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How to Increase Family Involvement with Connection

Waterford

Check out Waterford’s on-demand webinar page and learn how to implement CARES, a framework for inclusive family communication, genuine relationships, clear and flexible expectations, and concrete support, in your schools. You may be surprised at how useful this insightful feedback is for improving your school culture.

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If we don’t engage online, we cede mindshare to others who will

Dangerously Irrelevant

We hear less often about the numerous ways to use “Good Twitter,” professional blogs, YouTube channels, Instagram accounts, Pinterest boards, Facebook groups, and other platforms in ways that are productive and empowering. I would encourage you to see how the following scholars are engaging online.

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Is This Video App Safe? Mozilla Privacy Report Offers a Look

Edsurge

She is the vice president of advocacy and engagement at the Mozilla Foundation, which today released a new report examining the privacy and security policies of 15 commonly used video-conferencing apps. There is also a trio of Facebook tools: WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger and Messenger Kids.

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Weekend Reading – Rediscovering Blogging Edition

ProfHacker

I’ll admit, I started my own tinyletter in part because I wanted to find an audience again that was a little more personal that what gets lost in the algorithmic facebook feed and the firehose that is Twitter. Teaching young people how to set up sites and maintain their own identities is one good way to increase and reinforce the open web.

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Trying to improve remote learning? A refugee camp offers some surprising lessons

The Hechinger Report

While access to other technology is limited in the camp, Grosso said many refugee families have access to a cell phone but primarily use only four to five apps, such as Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram or YouTube. The program teaches students how to use the internet as a tool for more than just communication. We saw it in our U.S.

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PROOF POINTS: How a debate over the science of math could reignite the math wars

The Hechinger Report

Here she is training math teachers on how to teach children to solve word problems at an elementary school in Brooklyn, New York. Credit: Jill Barshay/The Hechinger Report How does a revolution start? They launched a website , an advocacy group and an auxiliary group for teachers. I’m eager to see how it all adds up.

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10 Reasons to Think Before You Share Photos of Children Online – SULS0153

Shake Up Learning

I say this all the time, “You must both fear and respect Google (and Facebook, etc.) Will your child appreciate your advocacy when they are overcoming handicaps, obstacles, or just throwing a fit and you hit their face with a slice of cheese? Are we teaching our students how to protect themselves online?