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Are You R.E.A.D.Y. as a School to be Good Digital Citizens

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Today's students are using technology to collaborate, learn, research, and communicate while at school. Blended and personalized learning with digital tools has flooded classrooms, but most teacher-prep programs do not incorporate digital citizenship as requirements for teacher certification.

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Oklahoma’s Edmond Public Schools Chooses Discovery Education to Support New Digital Conversion Strategy

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This new six-year partnership, which provides a unique combination of customized professional learning services and the award-winning Math Techbook to teachers and students in grades 6-12, will help change the way teachers teach and students learn through the use of technology across the district.

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Tips & Tools to Enhance Collaboration Between Tech & Curriculum

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Using social media such as Twitter can help the teacher make connections with educators in other parts of the world. Marrying both will allow students to apply their knowledge in published works, and have significant impact on student engagement, critical thinking, and collaborative learning. Dr. Matthew X.

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Connected Educator Month Kickoff Details! PLUS Library 2.013 Proposals Deadline

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

If you didn''t participate last year, this US Department of Education-sponsored month-long series of events focuses on the significant ways that online collaborative learning is playing in professional development. From Twitter to Facebook and Pinterest to Vine (hey--what about Classroom 2.0 ?!),

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PBL… Blended and eLearning – Part 1: Important Questions for the New School Year

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Please take a moment to subscribe by email or RSS and also give me a follow on Twitter at mjgormans. Could Google Draw be used for a collaborative visual thinking activity such as Chalk Talk, or Zoom breakout rooms be used for online critique and revision? Perhaps a digital learning journal could be employed to promote reflection.

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A big list of options for connecting globally

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You’ll also find the Educator Training Course , Templates and Logos , Classroom Decorations , Social Media Tools and tools for Student Action. Lucy also maintains and Evernote Notebook of Global Education Resources and a Twitter list of people and organizations promoting global awareness, as well as her Paper.li

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Wahoo! The 2013 Global Education Conference - Still Time to Present + Plan to Attend!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

She was recently chosen to be a Teacher of the Future by the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS), and she has also been named a Top Education Influencer on Twitter. What positive social change needs to take place to fully realize the goal of a connected and ''flattened'' environment that supports personalized learning?