A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

Knowing what the issues are and how recent events have amplified them, the time is now to be proactive.

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APRIL 19, 2023

Instead, people use a digital calendar that automatically syncs life events across all of their digital devices. Enter them to an easily accessible digital calendar like Google Calendar and share with students, parents, and interested stakeholders. Classroom activities should be handled the same.

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MAY 25, 2023

A report from 2017 showed that in several states, up to half of high school graduates had to be placed in remedial math and English courses. We are able to use this to protect our students and to teach them good digital citizenship, while not feeling like police.” What are the benefits of student-led learning?

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DECEMBER 8, 2021

Over the past several years, JotForm has released many apps designed to simplify and automate teaching’s more mundane tasks ( Smart PDF Forms , a PDF Editor, Cards, Tables , Approvals , and Reports –click for my reviews). I’m excited to partner with them for their latest release, Jotform Apps.

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MAY 22, 2023

To prevent this, teachers try approaches such as summer book reports, but students complain they intrude on their summer time. Grades 3+: Read current events on a kid-friendly website like Newsela. When teachers make it optional, many don’t participate.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 3, 2014

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APRIL 1, 2021

Providing my students with different choices for creating with the language will not only help them build their language skills and foster creativity, but also with the development of technology and digital citizenship skills, as they post online and share their work.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 2, 2019

MORE FROM EDTECH: Read about the top three elements of digital citizenship. Respond to Inequity with Digital Literacy, Learning Opportunities. Keep this page bookmarked for articles and videos from the event. by Eli Zimmerman.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Because so much of student work requires keyboarding, from reports to essays to homework to simply logging into accounts, it has become an essential student tool. For events they can’t personally experience (most students don’t live next door to a zoo), find videos and images online that can be included.

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OCTOBER 13, 2017

While schools can sponsor month-long events, the most popular is to wear orange on October 19th, designated Unity Day. Check these statistics (from Pacer.org ): One out of every four students (22%) report being bullied during the school year. 64 percent of children who were bullied did not report it. Right to digital access.

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APRIL 4, 2019

If you’re looking for meaningful lessons to wrap up your school year, here are my top picks: Digital Passport. Cool book reports. Applied Digital Skills. Digital Passport. Common Sense Media’s award-winning Digital Passport is the gold-standard in teaching digital citizenship to grades 3-5 (or Middle School).

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Parents report benefits to children’s psychological and physical wellbeing, improved social lives, and improved efficiency of learning and attitudes about learning. It’s not an 8-4 school event, five days a week. Parents must be patient, highly-involved and always available. To respond to student interest, it must be always on.

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JULY 28, 2017

My concern is that if students use Sway to write reports, it may (may not) be difficult to determine what is their research and what is Sway’s automated process. Write and format reports. Prepare presentations, much as students would a report. Create digital stories with a mix of text, images, and other multimedia pieces.

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Graphite Blog

JANUARY 27, 2021

Unless you teach current events or social studies, most of the day's news probably won't make it into your classroom. But certain news events are just too big to ignore. Also consider other important factors, like the nature of the event, your students' ages, and the expectations and culture of your school and community.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Because so much of student work requires keyboarding, from reports to essays to homework to simply logging into accounts, it has become an essential student tool. For events they can’t personally experience (most students don’t live next door to a zoo), find videos and images online that can be included.

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JANUARY 20, 2017

A podcast is a topic-specific digital stream of audio files (in some cases, video or PDF also) that can be downloaded to a computer or a wide variety of media devices. They can cover news, current events, history, or pretty much anything the creator would like. They are funny, entertaining, educational, often short, and rarely boring.

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Graphite Blog

AUGUST 12, 2020

Anyone -- from accredited journalists, citizen journalists, or even someone on the street with a smartphone -- can shed light on injustices or important events that larger media outlets might struggle to cover, or not cover at all. Recommended for: Grades: 8-12 Subjects: Digital citizenship, journalism, social studies, ELA.

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MARCH 18, 2020

Additionally, Chron reports that some schools have even replaced the usual blackboard and whiteboard with smartboards this year. There’s even an annual event dedicated to this field called the International Conference on Learning Analytics & Knowledge, which will be held in Germany this March. 3D Printing.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 28, 2018

The accounts and organizations promoting these events depicted themselves as Americans. Fictitious Events, Real People Showing Up. organization was creating fictitious events for both sides of an issue in the same location. System Overview of Cyber-Technology in a Digitally Connected Global Society. So, a non-U.S.

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MARCH 25, 2019

Keeping up with national and international events was a lot easier when all the news came from one of three major TV news outlets and a few newspapers like The New York Times. In layspeak: “Fake news is information reported as fact without reliable evidence, trustworthy sources, and/or proper vetting” — Jacqui Murray.

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OCTOBER 12, 2017

Parents report benefits to children’s psychological and physical wellbeing, improved social lives, and improved efficiency of learning and attitudes about learning. It’s not an 8-4 school event, five days a week. Parents must be patient, highly-involved and always available. To respond to student interest, it must be always on.

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MARCH 19, 2019

Robust reports are available to identify opportunities for enrichment, deeper dives, or additional support while providing feedback on which word skills students have begun and completed. Enter the free Mission US, a suite of games aimed at grades 5-9 that interactively address the critical events in United States history.

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MARCH 29, 2022

Students set up market accounts and make decisions about buying and selling based on research and real-life events. Rather than introduce one game from this collection during a class unit on personal economics, have students play throughout the school year, reinforcing prior learning, scaffolding knowledge, and self-reporting their progress.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

JULY 5, 2017

Lindy West reports : . In retaliation, men have threatened to rape and murder her, dug up and disseminated her personal contact information, called in mass shooting threats to her public events and turned their obsession with shutting her up into a competitive sport. All of this, they insist, is in defense of freedom of speech.

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APRIL 26, 2018

As if to prove their point, many history classes are dry and fact-oriented with rote drills about dates and events. Being good at reading is not just about getting through a book, but remembering what you read, reporting on it to others, and transferring this information to other parts of life. Hunger Games.

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Graphite Blog

AUGUST 27, 2019

The following video and discussions help students think more deeply about the role media plays in school shootings, how it might change for the better, and what other factors contribute to these events. Recommended for: Grades: 9-12 Subjects: ELA, social studies, newspaper/media, digital citizenship. Share with students.

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JULY 27, 2016

As teachers get more creative about differentiating for student needs, we’re turning to tools that use other approaches than writing a report or creating a class play. As an alternative to an oral report. One I hear more and more about is podcasts. What follows are 4 ways that podcasts can be introduced into the classroom.

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MARCH 24, 2017

blog –post text, images, and videos of class events, discussion questions, or how-tos. workshop –provides templates for a variety of writing exercises such as newsletters, reports, and presentations; perfect for visual learners. calendar –share important class dates, birthdays, and holidays.

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JUNE 21, 2017

It is well-suited to open-ended conversations such as “if a tree falls in the forest, does it make a noise” As a result, and with a nod toward the constraints of curriculum and lesson plan goals, many teachers adapt the event and provide guidance in reaching the day’s Big Idea.

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MAY 18, 2015

For example, if I ask them to write a report using a word processing tool (Word, Google Docs), they are welcome to convince me a slideshow or video would be a better choice, but they have to make their argument based on logic and evidence, comparing and contrasting their approach to mine. 4th grade Reading Standards–3).

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JUNE 18, 2018

This takes you to your teacher dashboard where you will find student reports and more. Teacher accounts include a dashboard that provides a list of students, detailed reports on student and class progress, the ability to create certificates, and more. Add classes. Add students (or import them).

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MARCH 22, 2018

A well-known fact: A large portion of every teacher’s workflow is actually consumed by the assignment review, collecting the student work, notifying the class about upcoming events, changes in the timetable, revision, and grading. ForAllRubrics is very convenient as after grading I can get daily class reports and weekly progress reports.

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APRIL 16, 2019

Be it to close out one school year in preparation for the next, transfer student files to the next class, or the need to safely and effectively transfer teacher files to a new job, handling digital files for use later is stressful. In fact, teachers self-report that this task is one of the most stressful of their end-of-year chores.

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OCTOBER 9, 2015

CanaryFlow is a classroom workflow platform that makes it easy for K-12 teachers to create lessons, add and grade assignments, upload resources, comment on student work or class activities, and schedule events. There is no report card integration. Class set-up is intuitive, with guided instructions as needed.

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APRIL 6, 2020

Students set up market accounts and make decisions about buying and selling based on research and real-life events. Rather than introduce one game from this collection during a class unit on personal economics, have students play throughout the school year, reinforcing prior learning, scaffolding knowledge, and self-reporting their progress.

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JUNE 19, 2014

Active participants, perhaps motivated by the opportunity to engage in meaningful reading and writing, approach an event as if their presence matters," ( Johnson, 2014, p. Instead of a traditional book report, have them write a book review for Amazon. Instead of a how-to essay, write an online tutorial: Solving the Rubik''s Cube.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

If your school uses Edmodo as a Learning Management System, roll out Edmodo for Parents so parents can keep updated on how their children are doing anytime, not just during report cards and parent conferences. Students know what to expect which means they have time to fix problems before the grade shows up on a report card. Conclusion.

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