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10 Hits and 10 Misses for 2020

Ask a Tech Teacher

million views from visitors (about 10,000 follow us) to the 2,444 articles on integrating technology into the classroom. Here they are–my top 10 of 2020 (though I’ve skipped any that have to do with website reviews and tech tips because they’re covered in separate posts): Top Ten Hits. Talk about humility.

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Teach Middle Schoolers About Social Media with Fun Online Sim

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As physical distancing becomes a feature of students' everyday lives, social media has emerged as an important outlet for them to stay connected with friends and family. At the same time, not all students have access to the support they need to learn how to use social media in a way that's healthy.

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Nurturing a media literate next generation

Neo LMS

Relationships and Health Education will now (finally) be statutory in all British primary schools from September 2020. Good schools have always placed importance on personal, social and health education (PSHE). Social media and digital connectivity is an integral part of our daily lives. Changing curriculums.

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Critical Race Theory Is About You, and All of Us

The Jose Vilson

Of course, when mainstream media asks him questions under their terms, he turns to cellophane, but that’s another layer to this conversation. Time and again, the same set of ghouls lay out the playbook through their social media platforms and articles. This was happening before 2020.

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Generative AI, Chat GPT, and Learning

The CoolCatTeacher

When AI Fails Training Data is Older I did ask Notion to summarize the top three articles in edtech with hyperlinks. The links didn’t work and as I researched, it looks like this AR experience debuted in 2020. The generated text from Notion AI over thirty minutes after I first asked it to summarize the article.

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"Don't be a Troll" meme contest - calls on students to help combat internet trolling

Educational Technology Guy

Impero will select 2 winners by February 11, 2020. The winners’ profiles and memes will be published on Impero’s web site and social media channels and Impero will share the memes for educators to use as part of teaching digital citizenship. Students are tasked with creating original memes about why people shouldn’t troll.

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5 Ways to Build Reading Stamina in Adolescent Students

The CoolCatTeacher

Furthermore, in September 2020, UNICEF reported that 1 billion children worldwide aren't learning at all. In a recent news article, Andrea noted that her struggling readers in grades 7-8 used to read at a grade 5 or 6 (Barshay). There are also lots of links in this article. UNICEF (2020, September 2020).