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FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Somehow, as lives for both the adults and children have gotten busier, as digital devices have taken over, as parents turned to TVs or iPads to babysit kids while they do something else, we’ve gotten away from this most companionable of activities. When you have classroom reading time, kids can pair up and read to each other.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2017

Next, pick an activity from the sequence — say, walking into the classroom and sitting down. Before starting, review the digital citizenship associated with visiting an online site (such as privacy, staying on the assigned website, and not talking to strangers). If you use iPads, here are some great options: Cargo-Bot.

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DECEMBER 7, 2021

Here are ten unusual projects (each, about one hour in length) you can use in your classroom to participate in this wildly popular event: Alt Codes. IPads call these hotkeys. If you have IPads, try Stick Nodes. Calendar Event: Scanning this QR code will give you a prompt to add the specified event to your calendar.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Somehow, as lives for both the adults and children have gotten busier, as digital devices have taken over, as parents turned to TVs or iPads to babysit kids while they do something else, we’ve gotten away from this most companionable of activities. When you have classroom reading time, kids can pair up and read to each other.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 3, 2016

Full integration of digital citizenship (or DigCit) curriculum into every class and every content area—at every grade level—should be the goal to meet this need. Keep in mind that most teacher-prep programs do not incorporate digital citizenship alongside the other elements of teacher education.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2019

Here are ten unusual projects (each, about one hour in length) you can use in your classroom to participate in this wildly popular event: Alt Codes. IPads call these hotkeys. Pick an activity—say, taking your seat in the classroom or making a PB&J sandwich. If you have IPads, try Stick Nodes. Human robot.

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Robotics iPad Digital Citizenship Mobility 294

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DECEMBER 7, 2020

Here are ten unusual projects (each, about one hour in length) you can use in your classroom to participate in this wildly popular event: Alt Codes. IPads call these hotkeys. Pick an activity—say, taking your seat in the classroom or making a PB&J sandwich. If you have IPads, try Stick Nodes. Human robot.

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Robotics iPad Digital Citizenship Mobility 225

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DECEMBER 3, 2019

Next, pick an activity from the sequence — say, walking into the classroom and sitting down. Before starting, review the digital citizenship associated with visiting an online site (such as privacy, staying on the assigned website, and not talking to strangers). If you use iPads, here are some great options: Cargo-Bot.

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OCTOBER 9, 2015

CanaryFlow is a classroom workflow platform that makes it easy for K-12 teachers to create lessons, add and grade assignments, upload resources, comment on student work or class activities, and schedule events. ability to sign in with an existing Google Classroom account and get access to one or more of your Google drives.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

In today’s K-12 education ecosystem, most classroom management tools have moved online. This includes typical LMS (Learning Management Systems) functions like homework, classwork, schedules, quizzes, resources, and gradebooks so stakeholders–teachers and students–can access them from any location and any digital device.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

Teaching digital citizenship as a “one-off event” doesn’t lead to changes in behavior, experts say. When we teach digital citizenship as a one-off event like a presentation or an assembly, everybody gets all hyped up—and then it disappears over time,” he said. “But Managing an online identity.

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JULY 28, 2017

Though fairly new, Sway has taken over classroom production of visual presentations because the result is visually appealing while minimizing the amount of time students spend formatting a project, giving them lots more time to research and write. Sway works in Windows, on iPads, iPhones, and desktops. How to get started.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 3, 2014

virtual and physical events and those of our over 200 partners in the learning professions. Updates Partner Spotlight Partner Announcements Calendar of Events Deadlines Highlighted Recordings NMC Navigator Top Ten Conversations Updates Keynote Confirmations Coming In. Please share this newsletter with your friends and colleagues!

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NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Here are ten projects (each, about one hour in length) you can use in your classroom to participate in this wildly popular event: Macros. IPads call these hotkeys. Pick an activity—say, taking your seat in the classroom. These can be simple or involved, and might tie into inquiry taking place in the classroom.

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JANUARY 29, 2019

Somehow, as lives for both the adults and children have gotten busier, as digital devices have taken over, as parents turned to TVs or iPads to babysit kids while they do something else, we’ve gotten away from this most companionable of activities. When you have classroom reading time, kids can pair up and read to each other.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Here are ten unusual projects (each, about one hour in length) you can use in your classroom to participate in this wildly popular event: Alt Codes. IPads call these hotkeys. Pick an activity—say, taking your seat in the classroom or making a PB&J sandwich. If you have IPads, try Stick Nodes. Human robot.

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Robotics iPad Digital Citizenship Mobility 249

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NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Next, pick an activity from the sequence — say, walking into the classroom and sitting down. Before starting, review the digital citizenship associated with visiting an online site (such as privacy, staying on the assigned website, and not talking to strangers). If you use iPads, here are great options: Cargo-Bot.

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Digital Citizenship iPad Common Core Groups 227

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

Every Earth Day, someone in your school, maybe the parent group, raises the question of WHY NOT a paperless classroom? To kickstart your paperless digital classroom requires a modicum of preparation. Take a few weekends this summer to set up a class blog and class website and get comfortable with the digital side of your school.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

Heather: Well, Vicki, I have a passion for digital citizenship and student voice integrated in there. Our students are in the classroom. They’re at the athletic events. Heather: One of the other things that we had done was incorporated some digital portfolios. How do you help kids find their voice?

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AUGUST 22, 2018

Demonstrate how it works by showing that the louder classroom sounds are, the more the needle moves into the red. A good alternative if you don’t have the ability to project your iPad to the class screen: Bouncy Balls. Now, everyone is a stakeholder in classroom management. Create a timeline of class events.

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The Web20Classroom

AUGUST 23, 2018

That said, having a basic set of norms in place across classrooms will be important to any successful technology device use. Digital Citizenship- If there isn’t a long standing conversation and fully-integrated approach to digital citizenship then the validity of any technology implementation has to be called into question.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

Well-used, television has traditionally been important in the classroom. It informs students in emergencies, updates them on historic events, and now–with extensions like Apple TV–connects them on a granular level to what they learn in their textbooks. Television in the classroom is a great help for younger students.

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MAY 3, 2022

SILVER SPRING, MD (Tuesday, May 3, 2022) — Discovery Education today announced the availability of a host of new resources designed to support the integration of Minecraft: Education Edition (M:EE) into classroom instruction. Discovery Education serves approximately 4.5

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JANUARY 26, 2017

We wanted a simple way to share a ToDo list that would be available on phones, iPads, and computers, and would auto-update with our ideas. Here are nine suggestions for using it in the classroom: Bookmark interesting links. More on digital notetaking: Lesson plan in digital notetaking. Until I found Google Keep.

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MARCH 18, 2016

Here are basics for brainstorming in the classroom: There are no wrong answers. For iPads, try iBrainstorm , Ideament , or another from this list. Timelines are graphical representations of a sequence of events over a period of time. If you have an iPad, try Timeline or another from this list. Digital note-taking.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 1, 2014

The Learning Revolution Project highlights our own virtual and physical events and those of our more than 200 partners. Updates Partner Spotlight Calendar of Events Deadlines Highlighted Recordings NMC Navigator Top Ten Conversations Submit a Video or Quote Kudos Updates Reinventing the Classroom. More information at [link].

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DECEMBER 11, 2019

Sure, money is nice but when parents are willing to give of themselves to organize class events, chaperone, help out on lesson plans, or any number of other activities, that’s priceless. They’ve grown up and now cover all kinds of teaching and classroom resources. A Helping Hand. Or, help them do this.

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MARCH 29, 2022

The program is free, online (it does have a non-flash version for iPads), and is best completed over a series of sessions. They include thorough lesson plans, learning objectives, classroom activities, and discussion questions, as well as companion websites with more resources. How the Stock Market Works. Age group: High school.

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MARCH 19, 2019

Enter the free Mission US, a suite of games aimed at grades 5-9 that interactively address the critical events in United States history. Creators of these games wanted to help students relate to the events and people by being part of the action. Mission US gameplay is web-based, on PCs, Macs, and Chromebooks, and even some iPads.

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JUNE 2, 2015

Students arrive there by iPads, smartphones, links from classroom teachers, suggestions from friends–the routes are endless. Never take your device’s default because there’s no guarantee it’s G-rated enough for a typical classroom environment. includes an immediately visible calendar of events.

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JUNE 29, 2016

It’s intuitive, easily learned by doing for students who hate reading directions, and is compatible with desktops, laptops, Chromebooks, iPads, and Android tablets. 14 ways to use them in the classroom. explore the geographic area around a historic event. 14 ways to use them in the classroom. More on maps.

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APRIL 30, 2017

A partnership with parents is critical to all success in our schools and classrooms; technology or not. There’s always a barrage of initiatives and events; academic, extracurricular, athletic, or otherwise. Is it solely a school district’s job to educate parents about technology, social media, digital citizenship, etc.?

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AUGUST 31, 2016

Critical to a successful LMS is that it’s easy to learn, intuitive to use, dependable, contributes to the learning experience (rather than just another digital tool that must be juggled before learning happens), and it saves time. Otus is a free all-in-one mobile learning management system available on iPads and desktops.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2017

There are valid reasons for using QR Codes in your classroom or as a teacher-author: High Capacity – they store a lot more data, allowing you to share real content and not just IDs or references. Calendar Event: Scanning this QR code will give you a prompt to add the specified event to your calendar. Why use QR Codes?

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APRIL 11, 2016

Someone in your school, maybe the parent group, will raise the question of WHY NOT a paperless classroom? To kickstart your paperless digital classroom requires a modicum of preparation. Take a few weekends this summer to set up a class blog and class website and get comfortable with the digital side of your school.

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DECEMBER 7, 2018

Sure, money is nice but when parents are willing to give of themselves to organize class events, chaperone, help out on lesson plans, or any number of other activities, that’s priceless. They’ve grown up and now cover all kinds of teaching and classroom resources. A Helping Hand. Or, help them do this.

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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. How to use GHO in your classroom: Broadcast your class live and tape it for later viewing or replay. Even if a teacher has students in their classroom or they’re waiting for a late parent, the meeting can go on.

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