The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 26, 2022

Social media platforms such as Reddit and Instagram create large communities in which these memes are shared and recruit children to be contributors by providing them with a sense of belonging. But social media platforms have algorithms designed to ensure that consumers remain active on their sites.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

The agency gives students real-world professional experience doing web development and social media marketing for mission-driven organizations. They drive public conversation, craft policy, and inspire action through education and advocacy.

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Classroom Social Media Mobility Advocacy 97

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 9, 2023

policy has urged schools to keep students with disabilities in the same classrooms with their general education peers unless severe disabilities prevent it. Some children thrived while others did very badly in regular classrooms. Overall, students didn’t benefit academically, psychologically or socially from the practice.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

A social media campaign, Students Stand #withMalala, is making 20,000 DVDs of He Named Me Malala available for free to teachers across the U.S. to use in their classroom. The campaign has had significant impact for educators who screened the film and brought Malala’s story into their classrooms.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Our hope is for students to see themselves in these roles, inspiring their ambitions beyond the classroom.” An accompanying educator guide and multiple classroom activities provide teachers with materials and activities for before, during, and after the virtual field trip. Discovery Education serves approximately 4.5

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Coalition partners are united in the goal of empowering tomorrow’s changemakers by connecting classroom learning to various sustainability themes. About Discovery Education Discovery Education is the worldwide edtech leader whose state-of-the-art digital platform supports learning wherever it takes place.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 18, 2018

It involves creating positive school climates, adopting rigorous reporting systems, and educating students and parents about digital citizenship and how to use social media responsibly. We use Impero Education Pro because it includes monitoring software as well as classroom/IT management software.

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Software Digital Citizenship Advocacy Social Media 91

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 31, 2022

This is likely due to several factors: increasing involvement from parents as schools moved online; advocacy from groups like Decoding Dyslexia; social media conversations and coverage in the popular press; and a push by state legislatures toward improving our nation’s stagnant and dismal reading scores.

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Instructional Materials Training Advocacy Elementary 113

EdNews Daily

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

As a former teacher with 23 years in the classroom myself, I understand that educating young students leaves little time for legislative advocacy. Teachers can also invite lawmakers into their classrooms to see firsthand how legislation affects teaching and learning. Tapping Your Interest Groups.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 24, 2024

I was in a classroom with 3-year-olds and I had to leave my position, unfortunately. We were running ads on social media. This story about child care advocacy was produced by The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education.

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Strategy Advocacy System Social Media 119

Neo LMS

MARCH 22, 2018

Discuss the risks associated with internet usage, social media, and online information; although a difficult conversation to be had, it allows parents to answer questions, share best practices, set parental controls, and limit internet usage. What are the risks. What can be done to improve security and protect student information?

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Data Internet Safety LMS Student Data Privacy 150

The Jose Vilson

MAY 3, 2020

Contrary to my own public activism and advocacy, I propose that we move the nation’s largest public school system into a completely online endeavor forever and a day. Their YouTube views, Instagram likes, and other social media metrics must be off the charts. Oh, and it’s a boon for parents, too.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 14, 2021

They didn’t have a high-tech classroom with fancy equipment — in fact most students didn’t even have laptops or access to the internet. Generation Z students may be digital natives, easily connecting with friends and family on social media apps, but that doesn’t mean they understand how to use the internet as a tool.

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Learning Advocacy Report Google 145

Edsurge

JUNE 13, 2017

In an interview with EdSurge, ACLU’s Advocacy and Policy Counsel, Chad A. He suggests legislatures start addressing this issue by looking into laws surrounding social media privacy, one-to-one devices, student information and learning management systems, educational apps and the personal technologies students bring with them to school.

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Social Media Student Data Privacy Facebook Data 112

Dangerously Irrelevant

DECEMBER 13, 2016

Despite the heroic efforts of bloggers and school advocates, many educators STILL continue to be unaware of how think tanks, private foundations, corporations, astroturf groups, and government actors work together – often behind the scenes – to formulate harmful laws, policies, and advocacy campaigns.

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Buncee

JANUARY 11, 2019

Joe and Kristin Merril- Using Buncee in the InterACTIVE Classroom -11AM. Come see how Stacy Johnson uses Buncee in her first-grade classroom with her students and how she uses Buncee as a teacher. Jennifer Hencken-Make Your Social Media Sparkle-2PM. Boost your social media posts. Make your brand sparkle.

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Advocacy Future Ready Libraries Blended Learning 43

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

King, consultant for research, policy and advocacy at the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education. As much as we can, we’re really rallying around celebrating, very publicly, the teachers and the students in the classrooms,” Murphy says. “We We are running multiple ads all the time. Murphy says.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

There are plenty of hands-on sessions with practical tips to apply in the classroom. From facial-recognition cameras to web and social media filtering software, surveillance technologies are finding their foothold in schools across America. It’s not hard to get behind and support social-emotional learning. Why Not Both?

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Social Media EdTech Industry Pearson 102

EdTechTeam

AUGUST 9, 2019

EdTechTeam is a California Benefit Corporation , dedicated to effecting positive change in schools, and currently supporting a number of advocacy programs including the Our Voice Academy and the nonprofit Student Voice Foundation. Guest blogging opportunities: Educators can share success stories around social good or global collaboration.

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Education Social Media EdTech Advocacy 71

EdTechSandyK

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

Melanie Pritchett - Compass Learning, Austin, TX Dr. Frances McArthur - Superintendent, Lexington, TX We are on the cusp of exciting times in Texas, using digital content in the classroom. We no longer need to be constrained by the traditional classroom model. A range of digital resources are needed to get the job done.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

These new digital resources will play a critical role in continuing each students’ academic progress on any device, whether at home or in the classroom. This includes Prudential Financial classroom visits and the Prudential Financial Actuarial Career Exploration (PACE) career mentorship program for students interested in math careers.

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Education Social Media Professional Learning Resources 56

NeverEndingSearch

MAY 14, 2020

Currently, one very popular strategy is the creation of classroom scenes using Google Slides populated with their flexible Bitmojis. We need strategies for personalizing and enriching the remote learning experience. And it is clear that the library must be the center of that experience. by EZ EdTech! Valenza, J.K.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 23, 2020

They join our already-regular shows: " REINVENTING.SCHOOL " with Howard Blumenthal and " The Connected Classroom " with Rusty May. Her work in 60,000 classrooms across 100 countries has rallied more than a million children who have banded together to launch 170 social enterprises and pass 17 laws. This is a great lineup!

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 31, 2019

And classrooms needed more books and educational materials. With a higher quality rating, Smith’s center has become eligible for more grants and funding, which has allowed her to open an additional preschool classroom and offer free seats for some students. The problem was not for a lack of trying.

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Advocacy Report Social Media Training 77

The Daring Librarian

JANUARY 20, 2018

Consider, another word for branding is advocacy. Teaching Good - Branding Evil Creating the Daring Librarian Brand Rock Star Advocacy: Proving Your Worth In Tough Times By Jennifer La Garde Get Social. In other words, I have purposefully and intentionally NOT used Social Media in any kind of personal way.

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How To Social Media Libraries Advocacy 56

Edsurge

JANUARY 3, 2017

The Teach For America Alumni Having experience in the classroom wasn’t a prerequisite to make the Forbes list, but several honorees this year do. And although no current classroom teachers are included this year, 2017 brought with it another batch of former Teach for America (TFA) educators.

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Education Learning Advocacy Blended Learning 113

Reading By Example

AUGUST 12, 2017

The opposite, Jennifer Allen writes, “focus on improving the quality of instruction that (you are) providing to all students…student achievement would improve if we focused more energy on supporting classroom instruction as opposed to putting all of our resources toward supporting individual students”.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

JULY 9, 2015

Although social media was a big part of this year’s school funding dialogue, slacktivism can be a fairly easy trap to fall into. It’s difficult to believe that those families and teachers weren’t concerned about the lack of funds that would be going to their local schools and the impacts on their classrooms and educators.

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

In addition, empower students to take control of technology by asking them how they could use media in a positive manner to effect social change. Step 2 – Parent Communication: Via school blogs, social media accounts, and the website, detail how the school is promoting good digital citizenship.

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Symantec Digital Citizenship Internet Safety Social Media 46

edWeb.net

MARCH 11, 2020

Outside of the classroom, she is the lead organizer for Edcamp Suwannee and also co-moderates #FLedChat and #RuralEdChat each week on Twitter. She is a Google Certified Trainer and has presented at several conferences on the power of connections through social media. About the Host.

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Edcamps Accessibility Advocacy Mobility 53

MindShift

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

Teachers who are interested in shifting their classrooms often don’t know where to start. Two of the best resources I’ve found for creating an inquiry classroom are Carol Kuhlthau’s work and Alberta Learning’s Guide to Inquiry Learning. If you don’t know how to create an inquiry classroom, ask me. I’m happy to help.

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How To Classroom Social Media Advocacy 28

Graphite Blog

AUGUST 30, 2016

Education technology has great potential to help students by enhancing what they learn in the classroom, providing new ways to express themselves, and exposing them to new career paths. Interested in learning more about our advocacy efforts around digital citizenship and media literacy?

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Digital Citizenship Advocacy Social Media Mobility 40

Reading By Example

JUNE 22, 2020

In chapter seven of Engaging Literate Minds , teacher Merry Komar describes in detail how the students in her second and third grade classroom built knowledge together. As educators, we are part of a collective , responsible to arm our students with tools of agency and self-advocacy.

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Advocacy Social Media Online Learning Strategy 51

Education Superhighway

JANUARY 8, 2019

What have been the greatest challenges in connecting the remaining 30% of students in Maryland who lack high-speed connectivity in their classrooms? Do you have any advice for CIOs, Technology Leaders, and Educators that are looking to organize an advocacy group in their own states? Districts in Maryland do not have taxing authority.

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Broadband Advocacy Groups Social Media 65

Reading By Example

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

This is why it is so critical that classrooms need to become more connected. No, I am talking about tapping into the different social media tools that can better bring these experiences to life. Advocacy Community Connectedness Learning content geography perspective skype' In today’s digital age, this is possible.

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Advocacy Social Media Conference Video 28

MindShift

DECEMBER 21, 2017

“It’s a really hard thing to teach within the space of everything else that you need to teach in a classroom,” Joyce said. The internet has no shortage of dubious information; and the ability to evaluate health and science claims is a subset of media literacy. It’s crucial that we teach it as early as we can.”.

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Digital Citizenship Study Social Media Report 75

techlearning

JUNE 14, 2018

Available at no cost, the initiative’s resources help promote lifesaving discussions in the home and classroom. Winning public service announcements will be featured across DE and DEA digital and social media platforms. The foundation supports the DEA through advocacy, outreach, and educational programs.

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