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What Students Want Teachers—and Facebook—to Know About Digital Citizenship

Edsurge

Jivani had jump started a career in self-care advocacy. Jivani, the founder and CEO of the Love Your Natural Self Foundation, addressed a room of K-12 students and educators from across the country as part of a two-day event on digital citizenship—the idea of applying civility and civic engagement online. I was never alone.”

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Critical Thinking Skills to Help Students Better Evaluate Scientific Claims

MindShift

In one recent study by the Stanford History Education Group, 170 high school students were shown a photo of flowers growing fused together and asked if that provided strong evidence on the conditions outside the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. The study was financed by an environmental advocacy group, not an unbiased source.

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Educational Leadership for Social Good

EdTechTeam

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. The title of her session alone resonated with me.

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Learning Revolution Free Events - "Reinventing the Classroom" Online Conference This Week - GlobalEdCon Call for Proposals - RSMiniCon This Weekend

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Please join the volunteer group and sign up for times that you''re able to help. For over two decades, CoSN has provided leaders with the management, community building, and advocacy tools essential for success. Never used Blackboard Collaborate before? No problem! Looking forward to seeing you there! More information here.

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K-12 Leaders on the Impact of Artificial Intelligence and Generative AI

edWeb.net

The group shared guidelines from the CoSN/AASA EmpowerED Superintendents Initiative, which were created to help school leaders implement policies to address AI/generative AI in schools. CoSN provides thought leadership resources, community, best practices and advocacy tools to help leaders succeed in the digital transformation.

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Events + News - The Emerging Future on Thursday - Educational Podcasting - Global Education Day - Less is More Lesson from Finland

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Wednesday, April 29th at 4pm Common Sense Media Webinar: Helping Students Make Good Digital Decisions with Digital Compass , Join Common Sense Education for a webinar to celebrate the launch of their newest free education resource, Digital Compass. For additional information, take a look at our digital flyer.

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The Importance of SEL to Education Success

Ask a Tech Teacher

And with home advocacy, SEL will work better, faster, and more effectively. She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-12 technology curriculum , K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum. SEL exercises. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.

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