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Practical examples of social media in elementary school

The Innovative Educator

His insights have helped inspire and guide teachers in the effective use of social media in the classroom. Here is how we use it at PS 10 Webpages and wikis - Teachers have class webpages and wikis to help foster the home-school connection. Here''s how he does it. I am often asked about how we use "social media" here at PS 10.

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10 Reasons to Try Genius Hour This School Year

The Principal of Change

If you haven’t heard of Genius Hour or 20% time in the classroom , the premise is simple: Give your students 20% of their class time (or an hour each week) to learn what they want. Your class will be covering all types of common core standards. It doesn’t matter if you teach elementary, middle, or high school.

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The Social Learning Summit Is Tomorrow - Online and Free

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Tomorrow, Saturday, April 21st, is worldwide 2012 Social Learning Summit , a one-day virtual conference being held as a partnership of Classroom 2.0 To be kept informed of the latest conference news and updates, please make sure you are a member (free) at Classroom 2.0 and the Discovery Educator Network.

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10 Reasons to Try Genius Hour This School Year

The Principal of Change

If you haven’t heard of Genius Hour or 20% time in the classroom , the premise is simple: Give your students 20% of their class time (or an hour each week) to learn what they want. Your class will be covering all types of common core standards. It doesn’t matter if you teach elementary, middle, or high school.

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Project Pals: The Perfect PBL Software for Project Based Learning

The CoolCatTeacher

In this post, I’ll share how this app works and my thoughts on how you can use it in your classroom. These starter projects are aligned with Common Core standards and are already built for you. This digital citizenship project is aligned with several Common Core State Standards. All opinions are my own.

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Freedom, Autonomy, and Digital Media at an Indiana High School

Educator Innovator

Blogs, wikis, Skype, YouTube can be learners’ power tools, but their creative and pedagogical potential is only activated when learners get to think, work, create, and do for themselves. I was particularly drawn to the blog’s description: “One Student’s Mission to Explain the Benefits of Social Media in the Classroom.”

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Tangrams: A Cross Curricular, Experiential Unit

User Generated Education

Now that I am back in the classroom two days a week teaching gifted elementary students, I can do and report on the cross curricular units I plan and implement. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tangram ). There are several guiding factors that I use to design my units: They need to be hands-on and experiential. CCSS.ELA).

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