The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 6, 2023

Today's three guests are expert authors of the newly released The AI Classroom: The Ultimate Guide to Artificial Intelligence in Education. From budgets to banking to credit and savings, choose a topic and use it in your classroom with EVERFI’s free financial literacy lesson plans. Is it helpful? Should it be welcomed in schools?

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Graphite Blog

AUGUST 12, 2020

The internet and social media give us tools to find out what's happening almost instantly -- sometimes even in real time. Today, even established news outlets now compete for readers' attention in social media feeds. Recommended for: Grades: 8-12 Subjects: Digital citizenship, journalism, social studies, ELA.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 6, 2023

To build on our founders’ mission, the school began offering a women’s studies elective titled “Women and Society”, which I have proudly taught since 2014. I applied for the position, and because of my experience studying and minoring in women’s studies during college, I was given the opportunity to teach the course.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

Today’s educators have a love-hate relationship with social media. Digital natives live and breathe on social media platforms, sending messages and posting pictures and videos almost constantly. 3 social media platforms for teachers to try. 3 social media platforms for teachers to try.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 4, 2022

Our Ask a Tech Teacher crew has some interesting thoughts on mainstreaming this in your classroom: How to Encourage Creativity in the Classroom: Best Tips to Inspire Your Students. They also need to understand how to be social, how to create connections, and how to develop their creativity. Turn Boring Topics Interesting.

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 22, 2023

One of the most powerful can be quality research, especially peer-reviewed studies. I shared the following on social media recently: Entry points for change are crucial. Recently I asked the following question, "What peer-reviewed research studies support 1:1 laptops in schools?". Below you can see the response.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 19, 2016

While a recent poll showed 9 out of 10 teachers do not use social media in the classroom, there are teachers who are. Social doesn’t have to be a distraction and kids can be safe. Let’s dive into ten ways teachers have used social media in the classroom to enhance learning.

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Edsurge

JUNE 6, 2022

The debate about mobile phones in the classroom can get heated. Others push to ban cell phones from the classroom altogether. Two years ago, English Language Arts teacher Tyler Rablin promoted cell phone use in the classroom, encouraging his students to bring their phones to class. He’s had a change of heart.

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 5, 2011

The book is entitled Communicating & Connecting With Social Media: Essentials for Principals and will be available from Solution Tree on May 19, 2011 Using Twitter to Build Your School’s Brand The good news is that open-communication practices in a social media world don’t have to be intimidating.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 28, 2019

Among the newer aspects of these kinds of complaints is whether college social media communication meets accessibility standards. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights focus on the extent to which students, faculty and others can make full use of a college’s websites, education software and social media channels.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 25, 2021

I am so proud to introduce Disruptive Thinking in Our Classrooms: Preparing Students for Their Future which is now available on Amazon. In this book, my hope was to make a compelling case that the best way to do this is to create a disruptive thinking culture in the classroom and beyond. The premise of it is simple yet powerful.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 16, 2019

At the same time, even the most tech-savvy of us have f aced challenges with integrating digital learning experiences into classrooms. . A study released by Schoology this year tackled a few of the challenges that educators, students and families face with technology in the classroom. educators in a variety of roles.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 17, 2022

Use social media platforms to engage with students and provide supplemental resources. You can also use social media platforms to connect with your students to help them prepare for their exams. Additionally, you can provide supplemental resources, such as links to online study guides or practice tests.

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 15, 2021

To do so, the right mindset and strategies are needed to create classroom cultures where learners are empowered to replace conventional ideas with innovative solutions to authentic solutions. This is the essence of preparation for now and the unknown, something that is woven throughout Disruptive Thinking in Our Classrooms.

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The Innovative Educator

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

Social media is a valuable tool when used appropriately and with common sense. I pointed this out last week when I conducted a webinar where I explained why social media is an essential tool for K-12 classrooms. social media in education' Did you like what I had to share? What would you add?

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A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

NMHS teachers are also beginning to to integrate social media tools that are blocked and banned in the majority of schools across the country. This has led to more student engagement, accountability and participation in the classroom, peer reviews and instant feedback to the students on how they are progressing.

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eSchool News

MAY 12, 2022

(May 12, 2022) –– Rise Vision has released a new case study of Weston School District, a small school district which serves three rural communities of Cazenovia, Hillpoint, and Lime Ridge, Weston and has a student population of 300 students. The transition was eased by Rise Vision’s device agnosticism. ABOUT RISE VISION.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Are you studying Mars? Well, now we can all use Book Creator in our classrooms using the Chrome web browser. Now we can all use Book Creator in our classrooms, on any device, using the Chrome web browser. Minecraft in the Classroom. Minecraft in the classroom. Why not let students go live there? This is great news!

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

. — The vast majority of high school students are not financially literate but respond well to economics and personal finance courses that include digital tools in their curriculum, according to a new study by Project Tomorrow and Certell, creator of the Poptential family of free, award-winning social studies course packages.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 8, 2022

In the classroom, questions on the location of Ukraine, the why of the Russian invasion, and what does the future hold are commonplace. This became increasingly important over the past decade as social media became the primary source for news. For many students, checking on Tik-Tok and Instagram is their source of information.

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ViewSonic Education

OCTOBER 6, 2023

From grade school to higher education, Smart Classrooms have become a mainstay of the modern educational environment. For the uninitiated, Smart Classrooms are digitally equipped learning spaces that come tailored with an array of teaching and educational resources, most of which are dependent on some form of digital technology.

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Digital Promise

MAY 12, 2020

Rahman explained, “The students brought up social media as the platform. When schools closed, Rahman’s students continued designing and sharing their social media campaigns. Sorrells, a math teacher in Alabama, also uses social media to connect students with authentic audiences.

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The Web20Classroom

FEBRUARY 20, 2017

In a world where we are constantly bombarded with information as adults and as educators, there are still many untapped resources to learn from and share with and grow, especially through social media. If there is any doubt that very nearly everyone uses social media, let’s examine some stats from the Pew Internet Research Study.

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EdTech4Beginners

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Gone are the chalkboards and allergy-inducing erasers of old classrooms. Opponents argue digital media is distracting and can worsen classroom performance — but others believe forbidding digital media could hinder the performance of students who learn better with technology. High-tech projectors hang from the ceilings.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

In the classroom? At Mira Mesa High School in San Diego, California, which has launched an esports program, teacher Brandon Trieu has proven through the success of the team he coaches, the Mira Mesa Marauders, that esports are a valuable addition to the classroom. Video games? Absolutely not! The reasons why pile up quickly.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 30, 2022

In previous posts, I wrote about using social media in the classroom for instruction and to share ideas. Although not a social media platform, Zoom became a valuable tool in connecting grade-level groups of teachers at the district level. All teachers have online options (Canvas or Google Classroom).

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 19, 2019

Luckily, Ask a Tech Teacher contributor, Andrew Carroll, former High School teacher, has a great analysis of the problem and discussion of solutions below: How to control smartphone usage in classroom? Instead, they would rather stick their heads into their smartphones and stay glued to social media or texting their friends.

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techlearning

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

As teachers, we all have assumptions -- and likely some opinions -– about teenagers and social media. This week, Common Sense is releasing its latest research report, Social Media, Social Life: Teens Reveal Their Experiences , a deep dive into the social media habits of American teenagers.

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Hapara

MAY 12, 2022

There are many advantages to using digital textbooks in the K-12 classroom for schools and districts. Learners will read about and discuss rules, decision-making and how to socialize in the classroom. Learners will study geography and contributions of both civilizations, while also reading poems and folktales.

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A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 9, 2018

Upon getting on Twitter in 2009, I was not only baffled about how to use the social media site but also about all the symbols associated with it. Let’s start by defining what a hashtag (#) is in the sense of social media. Engage in an online book study or start your own. One of them was the hashtag (#).

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Dangerously Irrelevant

JANUARY 2, 2023

Should I show teachers how to be better organized with Google Keep/Tasks, find a free new tool for them to use in the classroom? My thoughts on a proposed social media policy for school employees (Part 2). Flawed, ideological, non-peer-reviewed studies should not rebut decades of anti-retention research. Related Posts.

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eSchool News

MAY 26, 2022

SILVER SPRING, MD (Thursday, May 26, 2022) —The Aim Academy of Science and Technology in Minneapolis, MN, today announced it has selected Discovery Education — the worldwide edtech leader whose state-of-the-art digital platform supports learning wherever it takes place— to support science and social studies instruction in all grades.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 27, 2023

Feel free to grab the image and use it in your classroom: Tech Tip #170: Cover your webcam when you aren’t using it! ” One more person who’s security conscious is that poster-boy for social media: Mark Zuckerberg. If you follow this blog, you’ve seen it before, but it’s worth repeating.

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Graphite Blog

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

As teachers, we all have assumptions -- and likely some opinions -– about teenagers and social media. This week, Common Sense is releasing its latest research report, Social Media, Social Life: Teens Reveal Their Experiences , a deep dive into the social media habits of American teenagers.

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Reading By Example

APRIL 20, 2020

This summer our book study selection is Engaging Literacy Minds: Developing Children’s Social, Emotional, and Intellectual Lives, K–3 by Peter Johnston, Kathy Champeau, Andrea Hartwig, Sarah Helmer, Merry Komar, Tara Krueger, and Laurie McCarthy. Next are explanations on how the study works and how you might participate.

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Edsurge

JULY 20, 2016

During the 2008 presidential election, Barack Obama and his team pioneered the use of social media as a powerful campaign tool. It’s easy to forget, given how commonplace the use of social media is today, that back in 2008. But Obama’s use of mobile devices and social media changed political campaigns forever.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Overview of Vickie Morgado’s Global Collaboration in Her 3rd Grade Classroom. We have connected with different classrooms. I think we’ve learned how to use social media in just a really positive way, and learned to communicate and build a global audience, and shared our learning, and learned with others. It was fun!

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