A Principal's Reflections

MAY 5, 2019

We live in amazing times where readily accessible research and connectivity converge to not only transform practices but also provide the means to share them for the benefit of others. I have also been blessed to observe great examples that members of my Personal Learning Network (PLN) make available on social media.

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Digital Promise

MAY 27, 2020

With digital learning likely to stretch into the fall due to COVID-19, how can we ensure every student has equitable access to powerful learning opportunities? For superintendents in the Digital Promise League of Innovative Schools , this is an opportunity to examine and reimagine their education systems under new constraints.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 22, 2020

Educators now shoulder the burden to create lessons and activities that will enable students to learn at home. Greg Kulowiec provides an excellent working definition: App Smashing is the process of using multiple apps to create projects or complete tasks. For more ideas follow #remotelearning on social media.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 15, 2020

We recently asked a 21-year-old undocumented Chicana in Los Angeles what she imagined the designers of social media platforms look like. Definitely white, smart, educated. Not using much social media themselves, sharing limited information about themselves.”. Young, wearing a tux, driving a nice car.

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Digital Promise

MAY 7, 2019

The app brings features from several third-party platforms together in one place, making it a “one-stop shop” for participating educators to access all things Verizon Innovative Learning schools. “We Here, educators can add images and videos of recent events as well as stories of impact.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 19, 2020

This definitely applies now. When using social media, think about the platforms being used and mix it up by mashing together text, hyperlinks, images, and video. My colleagues and I at the International Center for Leadership in Education ( ICLE ) have modified all of our services for virtual delivery.

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Edsurge

JULY 13, 2023

I think of social media as sugar,” she says. People these days are streaming other mundane daily activities live on social media, whether it’s cleaning their room or doing their professional work. I’m definitely a master procrastinator.” I’m about making higher ed accessible and achievable,” she says. “I

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Neo LMS

MARCH 15, 2022

It has definitely boosted student engagement through the power of choice. Presentations can have sound, hyperlinks, social media buttons and so much more. There are sample lessons and other templates ready to use in their library. Read more: How to set up a classroom gamification level system.

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EdTech4Beginners

APRIL 17, 2021

3 Tips to Educate Students on Mass Emails, Email Safety, and More. While your students are probably active on social media and are used to texting their friends, emails are a completely different animal to tackle. Are your children or students receiving odd emails from people they do not know? How is this possible?

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A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 30, 2014

In case you didn''t know there are thousands of educators and an array of learning communities over at Google+. From my point of view educators become quickly attached to one specific social media tool as their go to source for his/her Personal Learning Network (PLN). I see this characteristic as bringing order to chaos.

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Edsurge

MARCH 11, 2024

Ninety-two percent check social media daily. But they still like print, and they still like to go to the library, according to a survey of Gen Z and Millennial public library use and media consumption released by the American Library Association last fall. They also did ethnographic research at two Ohio public library branches.

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A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 8, 2020

For the better part of my educational career, I always referred to any type of learning to assist me as a teacher or administrator as professional development (PD). The experiences where I had some level of choice were the most meaningful to me and resulted in real changes to my educational practice.

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eSchool News

MARCH 14, 2023

For educators, it is crucial to not only understand what the metaverse is and its uses within education but to also realize the benefits of immersive learning with the metaverse. What’s more, the metaverse itself can be accessed using a variety of devices. This is the basis of immersive learning as a concept.

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Hapara

JUNE 21, 2023

It’s not surprising that the majority of that screen time is dedicated to watching online videos and hanging out on social media platforms. Educators have always taught learners how to act responsibly in school and out in the world. Kids and teens communicate through texting, social media and school email.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

If I didn't include yours, just message me on social media and tell your story! It needs to be accessible to you on your computer, on your phone, on any device you use. Personally, I do all my tasks and to do list because it's so easy to lose access to where those tasks are. Remember, simple is better. In fact, A.I.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

When students come into Danielle Insel’s college and career advising office with their sights set on higher education, she has a checklist of next steps ready. And more kids than ever are considering ways to make money without a college degree, Insel said–driven in part by people and jobs they’ve encountered on social media.

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Neo LMS

AUGUST 15, 2019

According to the Pew Research Center , “Fully 95% of teens have access to a smartphone, and 45% say they are online ‘almost constantly’”. This type of data can help educators, parents, or policy makers better understand how students interact with technology, particularly how to create a healthy relationship with it.

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Neo LMS

JULY 7, 2020

We have definitely experienced a challenging couple of months in the world and in our roles as educators. Through conversations with colleagues and educators who teach the arts, music, and elective courses including physical education, I learned that the shift to remote learning was even more difficult initially.

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Neo LMS

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

Learning Management Systems were probably created for institutions of Higher Education. Here are five benefits that an LMS brings to students of higher education. Read more: The PROs and CONs of competency-based education. Instant messaging doesn’t have to belong just to social media. Online collaboration tools.

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Edsurge

MAY 6, 2020

This message has perhaps been clearest on social media, where many parents overseeing their children’s educations are suggesting teachers be paid more.) For Teacher Appreciation Week, we asked 15 educators to tell us whether the new arrangement really has changed parents’ perceptions of their jobs. How can you tell?

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 1, 2012

I am extremely excited that August is Connected Educator month. In my opinion, being a connected learner, leader, and/or educator is no longer an option. When I think back to my life as an educator prior to becoming connected, I can honestly say that I was isolated, naive, and definitely not as well rounded as I am today.

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The Innovative Educator

FEBRUARY 17, 2015

Fortunately, my employer supports this and as such, we have been incorporating the voice of students in the guidelines around social media (You can see the teen guidelines at schools.nyc.gov/socialmedia ). Admittedly, I''m not much of a user of social media platforms for the under 13 set, so I knew I had a lot to learn.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MAY 12, 2020

14 Examples Of Innovation In Higher Education. I don’t follow higher education very closely, so this is all from 20 feet away. Six Common Examples Of Innovation In Higher Education. Competency-Based Education, at least in terms of the learning process (as opposed to content), should be more student-centered and efficient.

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Education Superhighway

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

She is the current Digital Access Coordinator for the Learning Technology Center of Illinois (LTC) and an Illinois State E-rate Coordinator. Moreover, Mindy serves on several state and national associations such as the State Education Technology Directors Association (SETDA) and State E-rate Coordinator Alliance (SECA).

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 27, 2018

Department of Education, gave district technology leaders and educators frank advice on how to protect students’ personally identifiable information and stay compliant with those laws Tuesday at ISTE’s 2018 Conference & Expo in Chicago. . “You Definitely check with your legal counsel on what your state requirements are there.”.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

MARCH 19, 2023

In today’s increasingly globalised world, having access to accurate and reliable translation tools is essential for businesses and individuals alike. Google Translate Google Translate is definitely my favourite in this list. It serves the purpose but not very accurate and is definitely way behind Google Translate.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 6, 2023

We are also a devoted Catholic community, founded by the Visitation Sisters to educate young women in virtue, intellect, mind and heart. Still, our students deserve a curriculum that gives them access to unpacking the injustices of being a young person in a world that still abuses and discriminates against women.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Scannero (Best overall) Scannero is definitely one of the best tools to find someone’s location using a phone number. Once installed, Eyezy allows users to monitor texts, social media chats, photos, and more, keeping all this data secure with bank-grade encryption. Like Scannero, Eyezy is simple and easy to use.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

So there's lots and lots of resources that you can access. I'm definitely going to dig into that video. ” The post From Challenge to Triumph: The Learning Pit Concept Explained appeared first on Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis @coolcatteacher helping educators be excellent every day. James Nottingham (08:30) Hmm.

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User Generated Education

AUGUST 30, 2015

Guiding Questions for Examining Teaching Practices Within a Context of Digital and Social Media Use: How does the social-cultural phenomena of digital access and use affect your work as an educator? What are your assumptions about the use of digital technology and social media? What is culture?

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Neo LMS

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

This is especially evident over the decade, as schools have increasingly adopted mobile learning as a signature initiative using BYOD and 1:1 programs and investing in tablets to provide their students with access to a wealth of relevant educational content and learning opportunities. Mobile students.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 26, 2024

There was definitely a sense of things going wrong. I had already put so much money into my education, and my family didn’t have that money. That’s up from a little more than two a month last year , according to the State Higher Education Executive Officers Association, or SHEEO. The food went downhill. I was very angry.”

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Edsurge

JUNE 30, 2023

As another school year comes to a close, so does another cycle of our Voices of Change Writing Fellowship — a program that brings together a diverse cohort of K-12 educators and school leaders to share their experiences. The one that best captures where I am in my journey as an educator is my final story, “ Teaching Was My Dream.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 22, 2024

Clinical interventions are not the only way — and often not the most appropriate or effective way — to support young people who may be temporarily struggling with feelings that do not meet the full psychological definition of mental illness. Students are struggling every day on my campus and on campuses across the country.

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Neo LMS

MARCH 20, 2018

Mobile learning is generally defined as training or education conducted via a mobile device such as a smartphone or tablet, generally connected to a wireless network such as GSM, G3 or Wifi. Cost: One response to the above challenge is to provide students with school issued devices, carefully decluttered of all distracting social media.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Like it or not, smartphones and teens’ social media use aren’t going anywhere any time soon. Make Good Content Accessible To foster a more organic love of reading, make good content accessible at home, at school, and on the go. It can also be helpful to expand your definitions of what good content looks like.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 31, 2022

As an educator parent, I’m constantly juggling my commitments to my students and to my own children and I’m not alone. The dual role of educator and parent is a precarious balance to maintain and often feels impossible. However, our definitions of partnerships are stringently defined and unforgiving. Sometimes I’m late.

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