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7 Digital tools for student engagement across all grade levels

Neo LMS

Over the years, I have noticed that student engagement tends to decrease in my classes around this time and I reach out to my personal learning network (PLN) for ideas or tools to boost engagement. Additionally, it is important that we ask for their feedback so we can continue to provide the best learning opportunities for them.

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How to build your global classroom in 4 steps

Neo LMS

Peace Corps : while you don’t have to volunteer as a teacher in another country, Peace Corps volunteers have a lot of experience in cross-cultural collaboration — and they are sharing it with all teachers. Social media: platforms like Twitter help teachers build their personal learning network and share teaching tips and tricks.

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A PLN Quick Start Guide

A Principal's Reflections

Wikis : Collaborative websites that allow registered users the ability to create and edit any number of interlinked web pages. Wikis encourage information sharing and collaborative learning. Personal Learning Network Professional Development Social Media Web 2.0'

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Whom Should I Follow on Twitter?

My Island View

Social media as a source of professional development has yet to catch on in large numbers among educators. There is however a growing number of educators using Twitter who look for strategies to better serve them in social media for collaborative learning. I personally like to give reasons to follow folks.

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25 Social Networks/Media Sites for Education

Technology Tidbits

Edmodo - One of the most popular social media sites/communities around that educators are using to connect find resources and connect w/ peers, students, parents, and more in a safe educational environment. Teamie - An excellent collaborative learning platform w/ mobile apps that easily supports "flipped" learning.

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Why Twitter Will Never Connect All Educators.

My Island View

The idea of collaborative learning has always been with us in education, and in life in general. It is the social learning we talk about. The idea that we can now collaborate globally on a huge scale is something of a shift in thinking in education. It does afford educators an unlimited pool of collegial sources.

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Is Isolation in Education A Choice?

My Island View

Of course collaboration on a greater scale would take both time and money, and that has rarely been a priority in most schools. Collaborative learning has always been with us from the beginning of learning, however, it required that the learners occupied the same space at the same time. It’s collaborative learning.