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Realizing Success in the Adult Basic Education Market

Digital Promise

When combined with other sources, one estimate places this figure as high as $10 billion annually, with $200 million of that spent on digital instructional materials. Highly fragmented, these organizations often serve small numbers of learners and have very limited budgets for instructional materials.

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From digital citizenship to digital leadership in a South Carolina elementary school

Hapara

Whether it be social media, school use or gaming, students are almost always on some sort of digital application. Being in an elementary classroom, it is hard to help students understand how their digital habits affect themselves and others. Scaffolding digital citizenship instruction. Where we started .

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What BloomBoard is and How it Energizes Professional Development

Ask a Tech Teacher

The resources–including over 10,000 articles, videos, lesson plans, and more–are clear, easy-to-navigate, and user-friendly, with opportunities to collaborate with other teachers. which provides embedded cards for free like the one below: Show What You Know: Project Based Learning in the Mathematics Classroom.

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Common Sense Media digital citizenship refresh

NeverEndingSearch

Sexting: Common Sense Media is now aging the topic down with a new lesson and video addressing the issue for middle school. Fake news (news and media literacy): addressing the research that young people often get their news from social media rather than news outlets. Reading News Online (News & Media Literacy).

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New Content Added to Discovery Education’s Award-Winning Digital Services Boost Teachers’ Ability to Engage Students in Science, STEM, Social Studies, and More

techlearning

September 13, 2018) – Discovery Education , the leading provider of digital content and professional development for K-12 classrooms, announced today it has added new digital assets to its services that boost teachers’ ability to engage students in a variety of subjects including Science, STEM, and Social Studies.

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What role should a teacher play in choosing books kids read?

The Cornerstone for Teachers

This article will not have an admin option. This article is about book choice as well, but it’s about the choice to say no (how to say no, how to tell when you should say no, what are the ramifications of saying no, what to do when you maybe should have said no but said yes instead, and how to turn a no into a consenting yes).

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The Dilemma of Entrepreneurial Teachers With Brand Names

Edsurge

She remodeled her classroom based on Starbucks. Education start-ups like Seesaw give her their premium classroom technology as well as swag like T-shirts or freebies for the teachers who attend her workshops. She agrees to use their products in her classroom and give the companies feedback. classrooms.