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Navigating the digital landscape by fostering classroom digital wellness

Hapara

? Listen to an audio version of this post: Because most classrooms integrate technology now, it’s not enough to teach academic standards. Laurie introduces Hāpara Highlights ’ Focus and Filter features, which allow educators to control learners’ access to specific websites or tabs during class time.

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Understanding concepts: What is digital citizenship?

Hapara

At the same time, schools need to respect learners by providing equitable access to devices and the internet. Digital access Digital etiquette Digital law Examples: Even if your school provides 1:1 devices, learners may not be able to work online if they’re at home. Have you seen a learner take out their phone during class?

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Integrate OUR Curricula into Your Kiddom Digital Platform

Ask a Tech Teacher

I’m a big believer in online web-based curricula that can be accessed from any browser, any digital device, any location. It makes learning organic, part of life rather than something that must happen from a certain book or room. To me, the growing popularity of web-based curricula is no surprise.

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What Can Schools Learn from the Successful Transformation of Public Libraries?

Edsurge

In her 2018 bestseller “ The Library Book ,” author Susan Orlean uses the history of a fire that destroyed parts of the Los Angeles Public Library in 1986 to explore transformations that libraries and librarians have undergone over the last hundred years.

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Plagiarism Checkers: Changing the Writing Process

PlagiarismCheck

Access to billions of scientific research has never been easier, academic journals and the latest discoveries available online and can be analyzed right from mobile phones. 2) The shift to digital literary forms such as e-books, digital archives, and electronic literature has opened up new possibilities for research and citation.

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OPINION: Jump in, the water is rising — it’s time to educate students for a sustainable future

The Hechinger Report

Teachers and students can learn by doing place-based projects together, all the while meeting and exceeding required academic standards in authentic and meaningful ways. They have social scientists, writers, artists, linguists, psychologists, athletes and health professionals, all accessible in the building or on Zoom, every day.

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How to Improve Student Engagement at Scale

eSpark

Students vote on what books they’d like to read as a class. Students write a script for a public access television show. Most teachers simply don’t have enough time or energy to write rigorous lessons that both engage students and meet a diversity of academic needs. Guiding Questions: What are my students interested in?