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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. Using technology alongside non-digital lessons can have many academic and behavioral benefits for your students, including:[2,7,11,12]. Stronger digital literacy.

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

Waterford

Today’s teachers, many of whom are digital immigrants—people who transitioned from an analog world to a digital one—must find ways to reach digital native students and their caregivers. The great news is that digital natives want to learn. What Does it Mean for a Student to be a Digital Native?

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Inspiring Journeys of Certified English Language Educators

Ask a Tech Teacher

travelling provides the opportunity to explore other cultures, witness the beauty of different countries, and, simultaneously, learn more about oneself. For many people worldwide, learning English represents a step closer to financial stability, job prospects, and an improved quality of life.

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How to Cope with Bullying

Ask a Tech Teacher

Petrosina, Guckenburg, DeVoe, and Hanson, 2010 ). Davis and Nixon, 2010 ). The best way to teach cyberbullying is as part of a unit on digital citizenship’s rights and responsibilities. More on cyberbullying and digital citizenship. Curriculum on digital citizenship.

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Crucial “Digital Citizenship” Conversations

The Principal of Change

” My response was that it is not about what kids consider “cool”, but more the ability to learn to network through these social spaces. I am seeing more people share to spaces such as Voxer and even Reddit, to further their learning in education, while also creating networks with others.

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Beyond the Test: How Have We Learned This Decade?

Edsurge

The quiz seems deceptively easy: The past decade has seen literally hundreds of technologies and ideas emerge, many aimed at engaging or involving K-12 students and supporting student learning. So have students learned more? But is asking how much students have learned the right question? Class Dojo-2011. Clever-2012.

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New Posted Resources 10/30/2010

The Web20Classroom

Digital Citizenship Wiki Bookmark tags : digitalcitizenship favorite Tech Learning TL Advisor Blog and Ed Tech Ticker Blogs from TL Blog Staff – TechLearning.com tags : facebook parents favorite 10 Ways to Promote Writing for an Authentic Audience - NYTimes.com tags : writing favorite YouTube - How Search Works tags : search google searchengine favorite (..)

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