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How to Increase Family Involvement with Connection

Waterford

Email is also an option accessible to most. Social Media This method for connecting with families continues to grow in popularity. Schools can enact strategies to help families overcome systemic barriers like lack of transportation, long or irregular work hours, lack of access to childcare, so they can become more involved.

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Understanding, Teaching, and Reaching Digital Native Students—and Digital Native Caregivers

Waterford

Communicate with parents through tech: Use digital resources (like apps, texts, or social media groups) to keep parents informed about class activities and upcoming assignments.[10]. The good news is this doesn’t mean teachers need to be intimately familiar with every new form of tech or social media platform. Couse, L.J.,

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Arkansas’ LISA Academy Renews Partnership with Global Edtech Leader Supporting Student Success

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Established in 2004, all 11 schools across the state are accredited by the Arkansas Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. Also, all LISA Academy educators enjoy access to the Discovery Education Network. Inspired by the global media company Warner Bros. Discovery Education serves approximately 4.5 Discovery, Inc.

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Technology and Digital Media in the Classroom: A Guide for Educators

Waterford

By learning to view it as a means of enhancing your lessons and resources, you can provide your students with tools and opportunities they may not otherwise access. Benefits of Using Tech and Digital Media in Education. 17] If you’re unable to go on a field trip, for example, you can access plenty of virtual field trips at no cost.[16]

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Discovery Education and Social Impact Partners Present Engaging Resources to Support Cybersecurity Awareness Month Observances

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. — Discovery Education and select social impact partners are offering engaging, high-quality digital learning resources to students and teachers to support observances of Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Established in 2004 by Congress, Cybersecurity Awareness Month seeks to raise awareness about cybersecurity and online safety.

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Our mutual friends

Learning with 'e's

So Milgram''s notion of six degrees is not so much a theory of learning, more a social contact theory, but it has significant implications for learning in the social media age. Milgram theorised that it could be established that no-one is separated from anyone else in the world by more than six social contacts.

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Mobile gives the edge

Learning with 'e's

They are increasingly pervasive and accessible. For everyone of us who own them, mobile phones are changing our lives, influencing our decisions about how we interact with each other, how we access and consume information, how we work, entertain ourselves and purchase our goods. Thirdly, mobile technology is powerfully social.