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SEPTEMBER 13, 2015

Survey: Social Media Is Failing To Find Traction In The Classroom. Social media is a main form of communication and connection used by today’s students. Additionally, more teachers are citing a reluctance to incorporate social media into classroom learning than in 2013 (62 percent vs. 55 percent).

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 27, 2022

One of the strategies to get students engaged and motivated to learn is to incorporate materials that they love and use in their daily life. Social media is one of them. An increasing number of our students use social media and especially Facebook to socialize, connect, and (hopefully) learn.

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Facebook Social Media Study Mobile Learning 117

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

It’s an attempt to respond to some of the pressures Weissman identified by kindling students’ math interest. But it’s been controversial, causing “ knock-down, drag-out math wars ” that have included parent protests, threats and academic-on-academic social media spats about whether calculus should be reworked.

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Training Course STEM Social Media 217

Neo LMS

JUNE 7, 2022

Automatically evaluate students via different types of assignments; . Generate result reports to track student progress; . Make sure students are on track to achieve their learning goals. . Let’s focus on the types of assignments LMSs offer and how they can benefit you and your students. . Team assignments .

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eSchool News

JANUARY 4, 2021

According to a recent survey of high school students, more than half ( 54 percent ) reported being less engaged during remote learning than during in-person classes. Family distractions are also at play, particularly for older students who may care for younger siblings while parents are at work. Engage parents. .

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Learning Social Media Guidelines Secondary 145

Edsurge

JULY 19, 2022

I pull a child protective services report out of my desk to fill out during our planning bell. “I We had given our students individual Chromebooks, so they had access to Schoology assignments, Google Classroom and various announcements made by the district through email and social media.

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Chromebook Schoology Social Media Accessibility 176

eSchool News

OCTOBER 23, 2023

These new tools empower teachers to effortlessly manage lesson planning, content editing, document reformatting, image and text editing, multilingual support, and accessibility. Teachers now have free access to the full suite of Canva’s Magic Studio products, with a subset now available for students at the discretion of their school district.

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Resources Classroom Company Accessibility 61

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

In 2016 ProPublica reported that 236 schools in New York City required students to go through some sort of scanner to enter schools. In Los Angeles , all public high school students have grown up with metal detectors and random searches when entering school buildings. The bus drops Blaine and his classmates off at 8:30 am.

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Kickboard Laptops Social Media Data 114

Edsurge

APRIL 14, 2020

Prioritize early evaluation With so many options being showcased at trade shows and conferences or on social media, it’s tempting to make your mind up before the search has even started. Let’s explore the four principles that schools and districts should follow in order to maximize the potential of new classroom technology.

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EdTech How To Comparison Training 136

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Williams is a former social worker who serves as a site coordinator for Communities in Schools of San Antonio, a support program for low-income families operating in more than 100 schools in Bexar County, including the city of San Antonio. Other districts around the country have reported similarly high numbers of missing students.

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Elementary Online Learning Report Laptops 143

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 2, 2023

Half of responding students who got private scholarships reported having their institutional financial aid affected. At the same time, there’s renewed concern about the disadvantages already faced by low-income students.

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MIND Research Institute

MAY 15, 2020

The Austin Independent School District equipped 110 school buses with WiFi and positioned them in neighborhoods and apartment complexes with the highest need for internet access. Student Engagement and Academic Rigor. Staying Connected. She’s still a central figure in my son’s life, and I’m so grateful for her!

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Edsurge

MARCH 16, 2020

Tony Wan, Managing Editor Access and Equity How can we accommodate students who have learning disabilities in online instruction and practice universal design principles? Check out these EdSurge reported articles and op-eds on the topic. She suggests the following lessons on media balance.

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Company Social Media Policies Student Data Privacy 129

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 3, 2024

When teachers engage in this collaborative culture, they share best practices, develop interdisciplinary projects, and contribute to professional learning communities, leading to more innovative teaching strategies and cohesive learning environments. Inclusive and Empathetic Inclusivity and empathy are key traits of modern educators.

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Study Outcomes Elementary Data 121

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 1, 2020

In Beber’s first year, 2018-19, the school’s rating improved to a C, and teachers and staff reported that student behavior and teacher morale improved too. The district has made printed instructional packets available at meal pickup locations for students who cannot get online, and teachers are free to provide digital-based lessons.

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Report Meeting Social Media Accessibility 70

Gaggle Speaks

JANUARY 17, 2017

A web filter is software designed to restrict or control the online content that a user is allowed to access. We’re more concerned with how students engage online content than what they engage. A school or district, for example, might block access to pornographic websites so students cannot access them.

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Digital Citizenship Comparison Facebook Social Media 40

MIND Research Institute

MAY 13, 2020

Both scenarios suggested that the extended school closures will have a dramatic impact on student learning, and it will be especially negative with regard to mathematics. Over the past several years, progress has been made with regard to the “digital divide,” the gap between students who have access to technology and those who do not.

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Meeting Digital Divide Education STEM 61

MindShift

JUNE 1, 2020

This story on school turnaround during a pandemic was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. In Beber’s first year, 2018-19, the school’s rating improved to a C, and teachers and staff reported that student behavior and teacher morale improved too.

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Report Meeting Social Media Accessibility 38

MindShift

AUGUST 30, 2018

Ubiquitous social media platforms—including Facebook, Twitter and Instagram—have created a venue for people to share and connect with others. Students are then given a series of clues that unlock more clues as the game progresses. For example, clues in the email lead students to four canopic jars containing USB drives.

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eSchool News

APRIL 30, 2024

Often, my colleagues will come to me with requests for resources to overcome a certain classroom issue, and like in many school systems, among the biggest issues right now is a lack of student engagement. As educators, it is incumbent upon us to spark students’ curiosity so that they will engage with instruction.

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Resources Social Media Robotics Digital Learning 133

techlearning

MAY 15, 2018

Technologies actively engage the students through problem-solving games, quicker study methods, and unlimited potential for research. Simplified materials – Too often backpacks weigh almost 15 percent of a student’s body weight. You can access Voice Typing by selecting “tools” then voice typing is an option.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 13, 2016

Participants are encouraged to use #library2016 on their social media posts leading up to and during the event. WEBINAR PLATFORM : The sessions will be held in Blackboard Collaborate , and can be accessed live from any personal computer and most mobile devices. Joyce has worked in special, public, and school libraries.

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Edsurge

MAY 9, 2023

We wanted to create a digital experience for kids that allows them to create things together, but isn’t saturated with the usual social-media-like engagement tools. Not only have they eschewed a social media setting for their digital playground, they’ve also steered clear of “gamifying” the experience.

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Gamification EdTech How To Game-Based Learning 186

Kitaboo on EdTech

AUGUST 27, 2022

But today, technology has bridged the gap between teachers and students. You would find teachers and students interacting with each other more often. Teachers are far more accessible now and act as mentors to help students in their overall development. Social Media in Learning. Gamification in Education.

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Edsurge

JUNE 15, 2022

Monitoring student activity online has become a hot button issue for districts, schools and parents alike in the digital age, where information is often shared freely and copiously via email, social media and other channels. This ensured that every student had a device and that all of those devices were the same,” he says.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JANUARY 31, 2018

Over the last decade, he has keynoted over 100 events across sectors, sharing his social media expertise and insights on youth engagement and global competencies to audiences in over 30 countries. All learners deserve access to quality education that prepares them to succeed in an increasingly global society.

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Advocacy Competency Based Learning Study Policies 49

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 26, 2020

Students and parents have also begun to turn to social media, providing feedback on their remote learning experiences on Twitter, TikTok and other sites. Such use of time can not only enhance student engagement, but also to improve academic outcomes and performance. Sign up for our Future of Learning newsletter.

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Learning Blackboard Student Engagement Social Media 137

Educator Innovator

APRIL 9, 2015

In the fluid uses of what I call digital civic imagination , the #BlackLivesMatter meme has moved across social media platforms and online networks and become a rallying cry in demonstrations and protests fueling participatory politics in cities across the country. How do you communicate your ideas to a larger audience?

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Edsurge

APRIL 16, 2020

To streamline access, find out if teachers can log into PD through your LMS. Make sure you have direct phone access to your online PD provider to support you through the scaling process. Communicating that there is online PD available through emails and social media is an important step in launching a program.

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How To LMS Common Core EdTech 139

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 10, 2022

Credit: Austin Anthony for The Hechinger Report. And statistics belie the claim that recent high school graduates are getting jobs instead of going to college; workforce participation for 16- to 24-year-olds is actually lower than it was before Covid hit , the Bureau of Labor Statistics, or BLS, reports.

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Education Survey Report Trends 144

Edsurge

MARCH 19, 2019

The program has an element called Family Connections , where we ask students to talk with family members about checking credit reports, saving money and even choosing an insurance plan. Beefing up the connection to outside the classroom was part of the reason I decided to try the Pathway To Financial Success program.

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Mobility Social Media Course Video 156

The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2020

Students at Rhodes Junior High in Mesa, Arizona, spend a portion of their school day working on laptops. Credit: Tara García Mathewson/The Hechinger Report. Many schools embrace technology in the classroom as a route to these students’ hearts. The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative is one of the many funders of The Hechinger Report.).

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Learning Laptops Personalized Learning Data 124

Edsurge

AUGUST 28, 2023

Students at Coolidge said they wanted more hands-on learning and a deeper understanding about how school prepared them for the real world. They reported being anxious and depressed at higher rates than before the pandemic. One student wondered aloud whether certain activities would seem too ordinary to other teenagers.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 8, 2017

A rare male student at Carlow University in Pittsburgh, where women outnumber men by more than six to one, Vinny Bucci said his male friends from high school chose vocational training over college. In colleges and universities nationwide this year, more than 56 percent of students are women. The new minority on campus?

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The 21st Century Principal

JULY 17, 2014

Reeves ASCD Teacher Resource Collection —This collection of 10 titles explores effective instructional practices, classroom management, and student engagement ( $202.88 In addition, teachers can connect with ASCD via other award-winning social media channels including Twitter , Facebook , Google+ , and LinkedIn.

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MIND Research Institute

MARCH 30, 2021

I’m sure you’ve seen all kinds of math memes floating around social media. This means that there is no barrier to learning – students engage by testing out their ideas and learning from the feedback. This is a barrier to entry for a large number of students. Does ST Math Work for All Students?

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Learning Outcomes Study Social Media 52

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Over the last decade, he has keynoted over 100 events across sectors, sharing his social media expertise and insights on youth engagement and global competencies to audiences in over 30 countries. All learners deserve access to quality education that prepares them to succeed in an increasingly global society.

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Advocacy Competency Based Learning Study Policies 3