The Cornerstone for Teachers

MARCH 1, 2023

This is what I imagine “Book Choice” looks like, from curricular choices to which books grace the shelves of our classrooms. Of my 1,000+ books, more than a few are on the Banned Books lists of the last century, from Life of Pi & Lord of the Flies to Maus & Pride of Baghdad. The rubber band pulls tight.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Then, have everyone copy their information to a digital magazine (like you can create in Canva or Adobe) and share it with everyone. Literacy Read Rosemary Well’s acclaimed book, Emily’s First 100 Days of School about the daily achievements of grade schoolers for their first 100 days.

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Adobe Learning Exercises Digital Citizenship 286

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JULY 8, 2022

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. Treat them exactly as though they were print books. have online libraries included with student resources.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

TikTok is coming for Google’s gig, as the kids might say. Last fall, TikTok surpassed Google as the most-visited site on the web. Emily Wilt, a high school library media specialist in Indiana who runs her library’s TikTok account , meets with upperclassmen at the start of each school year to talk about research best practices.

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Google Social Media Digital Citizenship Video 177

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JUNE 27, 2016

I got this question from a colleague: I am looking for an app that classroom teachers can use to scan a classroom library and allow teachers to check books out with students. Classroom Checkout –a fee-based app that catalogues books, manages student checkouts, and keeps track of books. Thanks for your help!

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Libraries System Classroom Digital Citizenship 153

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OCTOBER 9, 2023

From books and journals to blogs, you will find something that can be beneficial for your students. CLEO Collection of Free Case Studies CLEO is a curated library of teaching resources. You can use search engines, like Google, to search for case studies you need for your class. link] Gila Herald. The Gila Herald.

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Neo LMS

JANUARY 13, 2022

Some of my favorites include using Formative, Google Jamboard, and Nearpod, and Classkick, all of which are beneficial for connecting students in learning, whether in-person or remote and which enable educators to have access to data or information about where students are in the learning process. Digital portfolios.

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Future Ready Tools Digital Citizenship Libraries 532

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FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Then, have everyone copy their information to a digital magazine (like you can create in Canva or Adobe) and share it with everyone. Literacy Read Rosemary Well’s acclaimed book, Emily’s First 100 Days of School about the daily achievements of grade schoolers for their first 100 days. It’s 54 pages and perfect for ages Pre-K-2.

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Hapara

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Make a copy for your personal Workspace library if you’d like to save one and use it this year. We also believe in transparency and teaching digital citizenship along the way. Download our free e-book The post Hipi’s tips for heading back to school appeared first on Hāpara.

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APRIL 19, 2023

Here are the digital tools that will replace the paper-intensive tasks you’re accustomed to: Digital Note-taking Here’s traditional note-taking vs. digital note-taking: One feels like a blender on whip. The other feels like the catalog room of the Library of Congress. quick methods like texting are fine.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Then, have everyone copy their information to a digital magazine (like you can create in Canva or Adobe) and share it with everyone. Read Rosemary Well’s acclaimed book, Emily’s First 100 Days of School about the daily achievements of grade schoolers for their first 100 days. It’s 54 pages and perfect for ages Pre-K-2.

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Buncee

MARCH 29, 2022

April is School Library Month and it brings an opportunity to highlight the work done and impact made by librarians and media specialists. First sponsored in 1958 by the American Library Association (ALA), it originally got its start after the creation of the National Book Committee, a non-profit organization in 1954.

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Libraries Broadband Digital Citizenship LMS 66

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FEBRUARY 2, 2022

This is a favorite activity not just for pre-readers, but beginning and accomplished readers because it’s not about reading the book; it’s about experiencing it through the eyes of a storyteller. Read-aloud books. Have a library of books intended to be read aloud. Skype with an author. Check out this link.

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OCTOBER 30, 2020

Take attendance –use a game like Flippity’s Randomizer, Google A Day, or Wakelet’s Scavenger Hunt where student answers serve as their attendance notification. Online Reading –when the classroom library isn’t available, use one of the many online libraries or story collections to inspire reading.

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Game-Based Learning Learning Common Core Digital Citizenship 332

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

The first ‘lite’ option that most educators think of is Google Classroom. You will find yourself most comfortable in the Google Classroom environment if the tools you use are aligned with Google Drive, your browser of choice is Chrome, and your digital device is a Chromebook.

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JULY 14, 2017

There is one bright spot in this story: Online books. Thanks to the efforts of many devoted professionals and the financial support of more, there are a wide variety of free/inexpensive sources for books that students can use for classroom activities as well as pleasure. Kids can even watch book trailers before making a selection.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Then, have everyone copy their information to a digital magazine (like you can create in Canva or Adobe) and share it with everyone. Read Rosemary Well’s acclaimed book, Emily’s First 100 Days of School about the daily achievements of grade schoolers for their first 100 days.

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Adobe Learning Exercises Digital Citizenship 291

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APRIL 4, 2019

If you’re looking for meaningful lessons to wrap up your school year, here are my top picks: Digital Passport. Cool book reports. Applied Digital Skills. Digital Passport. Common Sense Media’s award-winning Digital Passport is the gold-standard in teaching digital citizenship to grades 3-5 (or Middle School).

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Digital Citizenship Libraries Google Report 172

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AUGUST 15, 2023

Then, see how to fix them: Only use iPads in place of books or game-play? Next time, use them to teach digital tools, how-to lessons (i.e., Create newsletters in Google Docs, Word, or Canva, save as a pdf if necessary and email or simply share. Which of these nine mistakes do you make? They’re so much more than that.

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Classroom iPad Tablets Digital Citizenship 295

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FEBRUARY 1, 2023

This is a favorite activity not just for pre-readers, but beginning and accomplished readers because it’s not about reading the book; it’s about experiencing it through the eyes of a storyteller. These can be both print and digital, to fit all children’s reading preference. Check out this link.

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Adobe iPad Groups Digital Citizenship 195

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Even Google SafeSearch has issues at times. Library Spot — an extensive collection of kid’s research tools. World Book –requires membership. Here are sites that will provide both: A Google A Day. How to Search on Google. Power Searching (with Google). History Channel –great speeches.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

NOVEMBER 28, 2015

In this post I would like to explore resources that are available for facilitating proper digital citizenship in the classroom. Booking Info – It is time to think about your school or conference needs. I have traveled the country delivering PD relating to technology integration, PBL, STEM, Digital Literacy, and the 4 C’s.

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MARCH 27, 2020

When you have internet access, download work from Google Classroom to work offline. Have a frequent virtual meeting via Google Hangouts Meet, Zoom, or an option through your LMS. Online or via Google Voice. This isn’t meant to be comprehensive, just what I ran into this week: Take attendance with Google Forms.

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Khan Academy LMS Broadband Digital Citizenship 245

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FEBRUARY 13, 2018

However, one thing that can make it easier for students to learn is for teachers to include instructions on basic academic skills like vocabulary, keyboarding, digital citizenship, and research. The better a student’s digital citizenship, the more safely they can navigate the Internet websites, staying away from scammy links.

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Tools Digital Citizenship Libraries Secondary 153

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AUGUST 28, 2015

Internet Library. Internet Public Library (IPL). Let me Google that for you –all those questions people ask, they could have answered themselves? Library Spot. World Book. How Stuff Works. I Know That! Info Please. Insta-Grok. KidsConnect–Kids research. Here’s a site. They even have stickers. Nova video programs.

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Digital Citizenship Libraries Video Resources 150

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APRIL 7, 2015

She broadcast the class on her iPad with her Google Hangouts (GHO) app, sent me an invite, and that’s it. With Google Hangouts, you meet face-to-face with people around the world, share screens, collaborate on documents, even watch videos. The library of videos becomes a great way to review for quizzes and tests.

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Google Smartphone Digital Citizenship iPad 150

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JANUARY 24, 2020

Then, have everyone copy their information to a digital magazine (like you can create in Canva or Adobe) and share it with everyone. Read Rosemary Well’s acclaimed book, Emily’s First 100 Days of School about the daily achievements of grade schoolers for their first 100 days.

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Shake Up Learning

APRIL 6, 2021

The post Must-Have Google Skills for Teachers (Part 2 – Google Classroom) – SULS0104 appeared first on Shake Up Learning. In this episode, I’m sharing the must-have Google skills for teachers who use Google Classroom. This is Part 2 of a 4-part series on Must-Have Google Skills for Teachers.

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FEBRUARY 29, 2016

Listen/read–Free non-fic audio books. Mighty Book. Here are seven online libraries with a wide variety of free/fee books: Bookopolis. International Library. Open Library. Audio Books –apps for books purchased through Audio Books (and free ones). Childhood Stories. Classic Fairy Tales.

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Resources Common Core iPad Digital Citizenship 150

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JANUARY 29, 2019

This is a favorite activity not just for pre-readers, but beginning and accomplished readers because it’s not about reading the book; it’s about experiencing it through the eyes of a storyteller. Read-aloud books. Have a library of books intended to be read aloud. Skype with an author. Check out this link.

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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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FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Besides displaying documents to your laptop and class screen, you can record video or audio which can be uploaded to YouTube (or emailed), annotate and edit images, and even make Skype/Google Hangout calls. Run Skype calls or Google Hangouts for those without a video cam on their computer. Applications for the Classroom.

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Classroom Software Laptops Digital Citizenship 204

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JUNE 1, 2018

A School License is a PDF of one grade level tech curriculum or keyboarding curriculum that can be installed on any digital device in your school–iPads, Chromebooks, laptops, library computers, classroom computers, 1:1, Google Classroom–you name it. As many installs as the school wants for one low fee.

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JANUARY 20, 2017

Once the podcast is completed, it is saved (typically) as an MP3 which can be played through any program that accepts that file type such as QuickTime, Windows Media, SoundCloud , and even Google Drive. This can be stored in the Podcast Library (mentioned below). Record it in audio and have other students listen and weigh in.

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Digital Citizenship Libraries Mobility Report 150

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MARCH 2, 2015

Listen/read–Free non-fic audio books. Mighty Book. Open Library. Stories to read—International Library. Audio Books –apps for books purchased through Audio Books (and free ones). Free Books –download any of our 23,469 classic books, and read. Edutainment games and stories.

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eBook iPad Common Core Digital Citizenship 150

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AUGUST 28, 2018

Assigning a book to your class that everyone must then purchase is not only expensive, it’s inequitable. If you have a book you want students to read, check to see if it’s available on one of the many online free libraries and let students know they can use it there. Great Books Online — by Bartleby.

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JANUARY 18, 2016

Students can map out ideas, write stories, or relay events in a comic format using Storyboard That’s huge library of backgrounds, characters, text boxes, shapes, and images. When you sign up as a teacher, you get a dashboard to manage students and support for Google sign-in.

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