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Ways to Build Media Literacy in Your Students, and Why You Should

Waterford

The good news is that information is easier to come by than ever before—many students, even at an elementary age, have access to smartphones, the Internet, and a pervasive, never-ending flow of social media. Today, social media plays an outsized role in how people get their information. Sometimes easier.

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What kids stand to lose if 2020 steals kindergarten

The Hechinger Report

Not reading yet or knowing how to use a computer or mouse or knowing how to use a keyboard — everything takes longer and requires my help. million — pre-pandemic prediction for 2020-21 kindergarten enrollment. She hopes to take any student who wants to come on a socially-distanced snowshoe adventure this winter.

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They Started Teaching During the Pandemic Year. Where Are They Now?

Edsurge

In April 2020, teachers were beginning to realize that their schools’ closures would not be all that temporary. In summer 2020, EdSurge profiled nine first-year teachers to understand what it was like for them to launch their careers during the pandemic year (2019-20). Read the original story, from August 2020, here.

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New Mexico’s Aztec Municipal School District Renews Multiyear Partnership Driving Student Engagement in Science  

eSchool News

Charlotte, NC — New Mexico’s Aztec Municipal School District (AMSD) today announced the renewal of its multiyear partnership with Discovery Education supporting science education in three district elementary schools. Also, all AMSD educators enjoy access to the Discovery Educator Network.

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Imagining the Awesome Future of Automobiles

The CoolCatTeacher

Then, enter between November 1, 2019, and January 31, 2020. How to Use the U.S. Post on Social Media to enter to win some art supplies! Show us the cool cars that your students are drawing in your classroom on social media! Specifically, this art contest combines design thinking and the arts.

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Awesome End of School and Influencer Ideas for Teachers

The CoolCatTeacher

So take us back in time to the conversation in your head, what you said to yourself, to those around you and how you started on that journey. How Kiki Decided She Wanted to Be an Education Influencer 00;00;54;19 – 00;03;51;18 Mrs. Powell Okay. I looked into it; I learned how to make my domain. Where Does KiKi Share?

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OPINION: It’s time. Let’s use different ways of teaching children to read

The Hechinger Report

This is likely due to several factors: increasing involvement from parents as schools moved online; advocacy from groups like Decoding Dyslexia; social media conversations and coverage in the popular press; and a push by state legislatures toward improving our nation’s stagnant and dismal reading scores.