Graphite Blog

MARCH 8, 2022

If you do end up going the digital route, be sure to check out this Common Sense article: The Best Digital Library Apps for Students. As a teacher, you can also consider doing some of your own action research in your classroom: Compare your class's comprehension with print vs. digital texts.

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Graphite Blog

OCTOBER 21, 2015

Common Sense's Digital Bytes , a teen facing program, does just that. Digital Bytes teaches teens digital citizenship through topic-focused "bytes" -- student-directed, media-rich activities that tackle real-world dilemmas. Digital Bytes is the perfect addition to any digital citizenship diet.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 17, 2014

The LearningRevolution.com project has over 200 partner organizations and bridges schools, libraries, museums, and the work, adult, online, non-traditional and home learning worlds. Online Faculty- Educational Technology Revolutionize Data Reporting to Revolutionize Data Use - Jenny Grant Rankin, Ph.D. The schedule is below.

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NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 19, 2015

INFOhio , Ohio’s PreK-12 Digital Library, knows how important it is to spread light–in knowledge and in leadership–by reaching out to the education community. Currently, school librarians are disappearing from staff lists, but recent national legislative actions have lit a new flame of hope in the school library windows.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 31, 2017

Tomorrow (Thursday, June 1st) is our second of three Library 2.017 mini-conferences: "Digital Literacy + Fake News," being held online ( and for free ) from 12:00 - 3:00 pm US-Pacific Daylight Time (click for your own time zone). We invite all library professionals, educators, students, and others to participate this event.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 22, 2013

Robert Furman Principal The Collaborative Essay - Colette Marie Bennett Using Pinterest and Twitter to Build Your PLN - Elissa Malespina School Library Media Specialist Vision of Learning in Changing World : The emergence of Authentic Pedagogues - ROZINA JUMANI , Associate Prof What’s Working in Online Teacher Education Courses?

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Graphite Blog

MARCH 14, 2019

Using our Digital Citizenship Curriculum? With a digital library of hundreds of books, this app focuses on learning about real life and nurturing imagination. A small sensor pairs with your device to collect data such as motion, temperature, and more. LeVar Burton Kids Skybrary. The PocketLa b.

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Graphite Blog

MARCH 14, 2019

Using our Digital Citizenship Curriculum? With a digital library of hundreds of books, this app focuses on learning about real life and nurturing imagination. A small sensor pairs with your device to collect data such as motion, temperature, and more. LeVar Burton Kids Skybrary. The PocketLa b.

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Graphite Blog

JANUARY 17, 2017

Using our Digital Citizenship Curriculum? With a digital library of hundreds of books, this app focuses on learning about real life and nurturing imagination. A small sensor pairs with your device to collect data such as motion, temperature, and more. Build Curiosity in All Subjects. The PocketLab.

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Graphite Blog

JANUARY 17, 2017

Using our Digital Citizenship Curriculum? With a digital library of hundreds of books, this app focuses on learning about real life and nurturing imagination. A small sensor pairs with your device to collect data like acceleration, temperature, and more. Build Curiosity in All Subjects. ELA Reading Rainbow.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

APRIL 24, 2019

Part 4: Facilitating Inquiry in the Classroom… Exploring Search Engines and Data Bases. The Social Media Search Engine. There are also data based search engines, by now you may know that I am referring to Wolfram Alpha. Most of all, it can show students the power and educational benefits of social media.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 29, 2014

We also highlight good conversations about learning taking place between educators, learners, leaders, and others from the school, library, museum, work, adult, online, non-traditional and home learning worlds. Learn about addressing student privacy and up-to-date acceptable use policies that include social media.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

At the time, I wrote about the importance of APIs; the issues surrounding data security and privacy; the appeal of platforms for users and businesses; and the education and tech companies who were well-positioned (or at least wanting) to become education platforms. A computing platform is the stage on which computer programs can run.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 9, 2014

We also highlight good conversations about learning taking place between educators, learners, leaders, and others from the school, library, museum, work, adult, online, non-traditional and home learning worlds. How does your library manage digital collections? How does your library manage digital collections?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

. “the ability to understand and use information in multiple formats from a wide range of sources when it is presented via computers: –Paul Gilster, Digital Literacy. Flannigan: Connecting the Digital Dots. Make this dictionary tool easily accessible from any digital device being used. Social media.

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Neo LMS

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Students can play games, watch stupid videos, browse inappropriate websites, spend time on social media, or catch up on the latest episodes of their favorite series. Read more: DOs and DON’Ts of teaching digital citizenship. Data from Pew Research Center offers more insight on this situation. I honestly disagree.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 25, 2017

Idea #1: Use Formative Data to Improve Learning. Kecia: So, the first thing that make a teacher a superhero is the way they use data to improve learning and mastery for their students. And teachers who use technology can use technology in such a way where they’re collecting formative data every day , every single moment of the day.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

And then, not two days later, I heard Twitter has reclassified their app as a news purveyor rather than a social media device. One more stat — which may explain the whole social-media-as-news-trend — and then I’ll connect these dots: 60% of people don’t trust traditional news sources.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 5, 2015

In seconds, our brain grasps a wide selection of data from the picture’s color, layout, design and draws conclusions. Pictures can be imported from your photo library, Instagram, Facebook or the web. Using the frame layout option, students can create a collage of photos for sequencing activities or digital portfolios.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 26, 2016

What’s more, they have curated the best lessons into a comprehensive library of lessons that are free for teachers to use as well! What’s more, they have a fantastic library of lessons created by teachers who use Nearpod in their own classrooms.

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Graphite Blog

JANUARY 10, 2020

Media Literacy Courses and Curricula The providers below offer more comprehensive resources on media literacy, from courses (from just a few hours to weeks) to a curriculum linked to a scope and sequence and standards. Digital Citizenship Curriculum (by Common Sense Education): Features free K-12 lessons on news and media literacy.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 15, 2014

The Learning Revolution Weekly Update April 15th The very existence of libraries affords the best evidence that we may yet have hope for the future of man. - National Library Week. National Library Week is this week, and the theme is "Lives change @ your library®." How does your library manage digital collections?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

You can create professional presentations, posters, multi-page documents, marketing materials, social media graphics, and more (see the list below for education) using Canva’s more than 1 million photos, icons, and layouts, each with colors and fonts coordinated into attractive schema easily accessed by both beginners and reluctant designers.

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EdTechTeam

APRIL 9, 2018

The importance of media literacy cannot be understated. Nor can the value of social media as a teaching, learning, and publishing tool. Two principles inform why I engage with my students around social media: Digital literacy doesn’t just naturally develop any more than print literacy does, and.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Sessions are free to watch for five days, then become part of the Home Learning Summit library. Digital Citizenship ? Libraries and Librarians ? We have several sessions each day, with (lots) more coming ( and that could include you! ). A current list is below. Alternative Education ? Balancing Home and School ?

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

The film is intended to be research and the interviews is data collection. Students and teachers will have an opportunity to collect data from the different video submissions to later, host a live discussion with our school in New Jersey to propose solutions and promote sustainability across our countries.

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NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 20, 2017

SHEG currently offers three impressive curricula that may be put to immediate use in secondary classrooms and libraries. Might we also study whether learners with solid K12 library inquiry experience perform better than the student in the general SHEG sample ? You can now find out. Beyond the Bubble History Assessments.

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Graphite Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Recommended for: Grades: 8-12 Subjects: ELA, social studies, newspaper/media, digital citizenship. Prep for teachers Preview the media examples in the "Manipulated Media" Google Slide deck. Possible follow-ups Check out all the resources in our News and Media Literacy Resource Center.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 10, 2014

We also highlight good conversations about learning taking place between educators, learners, leaders, and others from the school, library, museum, work, adult, online, non-traditional and home learning worlds. Connect With the Learning Revolution Project on Social Media. How can we help kids make a better digital world?

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 22, 2014

We also highlight good conversations about learning taking place between educators, learners, leaders, and others from the school, library, museum, work, adult, online, non-traditional and home learning worlds. Partner Announcements Amazing People Institute : Amazing People Library launch a digital story collection unlike any other.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

AUGUST 8, 2015

It also provides immediate feedback—someone is definitely going to read and respond to the tweet, and teachers feel like they are part of something—a dialog that is much bigger and more powerful than a meeting in the school library. Digital Literacy. Digital Citizenship. What To Do After The Chat. Reflection.

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Graphite Blog

JANUARY 10, 2020

News and politics have been reshaped by social media and 24-hours news entertainment. As a result, there's a lot of crossover between what we think of as news literacy, media literacy, and digital citizenship. Each newsletter also ends with tips on incorporating the content into classrooms. E.S.C.A.P.E.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 2, 2017

” These beliefs are readily amplified and shared by the very “network effects” baked into the infrastructure of social media platforms. But blaming social media is too easy and too simplistic. Google launched a “Be Internet Awesome” digital citizenship campaign.

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