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Trailblazing the Path to Media Literacy Certification with Micro-credentials

Digital Promise

As co-directors of the Elk Grove Unified School District’s digital citizenship program , Kathleen Watt and I are excited to spread the word about the PBS Media Literacy Educator Certification by KQED. The micro-credential that posed the biggest challenge was Assessing Student Media.

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2017 Teachers Pay Teachers’ July Conference — Overview

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million education-oriented Pre-K through High School lesson plans, curricula, videos, classroom activities, assessments, books, bulletin board ideas, classroom decorations, interactive notebooks, task cards, Common Core resources, and more. Seminar Overview. Seminars I attended included: using social media to spread the word.

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Free Digital Formative Assessment Tools… Important Thoughts Before Implementing

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

As you might know there are some amazing formative assessment tools on the web. First, to ensure you do not miss a valuable post or other resources covering PBL, Digital Curriculum, Web 2.0, Not only can the formative assessment process be engaging, it can also be owned by students. Start a discussion. Create A Survey.

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4 Ways to Get Started with Security

EdTech Magazine

IT people at school districts are typically stretched thin and don’t have time to attend workshops and seminars. If time doesn’t allow, check out Google for Education’s online Digital Citizenship and Safety Course. A good network security group can complete an assessment in about a day and send back results within a week.

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Understanding By Design — What’s That Even Mean?

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Look at who has adopted UbD: the College Board, to guide the revision of its Advanced Placement (AP) subject matter courses and for the development of its courses AP Seminar and AP Research. Self-assessment. Self-assessment is fundamental to UbD. the framework for the national curriculum in the Philippines and Puerto Rico.

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Incorporating Social Media and Digital Citizenship in the First-Year Experience Course

Mistakengoal.com

Part of that program requires (nearly) all undergraduate students to take a First-Year Seminar (FYS) course and one of the resolutions updated some of the specific outcomes of that course. Last spring, the faculty senate of my university passed a series of resolutions aimed at updating the university’s general education program.

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School and Job Tips for Young Adults

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Other no cost learning resources include institution sponsored tutoring programs, online seminars, and self-help guidebooks. They are experts at assessing students’ abilities, goals, and other factors that go into choosing a suitable major. Finally, remember to seek guidance when choosing a major field of study.