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How to Increase Family Involvement with Connection

Waterford

Family Trainings or Workshops Even those who want to be involved in their child’s academics might not know where to start. As an educator, you can facilitate family trainings or workshops, like those offered by Waterford Family Academy. Social Media This method for connecting with families continues to grow in popularity.

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What Students Want Teachers—and Facebook—to Know About Digital Citizenship

Edsurge

In some hands, social media tools are blights on society, tools for bullies and misinformation campaigns. The event comes during a time of continued debate over how much responsibility social media networks ought to bear over what people say or share on their platforms.

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Pillars of Digital Leadership Series: Professional Growth

A Principal's Reflections

It is set to be published by Corwin Press on January 14, 2014. Without funding, many districts no longer allow leaders to travel to national/state conferences or even attend local workshops. Currently there is a pre-publication discount of 15% for any orders before this date.

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Reflections, Part 2: Hawaii Google Summit 2014

EdTechnocation.com

In Part 1 of my reflection on the 2014 Hawaii Google Summit by +EdTechTeam , I shared my personal goal and the journey I took from last year''s summit until today. In Part 2 I''ll share my experiences, take-aways, and session resources from the 2014 Hawaii Google Summit. He talked about the power of Youtube and Social Media.

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Presentory: An Excellent AI-Powered Presentation Tool for Teachers and Educators

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Virtual Camera: Streamline Your Real-Time Engagement For those who conduct synchronous online classes or live workshops, this feature is a key. This isn’t just my opinion; multiple studies have pointed out that storytelling is one of the most potent tools for improved attention and retention (Zak, 2014).

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Here's what you missed at the MidWest Technology Conference 2014 #METC14

MSEDTechie

I co-presented two workshops this year. link] [link] [link] social media - @METCenews [link] Solution for a teacher Web site, assignment submission, and a dozen other things that we do in a dozen different ways, but all in one place. Screencastomatic - Free online screencast Paul Bogush 15 assessments that don''t suck.

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ISTE 2015: (Re)designing tech-infused lessons for deeper thinking

Dangerously Irrelevant

Hope you will join me and Julie Graber in June for our ISTE workshop… Register here! These three standards – as well as the selected NETS-A and NETS-C standards related to digitally-enabled learning – are at the heart of this workshop. Re)designing tech-infused lessons for deeper thinking. Short description.