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Boost Morale with These Simple Strategies

A Principal's Reflections

Listening is one of the best tools that can be leveraged to gather crucial information on the pulse of a culture. You can also share stories across social media as a way to share successes more broadly, something I dive into deeply in Digital Leadership. Some schools have large-scale team-building events both on and off-site.

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Why teach digital writing to students in 2022?

eSchool News

They are actually: All their messages, blogs, and social media posts go online today, together with novels, poems, or stories of professional writers. Online communication calls the shots, and Gen Z doesn’t perceive informative writing as we did 20 or 30 years ago. Now they write more than speak.

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

Waterford

How Digital Natives Process Information in the Classroom. Prensky wrote that digital natives are used to receiving information quickly, and they are used to multitasking. The good news is this doesn’t mean teachers need to be intimately familiar with every new form of tech or social media platform. Reissman, H. “7

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How to Increase Family Involvement with Connection

Waterford

Beyond the traditional outreach methods, here are some other ideas for how to get families involved in school: After-School Activities Your school’s festivals, celebrations, and open houses are some ways your school can help educators connect with families in an informal environment. 2004, November). Journal of School Psychology.

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

eSchool News

Established in 2004, all 11 schools across the state are accredited by the Arkansas Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. Discovery Education is the global edtech leader whose state-of-the-art digital platform supports instruction wherever it takes place. We look forward to the next step in this relationship.”

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Feelings During FLOW-Related Learning

User Generated Education

When education is done “right”, learners often feel and experience the following in their both formal and informal educational environments: Joy. Moving around and engaging in distractions which can help in processing information. Asking others for information, ideas, and help on an as needed basis. Wonderment.

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

Waterford

Instead, view it as a tool that can inform and supplement lessons, and even then, only if teachers and administrators are well trained in its use. 16] Use the technology you do have to supplement your lessons and provide students with information you may not otherwise be able to access. They may just teach you something new![8].