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How to Boost Family Involvement through Parent-Teacher Conferences

Waterford

5] You can then continue to send messages through text or social media groups, too. That way, you’ll have a handy sheet to refer to during the meeting and a take-home summary for parents. If it would be helpful, take a few notes during the meeting that you can reference later.[11]. Classroom behavior feedback [17].

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Teaching Students with Autism about Digital Citizenship

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The social interactions are relatively structured, you know when it’s your turn to talk…you have time to pause and reflect before you respond to a question,” said Jennifer referring to texting or talking over social media. For example, autistic students may struggle with self-image and identity online.

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Making MAKEing More Inclusive

User Generated Education

Maker education (often referred to as “Maker Ed”) is a new school of educational thought [at least in terms of having an “official” educational label – JG] that focuses on delivering constructivist, project-based learning curriculum and instructional units to students. 9 Maker Projects for Beginner Maker Ed Teachers ).

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Blogging: Five of the best

Learning with 'e's

Lessig, 2005, p. It's important to realise that the posts listed below have been amplified through social media, reposted and shared on various platforms, and also translated into other languages. Learning Theories For The Digital Age (>22,000 views) Reference Lessig, L. Anatomy Of A PLE (>29,000 views) 9.

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Interview with Terry Anderson

Learning with 'e's

I’m especially interested in social media that can be used to go beyond the often institutional centric LMS systems. Olaf had the idea to create a summary reference for the major research issues that we struggle with, research and write about in distance education. Reference Cousin, G. Steve: Terry, thank you very much.

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New ideas in a digital age

Learning with 'e's

Today we are more and more reliant on social media channels to access ideas and news. Because this content is often crowd sourced and relatively unfiltered, it is arguably closer to the oral culture of ideas transmission than the mass media that dominated during the last century. References Moore, G. Glencoe: Free Press.

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TikTok for Teachers

The CoolCatTeacher

They are making it a safer platform for everyone. TikTok is the Fastest Growing Social Media for ages 15-40 Vicki Davis: Yes. and the “ewwwwww” tends to go more viral than the “oh!” How We Reflect Upon the Profession of Teaching on Social Media Matters As teachers, we go on every platform. We teach with our lives.