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Raising the Smart Classroom’s IQ – By Dr. Paul Fornelli

ViewSonic Education

Unfortunately, our new LMS lacks these refined media capabilities. As a result, my students now have to use another third-party software when submitting their video projects, a less than ideal outcome for a purported “Smart” classroom. To be clear, this example is not meant to be an indictment of LMS outsourcing.

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How to Keep Kids From Being Mean Online

Edsurge

There are endless distractions for kids these days—from games to music and social media. And as technology platforms have accelerated over the years, her job has increasingly involved keeping up with the ways young people use social media, and advising parents, teachers and even tech companies about what they need to know.

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Kids Use Play To Communicate. Here’s Why Adults Need To Pay Attention.

Edsurge

12, 2001, the day after the attacks on the United States known as 9/11. Many adults can only see one possible outcome, and it’s not a good one. From there we can begin to figure out how we can best serve their specific needs. I remember vividly the first time I saw this in action. I was a rookie preschool teacher working in Chicago.

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#CoronaVirus, class closures and communication

Learning with 'e's

There is a growing body of research that shows there is no significant difference between learning outcomes achieved at a distance against those achieved in class. As early as 2001, Thomas Russell's No Significant Difference studies gave a first indication of the effectiveness of distance and online learning methods.

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9 Great Nonprofits to Support School Leaders

Tom Murray

When I got connected on social media, my lens was expanded and I became aware additional organizations, as well as their supporting tools and resources. During my time as a public school employee, I’d occasionally hear about educational organizations that were working to support schools in some capacity.

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Once Reviled in Education, Wikipedia Now Embraced By Many Professors

Edsurge

One important factor is that content in the course through the OER process tends to be much more customized, so the teachers are teaching with texts and resources that are tailored to the outcomes of that course. When Wikipedia was first came out and was first reviewed in 2001.

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What Kids Need for Optimal Health and School Engagement

MindShift

For tweens and teens it can also include some time spent on social media. 2014; Hofferth & Sandberg, 2001). 2014; Hofferth & Sandberg, 2001). Other studies have also linked participation in extracurricular activities to positive social and academic outcomes (Mahoney et al., Courtesy of Denise Pope.