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MAY 14, 2021

International Children’s Digital Library. The ICDL offers over 4,600 digital children’s books in over 59 languages that exhibit tolerance and respect for diverse cultures, languages, and ideas. Books are made available from a variety of sources including the Library of Congress. Open Library.

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MAY 23, 2022

Kiddom is an all-in-one education platform for remote or in-person learning or a hybrid of the two that provides a high-quality digital curriculum capable of integrating curriculum management, instruction, assessment, and communication tools into one location. It launches presentations and pushes activities to students in real-time.

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OCTOBER 30, 2020

Assess learning –today’s favorite is gameshow webtools such as Kahoot and Quizizz. You can also try critical thinking games like a Digital Breakout Room that require a deeper understanding of the fullness of what was learned. An alternative is a class reading program like RAZ-Kids.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2015

In this post I would like to explore resources that are available for facilitating proper digital citizenship in the classroom. I have traveled the country delivering PD relating to technology integration, PBL, STEM, Digital Literacy, and the 4 C’s. I have delivered hundreds of workshops and presentations.

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JULY 13, 2023

For instance, if you need to work in a library but the noise from the door opening, or people shuffling in their seats will be distracting, put on some noise canceling headphones. Some might prefer absolute silence, while others work best with a little background noise. Find out what works best for you and stick to it.

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JANUARY 31, 2017

Let’s start with seven ways to blend technology into your everyday teaching: Include digital ebooks in your class library. Include online libraries with student resources. Expect digital class presentations to include video, audio, music, or a mixture of digital tools.

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APRIL 2, 2020

Libraries, laboratories, expensive software licenses, access to reputable academic journals and career assistance – all these represent only a part of the wide range of resources that a good university provides to students so they can excel in their field.

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APRIL 5, 2019

A School License is a multi-user PDF of most books (or videos where available) we offer–textbooks, curricula, lesson plans, student workbooks, and more–that can be used on every digital device in your school–iPads, Macs, PCs, Chromebooks, laptops, netbooks, smartphones, iPods. As many as the school wants.

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MARCH 29, 2022

Along the way, students juggle rent, gas, groceries, taxes, car payments, and life’s ever-present emergencies. The program is free, takes about eight hours (depending upon the student), and can include printed materials as well as digital. Students finish the program with an assessment of knowledge and certificates.

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JANUARY 20, 2017

This can be stored in the Podcast Library (mentioned below). Podcast Library: Curate the varied student-created podcasts into a library of podcasts for present and future students. Show students how to use them and then offer them often as an alternative when assessing knowledge. More on multimedia in education.

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MAY 25, 2016

If you’re researching for a project, visit an online library. While researching using an online library, cite materials in an appropriate manner to comply with student digital responsibilities. For example, if you make posters to discuss great inventors, use an online tech tool like Glogster or Canva ? Augmentation.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2018

Many of us find students benefit greatly when the school employs curriculum-based assessments to measure progress. Because by teaching, assessing knowledge, tracking progress, and personalizing to student needs, we can determine if students are accomplishing what they must to complete the work of learning. What is Measuring Up?

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FEBRUARY 26, 2020

In an age where many parents are not available to drive their children to a friend’s house or the library to work collaboratively on schoolwork, these virtual meeting options are quickly being accepted as part of the learning culture. Ease of Differentiation.

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JUNE 16, 2022

The courses are the latest addition to Vector’s award-winning library of Student Safety & Wellness Courses. We’ve expanded our course library to help students with additional topics they are reading about or, tragically, experiencing. The courses can also be used for remediation.

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JANUARY 25, 2019

Online libraries and collections of free didactic documents were a reality as early as 1997 , through the Cisco Networking Academy. Although many professors still favor hard copies, online libraries have also made their way into the course plan in some places across the globe. Extended Access to Education.

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JULY 27, 2018

Collect and assess data easily and quickly. Kiddom’s Content Library Makes Differentiation Faster Than Ever. She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-8 technology curriculum , K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum. Provide change in pedagogic frameworks.

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AUGUST 25, 2016

A couple dozen of us–teachers, library media specialists, tech integrationists, and lab teachers–gathered virtually for three-five-week-classes that included: The Tech-infused Teacher. Teachers eagerly looked for tech options to traditional ‘fill out this sheet of paper’ approaches to ending class and/or assessing learning.

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OCTOBER 23, 2019

Common practice was to assign a chapter to read in a textbook and then a worksheet to assess student knowledge. Most include class ideas for usage and an assessment to determine if students got what you put out there. They are professionally recorded and presented by expert teachers with a class screen or whiteboard.

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MAY 25, 2022

This is the only service that can access the libraries like Elsevier/Scopus and Springer & Nature. Let’s see what each of them offers before assessing which one is the best. This is certainly a huge factor when it comes to popularity. Many instructors and administrators prefer a time-tested solution over something new and unknown.

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JUNE 3, 2014

We also highlight good conversations about learning taking place between educators, learners, leaders, and others from the school, library, museum, work, adult, online, non-traditional and home learning worlds. Sunday, June 8th at 4pm Common Sense Media: Digital Citizenship - Seeing the Big Picture , with Dr. Jason Ohler.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2016

Here’s an excellent collection of great apps for your classroom — to cover writing, research, and assessment. Storyboard That is a leader among online digital storytelling tools thanks to its comic-based themes, clean layout, vast collection of story pieces, varied strip layouts, and intuitive drag-and-drop interface.

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MAY 30, 2017

Teachers can add quizzes that assess student math knowledge by selecting the grade, the topic, one of the suggested Zap Zap Math games, and the duration. Use this is a tool to assess overall math health and provide a deep dive into areas where students need help. Use the download version of Zap Zap Math when the Internet/WiFi is down.

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JANUARY 31, 2020

LIBRARY SECURITY 2020 | A 90-minute webinar. An extended 90-minute webinar with Q&A, part of a special Library 2.0 As libraries add new programs and services, some things stay the same: the need to keep library employees, patrons, and the buildings safe. This is the first of the popular Library 2.0

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JULY 27, 2015

Teachers eagerly looked for tech options to traditional ‘fill out this sheet of paper’ approaches to ending class and/or assessing learning. Teaching digital citizenship remains a challenge–as much because it needs to be organically blended into all learning as that it is not well-understood.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2020

I have traveled the country delivering PD relating to technology integration, PBL, STEM, Digital Literacy, and the 4 C’s. I have delivered hundreds of workshops and presentations. Next, students learn about heroes and their attributes using their text and the library. Check out my Booking Page .

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JULY 21, 2015

All students understood the importance of teaching digital citizenship, but often there was no cohesive plan to organically blend lessons into classes where students use the internet. TweetUps worked best with larger groups. A comment from one student: As a technology teacher I was not sure what to expect from this course.

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MARCH 19, 2019

There are many truths about teaching but two stand out when it comes to assessing knowledge: 1) feedback is one of the greatest predictors of success in student work, and 2) teachers don’t have enough time to provide feedback on student work as thoroughly as they’d like. scholastic.

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APRIL 19, 2016

Luckily, Common Core–and many State standards–provide an excellent starter list of seven ways to blend technology into your everyday teaching: have digital ebooks included in your class library. have online libraries included with student resources. Use a digital timer for quizzes or other events.

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OCTOBER 4, 2016

Senate as well as other forums where public policy is discussed, debated and decided––all without editing, commentary, talking heads, ads, or analysis, and with a balanced presentation of viewpoints. It is part of Commoncraft’s Education series, including videos on libraries, Twitter, and augmented reality. election process.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

In fact, with Kiddom, you get everything you love about Google Classroom as well as the features only Kiddom brings to learning such as: the ability to plan, assess, and analyze via a free library of standards-aligned resources. media library –collect and share media resources. GPS –find map locations around the world.

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MAY 23, 2017

Summer PD: The Tech-infused Teacher is for credentialed and non-credentialed K-12 teachers, tech teachers/integration specialists, library media specialists, and pre-service professionals. Digital portfolios—via wikis. Twitter—used to share notes, thoughts, mini-assessments, to collect information via #hashtags, and in TwitterChats.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Senate as well as other forums where public policy is discussed, debated and decided––all without editing, commentary, talking heads, ads, or analysis, and with a balanced presentation of viewpoints. It is part of Commoncraft’s Education series, including videos on libraries, Twitter, and augmented reality. election process.

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DECEMBER 7, 2021

Users create a recipe by choosing a trigger channel from IFTTT’s library, then a trigger, and finally an action channel. It is small and doesn’t distract from the glorious artwork being presented. It uses a simple statement—IF THIS THEN THAT. For example: IF they post a photo on Instagram THEN share it on Twitter.

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APRIL 25, 2016

Rubrics are a well-accepted, even transformative tool for assessing student knowledge over a breadth of criteria. The pre-online versions weren’t dynamic or flexible, couldn’t be re-used, and few teachers had the time or energy to build these summative, purpose-built assessments. More on assessment: How Do You Grade Tech?

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Sign up now: [link] We currently have 75 speakers presenting original material, with an additional 50 "classic" pre-recorded talks. Digital Citizenship ? Libraries and Librarians ? Testing and Assessment ? Whether by circumstance or choice, learning at home is now the reality for more students than ever.

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AUGUST 26, 2019

Teachers monitor individual progress, see what each student completed on their last visit as well as when that was and how long it lasted, view students’ self-described moods, assess their pre- and post-quiz scores, and view their summative synthesis videos that provide evidence of their knowledge as they teach others what they just learned.

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MAY 26, 2017

When the Internet arrived, I — as did my colleagues — adopted it mostly for two reasons: 1) research — in place of the library, and 2) rote drills, such as supporting math practice. Students start with an assessment to determine where they are in their math learning and move forward from there. But that has changed.

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