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Ed Tech Vocab: Keeping Up with Trends in Education

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Blended learning combines traditional, in-person learning with digital learning, so that students can experience both forms. It is also often referred to as “hybrid learning” and can incorporate many different types of education technology. MOOC refers to a massive online open course, a type of distance learning.

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Ed Tech Vocab: Keeping Up with Trends in Education

eSpark

Blended learning combines traditional, in-person learning with digital learning, so that students can experience both forms. It is also often referred to as “hybrid learning” and can incorporate many different types of education technology. MOOC refers to a massive online open course, a type of distance learning.

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Why and How Students Can Blog

Ask a Tech Teacher

First: Don’t roll out blogging in your classroom without educating students on digital citizenship — privacy, profiles, footprints, safety, fair use/copyrights. Another good resource is Common Sense Media. 13 Ways Blogs Teach Common Core. I have lots of information on those topics on my blog.

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The 2014 ASCD Annual Conference: There is Hope

Philly Teacher

Social Media and Connected Learning. On Saturday morning, during the “Saved by Twitter” session, I watched complete strangers huddle in groups to discuss social media, their use of Twitter, the challenges involved in using social media and I witnessed a few people send their first tweet or use a hashtag for the first time.

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Reflective Blogging in the Classroom with WordPress, Weebly, or Tumblr

Graphite Blog

Benefits: As easy as social media. Can build class community and build digital citizenship. In case your administrator wants to see how blogging relates to the Common Core State Standards, you can use these for reference: WS 11-12.4: Controlling privacy settings also requires paid subscription.

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The 2014 ASCD Annual Conference: There is Hope

Philly Teacher

Social Media and Connected Learning. On Saturday morning, during the “Saved by Twitter” session, I watched complete strangers huddle in groups to discuss social media, their use of Twitter, the challenges involved in using social media and I witnessed a few people send their first tweet or use a hashtag for the first time.

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Unconventional Research Sites to Inspire Students

Ask a Tech Teacher

Pew Research recently reported that about half of Americans regularly get their news from social media. That’s newspapers, evening news, and anything considered ‘mainstream media’ They prefer blogs, Twitter, and Facebook. So why do students turn to it for news?

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