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To Teach Digital Citizenship Effectively, Educators Say It’s Time to Unblock Social Media

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Teachers and principals also increasingly voice opposition to blocking social websites, noting that schools have an obligation to teach students how to use social media responsibly. How can we have an impact on developing digital citizenship skills?”. We must keep learning first. We cannot be governed by fear.

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How to DIY Your Distance Learning PD

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Fortunately, there are plenty of informal ways to learn and grow professionally on your own. So after you've taken a needed respite from distance learning and its immense screen-time demands, consider these tips for engaging in meaningful online DIY professional learning this summer.

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Learn to Blend Tech into Your Class; Get College Credit

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In this course, teachers will use a suite of digital tools to make that possible while addressing overarching concepts like digital citizenship, internet search and research, authentic assessment, critical thinking, and immersive keyboarding. Classmates will become the core of the teacher’s ongoing Personal Learning Network.

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15 Take-aways from Online Grad School Classes

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Some of the problems students faced down: How to use twitter. How to use GHO. How to make a tagxedo interactive. How to work tech tools into their unique student groups. How to create screencasts and screenshots. How to create professional blogs. How to embed materials into digital portfolios.

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The Important Morning Meeting

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It’s an informal way to re-acquaint everyone with each other and with the classroom ecosystem. While it is informal, it is not disorganized. Here’s how to make sure it goes smoothly: Do set the goals for the day. Sharing: Students share information about important events in their lives. Do have rules.

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SEL and Classroom Culture In an Age of Distance Learning

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Ray’s story is a reminder that we are not merely teaching content: we are teaching young humans how to be better. Social and emotional learning is learning about life and how to function as a member of society. Trust and community culture need to be established before students are ready to share personal information.

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Moving Forward

A Principal's Reflections

Our passion for helping all students learn and assisting staff in their growth should be the driving motivational force to make our schools the best they can be, regardless of the obstacles. Everything is changing -- the world, learners, job market, technology, access to information -- the sad reality though is that schools are not.