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What Educators Need to Know Right Now About Digital Citizenship

The CoolCatTeacher

A youth advocate with more than 20 years’ writing and speaking about youth and digital media, Anne has served on three national task forces on Internet safety, including the Obama administration’s 2009 Online Safety & Technology Working Group, which she co-chaired. She blogs at NetFamilyNews.org.

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Revolutionizing Classrooms: How Microsoft’s AI is Changing Education

The CoolCatTeacher

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Artificial intelligence is the top conversation among educators everywhere. It was truly a thrill for me, as a classroom teacher, for Lydia Smyers, the Vice President of US Education for Microsoft, to sit down with me at ISTE. Let's do this!

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7 Mindsets Launches App Focused on Mindsets Learning and Well-being for Educators, Students and Families

eSchool News

It will also serve as a valuable resource for the 7 Mindsets community of educators, support staff, administrators, students and families. Through the app, educators can quickly review the Mindsets to help inform their lesson plans. For students, it serves to reinforce the Mindsets learning in the classroom.

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New Posted Resources 12/04/2009

The Web20Classroom

Pattie Maes and Pranav Mistry demo SixthSense | Video on TED.com tags : TED , SixthSense , favorite Google Tools for Teachers (NCTE 2009) tags : Google , resources , favorite 5 Google Wave Gadgets that You Will Most Likely Use tags : googlewave , favorite Open Thinking Wiki tags : digitalstorytelling , favorite Facebook privacy: a guide tags : facebook (..)

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The Skinny on Hashtags

A Principal's Reflections

Upon getting on Twitter in 2009, I was not only baffled about how to use the social media site but also about all the symbols associated with it. Image credit Once only specific to Twitter, hashtags can now be used on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and even Google+ for the few of us that are still active there.

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Experiences in Self-Determined Learning: Moving from Education 1.0 Through Education 2.0 Towards Education 3.0

User Generated Education

My Own Chapter: M oving From Education 1.0 Through Education 2.0 Towards Education 3.0. Self-determined learning or heutagogy is fast gaining interest from educators around the world interested in an evidence-based approach to learning. Moving From Education 1.0 Through Education 2.0 Towards Education 3.0:

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What Learners Really Need

A Principal's Reflections

A great deal has changed since I began writing this blog back in 2009. I didn’t even have a Facebook page until a year later. As my thinking shifted so did my views as to how education had to change to better prepare learners to survive and thrive in a disruptive world. If it is important, then a way will be found.

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