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What Students Are Actually Doing Online

Securly

This of course varies by age group: we found that younger teens (aged 13-15) spend the most time in front of their screens in comparison to other age groups. Twitter, Instagram, and Tumblr also have a large following of adolescent subscribers. SOCIAL MEDIA. These sites are intended to be a harmless way to connect with peers.

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The SLIDE Study: A chat with Deb Kachel (Part 2)

NeverEndingSearch

Deb : Using the NCES (National Center for Education Statistics) data from 2015/2016 school year to the 2018/2019. Pennsylvania district comparisons [link] Advanced Search Tool data options. Learn more about the SLIDE study: SLIDE Project SLIDE State Survey On Facebook and Twitter Kachel, Debra E. District Profiles.

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5 School-Wide Reading and Writing Tech Tools to Consider

Gaggle Speaks

Posted on April 1, 2016, by Jessica Sanders. Both admin and teachers can also see where their students fall in comparison to other Newsela students in regards to reading-level achievements and Common Core standards. Managing and encouraging reading and writing remains a challenge for many teachers and administrators.

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What happens when two separate and unequal school districts merge?

The Hechinger Report

John Jones asks a question to his students in AP Human Geography on August 18, 2016. There are pockets of poverty in the county that rival the Delta while Starkville is, by comparison, a wealthy town,” he said. Students returned to Starkville High School in Starkville, Mississippi on August 4, 2016. Photo: Nicole Lewis.

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Our Grammarly Review – Is It the Perfect Grammar Checker?

Fractus Learning

Writers don’t always have access to a human editor, and any writer will tell you it is not easy to edit text written by themselves. Facebook, Twitter, and other social media posts people write for family, friends, or business. A grammar checking tool will help you identify these mistakes. What I’d Change.

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A true gift from SHEG: DIY digital literacy assessments and tools for historical thinking

NeverEndingSearch

In the November 2016 Executive Summary , the researchers shared: When thousands of students respond to dozens of tasks there are endless variations. However, at each level—middle school, high school, and college—these variations paled in comparison to a stunning and dismaying consistency. That was certainly the case in our experience.

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Educator tools for media literacy and how to advocate for truth

The Cornerstone for Teachers

Just about everyone has access to an online platform that is fairly unvetted: basically, anyone with access to Wi-Fi has the ability to go online and spread ideas, true or not. After the 2016 election was a really hard time, for example. Do you think that would be true to say? PETER: Yeah, absolutely.

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