoyle @DanielPink @simonsinek

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After I read a book, I always take some time to jot down notes and copy down quotes that I’ve bookmarked. (I I use the bookmark tool in the audio reader to note passages and quotes and then transcribe those things after I’ve finished.) In reading those, I do a good amount of borrowing good material to include in my own notes.

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