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Geography Awareness Week: November 14-18, 2022

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Each third week of November, students, families and community members focus on the importance of geography by hosting events; using lessons, games, and challenges in the classroom; and often meeting with policymakers and business leaders. Atlas –Barefoot World Atlas is an interactive 3D globe for iPad. BatchGeo—map locations.

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Geography Awareness Week: November 15-19, 2021

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Each third week of November, students, families and community members focus on the importance of geography by hosting events; using lessons, games, and challenges in the classroom; and often meeting with policymakers and business leaders. Atlas –Barefoot World Atlas is an interactive 3D globe for iPad. BatchGeo—map locations.

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How to Keep Learning Fresh Over the Summer

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Share it in a teacher-provided summer activity folder (this should be quick to use, maybe through Google Drive if students have access to that). Grades 3+: Read current events on a kid-friendly website like Newsela. Any age: Explore the night sky using an iPad app like GoSkyWatch. Let kids dig deeply into their passion.

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#WorldReadAloudDay February 2

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Somehow, as lives for both the adults and children have gotten busier, as digital devices have taken over, as parents turned to TVs or iPads to babysit kids while they do something else, we’ve gotten away from this most companionable of activities. Teach students to read with their digital devices. Owl Eyes (classics).

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How to Create a Paperless Classroom

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Instead, people use a digital calendar that automatically syncs life events across all of their digital devices. Enter them to an easily accessible digital calendar like Google Calendar and share with students, parents, and interested stakeholders. Classroom activities should be handled the same.

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Device Rollout in the Age of COVID-19

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Device rollout—when students in Verizon Innovative Learning Schools receive their initiative-provided iPads or Chromebooks—is an exciting time in the Verizon Innovative Learning Schools community, especially for schools new to the program. Haynes added the importance of still celebrating the event in its new format. “We

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#WorldReadAloudDay February 1st

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Somehow, as lives for both the adults and children have gotten busier, as digital devices have taken over, as parents turned to TVs or iPads to babysit kids while they do something else, we’ve gotten away from this most companionable of activities. On the day of the event, students read to classmates in a comfortable setting.

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