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?A Playbook to Go Open: 5 Steps to Adopting OER

Edsurge

Adoption of digital learning resources is taking hold in schools and districts across the United States. Public schools now provide at least one computer for every five students and spend more than $3 billion per year on digital content, according to Education Week.

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1st Grade digital PBL: Does it work?

Neo LMS

Today I will share with you a more specific example of how an elementary school in California, Woodcrest Elementary School, of the Fullerton School District, has created wonderful digital learning environments for its K1 learners, specifically in the area of literacy.

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7 beginner’s steps in digital citizenship for any district

eSchool News

Then, they figured out what they needed to satisfy for required federal E-rate guidelines. She found in a school survey that nearly 90 percent of the elementary teachers weren’t aware that the district was teaching digital citizenship, despite the fact that every student was receiving instruction on it. Step 2: Consider the Timing.

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Get Started with Digital Citizenship in Your District

edWeb.net

Following the district vision, and in search for a free curriculum, Theresa found Common Sense’s Digital Citizenship Curriculum and began from there. Then, they figured out what they needed to satisfy for required federal E-rate guidelines. Life Schools started small in the first year. First, they identified their desired goals.

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Tools for Driving Your Ed Tech Instruction #GPS

techlearning

Think back to that Tom Cochrane song “ Life is a Highway ” … “ Education is like a road that you travel on ” and we can use our instructional #GPS to ensure educational technology is planned to enhance learning. The learning content which is characterized by the subject matter guidelines. There is a paradigm shift in learning.

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How to Use Virtual Reality and Google Expeditions in the Classroom

Shake Up Learning

When you open the Expeditions app on iOS or Android , you will first see the guidelines that you must review and accept. If you would like to learn more, check out this article from Digital Trends: Is VR Safe for Kids ? After you have accepted the Google Expeditions guidelines, the app will prompt you to choose your role.

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It’s Pedagogy Go With Location-Based Mobile Learning At The University Of South Australia

EdNews Daily

Between 2014-2016 the University of South Australia has been using the pedagogy associated with both playing and designing LBMLGs to blaze a trail that is informing the development of a contextually-based mobile learning framework for higher education. Background. Current Practice.