eSchool News

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Recently, I’ve also seen a trend of people I refer to as “reading research legends,” such as Reid Lyon, Doug Carnine, and some of the researchers from The Reading League’s virtual lecture series, finding new energy and excitement as they share research to inform practices.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

These digressions were placed alongside technical explanations of “cardiac defibrillation,” the rippling of electrical pulses as they move through the heart, as a way to show how to connect complicated math to the world outside of the classroom. But the impact the educators hope for reaches beyond the classroom, too.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

NOVEMBER 5, 2022

Unfortunately, a sizable portion of online news stories, especially those circulating on social media sites are fake news, false information, disinformation, misinformation, or downright propaganda. How to spot fake news classroom posters Here are two handy posters to use with students in class. In this short guide, Webwise.ie

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Neo LMS

MARCH 19, 2019

A manifesto for effective classroom collaboration. Having many collaboration issues is not the standard for all classrooms. That is why the flipped classroom, blended learning, PBL, and many more teaching styles require a high degree of social learning. When done right, learning as a team works. Shared resources.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Use should be appropriate, tied to classroom content areas, and guided. Interactive, game-based lessons designed by experienced educators help you engage students at all grade levels and bring critical real-world skills like financial education, early literacy, character education, health & wellness, and more to your classroom.

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Edsurge

MAY 21, 2018

As society becomes increasingly dependent on social media sites for consuming information and as a personal pulpit for ideas and opinions, schools and classrooms need to become the primary source of instruction on how to prepare students for effective offline and online discourse. For example, “Is Congress Broken?”

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techlearning

JUNE 20, 2018

He looks specifically at the way TV news is primarily entertainment and journalism is secondary at best. Although I didn’t have the context I made a similar argument about social media. Bad PD is Sometimes Your Own Fault ] As someone who embraced social media early on, I was able to see what it could do to benefit our world.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 11, 2017

For instance, the beginning of the excerpt directly references Jay-Z being in opposition to Christopher Columbus’ “discovery” of the new world. The reference to “Washingtons” represents President George Washington and the $1 bill. They’re typing all the day over their social media platforms. What happens if. ?

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 19, 2018

It turns out it’s actually a great place that educators meet and share what they’re doing in their classrooms. Tell us a story about something that’s happened that you found out about on Twitter, and it improved the classroom. To me, Twitter is more than a place that celebrities and politicians can share their thoughts.

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The Innovative Educator

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

Google Classroom is becoming very popular for tracking student assignments. When it comes to secondary school or teachers of subjects like technology where they see many classes, it is quite possible teachers respond this way with good reason. There are definitely ways technology can help with this. But it's more than the data.

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EdTechSandyK

JUNE 8, 2012

It was exciting to be part of a program whose purpose is to reach an audience including "EPLT/Faculty of Education stakeholders (students, prospective students – especially at the graduate level, faculty members, prospective academic and/or social media contacts, and those interested in educational technology & social media in education)."

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MindShift

MAY 5, 2017

One district employee was smiling about how there were elementary and secondary teachers connecting and sharing: “Where else do you see this?” If you’re looking for something more formal, the same kind of gathering can take place at a school site, ideally one with Wi-Fi and at least a few accessible classrooms.

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Shake Up Learning

JANUARY 28, 2020

In part four, Kasey explains how we can go BEYOND the walls of our classrooms, and how to go BEYOND the due date and encourage students to continue learning about the things that interest them. BONUS : Get the Dynamic Learning with Google Toolkit to help you find the best tool to support Dynamic Learning in your classroom.

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Bryan Alexander

DECEMBER 29, 2015

Primary and secondary schools are a battleground between iPads and Chromebooks, it seems. Let’s see if 2016 doesn’t see more tv-studio-style classrooms. Social media is something higher ed is ambivalent about. I’m not referring to the uses of tech in sports, but funding. Even academics.

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Bryan Alexander

JANUARY 24, 2016

I kicked things off with a survey of major technological developments in a very top level way, then dived into specific, currently used digital tools (the LMS, ePortfolios, video, robotics, big data, social media, 3d printing, etc.). Discussion went in some interesting angles, such as secondary education.

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MindShift

MAY 1, 2019

Excerpted from “ Mindfulness in the Secondary Classroom: A Guide for Teaching Adolescents ,” (c) 2019 by Patricia C. Some of the very real challenges of life and the classroom are ill-?defined Social media offers a ready platform for comparing oneself to others, a process called social comparison.

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Robert Talbert, Ph.D.

JANUARY 4, 2023

Everyone seemed to be talking about it on social media. So, for me, ungrading is a particular form of what I usually refer to as “alternative grading”: Grading methods that adhere to the “Four Pillars” framework that David Clark and I have written about. Faculty reading groups emerged everywhere.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 15, 2024

– Vicki, your podcast host and friendly fellow classroom teacher. And we have grade checks every three weeks in every secondary school in the state. We see our kids do TikTok dances on their phones and posts from social media on their phones. Spot a mistake in this transcript? Thank you for being helpful!

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 8, 2024

www.EnergyBusForSchools.com Blog: www.EnergyBusForSchools.com Twitter: @JimVanAllan Linked In: [link] Other social media: Twitter, Instagram / Threads, Linked In Show Notes Summary In this conversation, Dr. Jim Van Allen shares five ideas to improve campus culture. Jim Van Allan (00:40) Culture is definitely, it's not one thing, right?

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ViewSonic Education

JANUARY 3, 2019

Over the past few decades, the average classroom has seen a shift from analog to digital technologies. In this piece, their opinions on technology in the classroom, particularly regarding online/virtual whiteboards will be explored. Through his capacity as a social media influencer, he answered the questions below.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 3, 2018

She says one of the problems that kids have when they are reading textbooks… Textbooks, particularly in secondary, are super-complex. Just say to yourself as you’re walking into the classroom, “What’s the one or two critical things that kids need to know from this class when they walk out of the door?” That’s one of the things.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

The primary goals of this event are to demonstrate the power of global connectivity in classrooms, schools, institutions of informal learning and universities around the world, and to introduce others to the tools, resources, projects, and networks that are available to educators today.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 1, 2019

One of the most impactful activities from my Master’s coursework in secondary English education was a reader biography. However, this one-time weakness ultimately became an advantage in the classroom. This article is part of the upcoming guide, What Does Reading Well Look Like?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 26, 2016

Just a disclaimer though, I am a high school math teacher, so a few of the tech-tools I reference in this post belong mostly in a secondary math classroom, but with a little elbow grease and ingenuity, there are ways to fit them into any K-12 math curriculum as well.

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Edsurge

JULY 16, 2018

internal referrals - Happy employees often make great references. Think of ways that you can help to guide their transition from the classroom to the edtech industry. colleges & universities - You won’t find a greater collection of well-educated, ambitious, and optimistic talent in a single location than a post-secondary campus.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

I will structure this post similarly to the aforementioned article with suggestions for action and research embedded for each group so that you could, feasibly, only read the section referring to you and be enabled to face your context. They sometimes only focus on social media or TV.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

JANUARY 20, 2017

WeHoldTheseTruths and #KindnessNation are the hashtags we’re using on social media as well as on TpT to help you find the resources you need. Critical thinking and examining media bias. Gr K-4 Affirmation Posters for the Classroom Community. Gr 3-6 3 Kindness in the Classroom Activities.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

JANUARY 19, 2017

WeHoldTheseTruths and #KindnessNation are the hashtags we’re using on social media as well as on TpT to help you find the resources you need. Critical thinking and examining media bias. Gr K-4 Affirmation Posters for the Classroom Community. Gr K-5 You Belong Here Classroom Posters.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

JANUARY 19, 2017

WeHoldTheseTruths and #KindnessNation are the hashtags we’re using on social media as well as on TpT to help you find the resources you need. Critical thinking and examining media bias. Gr K-4 Affirmation Posters for the Classroom Community. Gr K-5 You Belong Here Classroom Posters.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

JANUARY 19, 2017

WeHoldTheseTruths and #KindnessNation are the hashtags we’re using on social media as well as on TpT to help you find the resources you need. Critical thinking and examining media bias. Gr K-4 Affirmation Posters for the Classroom Community. Gr K-5 You Belong Here Classroom Posters.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

JANUARY 19, 2017

WeHoldTheseTruths and #KindnessNation are the hashtags we’re using on social media as well as on TpT to help you find the resources you need. Critical thinking and examining media bias. Gr K-4 Affirmation Posters for the Classroom Community. Gr K-5 You Belong Here Classroom Posters.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

It is designed to significantly increase opportunities for connecting classrooms while supporting cultural awareness and recognition of diversity and educational access for all. Maker Thinking is related to the DIY mindset and refers to a process of thinking through making, emphasizing tinkering resourcefulness.

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NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 20, 2017

SHEG currently offers three impressive curricula that may be put to immediate use in secondary classrooms and libraries. Claims on Social Media : Students consider the sources of a tweet and the information contained in it in order to describe what makes it both a useful and not useful source of information.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2024

As learning in the digital age progresses, online platforms, interactive simulations, and virtual classrooms have become essential tools, promoting and supporting self-directed and personalized learning experiences. Furthermore, K-12 digital learning extends educational access beyond traditional classroom boundaries.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 11, 2016

.” Microsoft acquired Minecraft in 2015 – which probably speaks volumes right there about its progressive potential – and in January of this year, Microsoft bought TeacherGaming, the maker of a Minecraft version aimed at classroom usage. And it places women in leadership positions throughout the school.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 16, 2016

As a set of policies, accountability was instantiated in the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) of 1965, reauthorized as the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) of 2002, and reinforced by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) of 2015. Under surveillance when they use social media. Students as Cheats.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The Flipped Classroom". It was probably Sal Khan’s 2011 TED Talk “Let’s Use Video to Reinvent Education” and the flurry of media he received over the course of the following year or so that introduced the idea of the “flipped classroom” to most people. WTF is Unizin ?! Collared Dove. Ban Laptops" Op-Eds. They’re distracted.

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