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Using Social-Emotional Learning to Combat Digital Stress

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24/7 access to technology has brought many benefits, from online collaboration to improved parent-teacher communication. But that 24/7 environment has also brought increased stress to students’ lives as issues they encounter at school, especially on social media, follow them home. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING.

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Teaching Students with Autism about Digital Citizenship

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I nstructional Technology Specialist at Cumberland Academy of Georgia Jennifer Liang knows all about digital citizenship. Digital citizenship at Cumberland Academy began when the school started thinking 21st about century social skills. “A A lot of our kids are attracted to online spaces.

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Program Combatting Privacy and Tech Overuse Encourages Students to Take Control

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Dignity—it’s not a word often associated with social media and online interaction. Overall, the goal is to educate students and parents about privacy and technology overuse. It’s a time when parents feel like they are losing control of their kids, yet the kids still have the capability to learn good technology habits.

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Top Edtech Classroom Tools

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Adobe Spark : This flexible design tool lets teachers and students design everything from a web page to a social media post. Google CS First : A computer science curriculum with themed coding projects, this program makes coding less intimidating and more accessible to people from all different backgrounds. Free Favorites.

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Coding and Computer Science during CSEdWeek

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The Digital Learning & Leadership PLC, hosted by Common Sense Education and sponsored by Symantec , hosted the webinar, “ Now I Have to Teach Coding? James and Robin suggested trying unplugged activities that don’t require technology or devices to teach concepts of coding like sequencing, looping, and events.