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Practical examples of social media in elementary school

The Innovative Educator

Here is how we use it at PS 10 Webpages and wikis - Teachers have class webpages and wikis to help foster the home-school connection. Using a blog hits many important curriculum areas, such as differentiating instruction as well as meeting many Common Core Standards (see here & here for examples).

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10 Reasons to Try Genius Hour This School Year

The Principal of Change

The largest active group is the Genius Hour teachers (inspired by Daniel Pink) who have #geniushour chats, a big resource at GeniusHour.com, and a great Genius Hour wiki. Your class will be covering all types of common core standards. It doesn’t matter if you teach elementary, middle, or high school.

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The Social Learning Summit Is Tomorrow - Online and Free

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Naugle Giving Students a Creative Voice Through Digital Storytelling by Jennifer Judkins Hosting a Skype Author Visit by Abbe Waldron Hunting & Gathering: Helping Creative Students Build Their Social Media Presence Wisely by Gigi Johnson I have an avatar- How can she help me with my teaching?

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10 Reasons to Try Genius Hour This School Year

The Principal of Change

The largest active group is the Genius Hour teachers (inspired by Daniel Pink) who have #geniushour chats, a big resource at GeniusHour.com, and a great Genius Hour wiki. Your class will be covering all types of common core standards. It doesn’t matter if you teach elementary, middle, or high school.

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Project Pals: The Perfect PBL Software for Project Based Learning

The CoolCatTeacher

These starter projects are aligned with Common Core standards and are already built for you. This digital citizenship project is aligned with several Common Core State Standards. In the past, I’ve often used wikis to manage and track projects. Standards Aligned Project Search. Tracking Student Participation.

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Freedom, Autonomy, and Digital Media at an Indiana High School

Educator Innovator

Blogs, wikis, Skype, YouTube can be learners’ power tools, but their creative and pedagogical potential is only activated when learners get to think, work, create, and do for themselves. Grace Schaffstall collaborated with elementary school students and their teachers to create and publish a book about the growth of a bird.

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Tangrams: A Cross Curricular, Experiential Unit

User Generated Education

Now that I am back in the classroom two days a week teaching gifted elementary students, I can do and report on the cross curricular units I plan and implement. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tangram ). There are several guiding factors that I use to design my units: They need to be hands-on and experiential. CCSS.ELA).

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