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Lead in the Now

A Principal's Reflections

Leaders need to understand that schools should reflect real life and allow learners the opportunity to use real-world tools to do real-world work. Leaders should always be looking to improve instructional design and establishing accountability protocols to ensure efficacy in digital learning. This needs to be prioritized.

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#Internet4schools: Make Your Voice Heard

A Principal's Reflections

This was an extremely big deal five years ago and ultimately gave us an edge in terms of the many successful initiatives we rolled out including Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) and digital learning across the curriculum. I made the video above quickly using Instagram. Change Internet4Schools Students'

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5 Steps Toward Building Successful Digital Communities Infused With Rigor and Relevance

A Principal's Reflections

A dynamic combination of mindset, behaviors, and skills is required for schools to become places where social media and digital tools are integral and beneficial parts of a rigorous program and where they work symbiotically with active, engaged, and applicable learning. Bring play back into the picture.

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Measuring Impact with the Digital Practice Assessment (DPA)

A Principal's Reflections

The “secret sauce” in all of this was the strategic use of digital tools to proactively share the details of our efforts and resulting impact. During my tenure as a principal, I was always in search of tools and processes to help measure the impact of the changes we were implementing. Unfortunately, nothing existed.

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7 School Web Content Filter Features That Save IT Directors Time

Lightspeed Systems

Comprehensive web content filtering is mission-critical to effective digital learning, particularly since schools have provided devices to students for learning. Below, please find the seven must-have features for IT teams that want to save time while ensuring safe digital learning for all students at any age.

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7 School Web Content Filter Features That Save IT Directors Time

Lightspeed Systems

Comprehensive web content filtering is mission-critical to effective digital learning, particularly since schools have provided devices to students for learning. Below, please find the seven must-have features for IT teams that want to save time while ensuring safe digital learning for all students at any age.

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Uncommon Learning

A Principal's Reflections

These initiatives allow students to use real-world tools to do real-world work, focus on developing skills sets that society demands, respond to student interests, empower students to be owners of their learning, and focus on ways to create an environment that is more reflective of the current digital world.