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FEBRUARY 6, 2024

How to celebrate Here are activities I like that blend learning into the celebration of the 100th Day of School: Geography As a class, come up with two locations in each state, to total 100. This might become the core of an end-of-school (or back-to-school) Wish List for your class library. What are you doing to celebrate?

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Hapara

MAY 23, 2022

Many of us remember heading to the library to gather books and printed articles for our school projects. Libraries, of course, still hold a wealth of information, but now learners can go beyond the library walls. For example, this women of science internet activity guides learners to visit websites and search for information.

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Hapara

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

It helps prevent students from accessing inappropriate content while learning online and is administered by the Federal Communications Commission. CIPA requires schools or libraries eligible to receive discounts through the E-rate program to adopt and implement an internet safety policy.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 27, 2018

My motto and philosophy for my school library is “expect the miraculous.” By expecting the miraculous, I believe we can begin to appreciate the little miracles that happen when we teach our students not just digital- citizenship but digital- leadership skills. Taking digital citizenship one step further.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

My motto and philosophy for my school library is “expect the miraculous.” By expecting the miraculous, I believe we can begin to appreciate the little miracles that happen when we teach our students not just digital- citizenship but digital- leadership skills. Taking digital citizenship one step further.

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OCTOBER 30, 2020

Today, because of the changes in education, the use of games to reinforce learning, to teach, and to engage students in their own education has become one of the most effective tools to bridge the gap between school-based and remote learning. It’s called Game Based Learning (GBL). Good example of GBL: SplashLearn .

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JANUARY 16, 2024

As students, technology aids in learning, research, and collaboration, while in the professional realm, it becomes a tool for productivity, communication, and innovation. Still, as they move into their professional role, they might require more advanced computing power for large data sets and machine learning applications.

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MARCH 15, 2023

For example, book reports were typed on the computer instead of handwritten, or math facts were practiced with a math game instead of flash cards. Teachers didn’t know how to use the digital tools and there was never enough training to untip that balance. If you’re researching for a project, visit an online library.

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JUNE 2, 2022

To take advantage of this special, purchase from Structured Learning with PayPal or a PO. All of them, no matter whether they’re in a classroom, the library, one of the tech labs. provide access to full text PDF (or videos where relevant) from every digital device in your school, 24 hours a day. What is a school license?

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 16, 2019

MORE FROM EDTECH: Learn ways K–12 schools can better prevent phishing attacks. . K–12 Schools Use Video to Teach Digital Citizenship. We know that song and movement is a great way to engage young kids,” Mendoza says, adding that it helps them to retain what they have learned. The key is to prepare them.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2021

So I decided to accommodate the 100th Day fever by wrapping it in learning. Here are thirteen activities I like that blend learning into a celebration of the 100th Day of School: Geography. This might become the core of an end-of-school (or back-to-school) Wish List for your class library. They love parties. Vocabulary.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Education is a passion, both teaching and learning. For those of us who consider ourselves lifelong learners, we understand how learning can make everything feel right even when it’s wrong. This is very much a setup that works in favour of those who are already autodidacts, although as mentioned earlier with so much time on th.

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AUGUST 15, 2023

Kudos for a good start, but they need to use the tablets to differentiate for student learning styles, enrich learning materials, and turn students into life-long learners. Sending kids to the computer lab to do work rather than using the class computer or the library computers? For example, to time a test. Why do this?

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Graphite Blog

JULY 11, 2017

In 2014, Vargas was looking for resources to provide her grades K-5 students and their families with much-needed media-literacy and digital citizenship support. Then she attended an NYCDOE workshop and learned about Common Sense Education's resources. Weave digital citizenship lessons into core content.

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MAY 4, 2022

Teachers and parents have long known that if students are engaged, they learn faster and remember more. Kids don’t go to school just to learn classical subjects such as history, math, or geography. So why not start at an early age, when the brain is more eager to learn and creative pathways easier to forge? .

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

NOVEMBER 28, 2015

This classroom might be 1 to 1 or might be using technology to leverage student centered learning. In this post I would like to explore resources that are available for facilitating proper digital citizenship in the classroom. Upcoming Opportunities: Are you traveling to Learning Forward Conference in Washington DC in December?

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JANUARY 24, 2020

So I decided to accommodate the 100th Day fever by wrapping it in learning. Here are thirteen activities I like that blend learning into a celebration of the 100th Day of School: Geography. This might become the core of an end-of-school (or back-to-school) Wish List for your class library. They love parties. Vocabulary.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

MARCH 1, 2023

Parents desire to be in control of what their children learn about the world and when. Teachers want to advocate for the learning needs of their students. A September of 2022 article from Edweek included an interview with Deborah Caldwell-Stone, director of the American Library Association’s Office for Intellectual Freedom.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2023

This might become the core of an end-of-school (or back-to-school) Wish List for your class library. Some examples are: 50+50 102-2 400/4 5*20 4(20+5) the square root of 100 + 90 PE Physical activities during winter often become calisthenics or personal fitness, exercises that can be done indoors or in the gym.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2022

This might become the core of an end-of-school (or back-to-school) Wish List for your class library. Some examples are: 50+50. jumping jacks, sit-ups, and deep knee bends) to learn the concept that 10 sets of 10 equal 100. Make a list of 100 new words learned this school year and their meanings. Vocabulary.

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DECEMBER 7, 2023

For example, use the stages in an animal’s lifecycle. Users create a recipe by choosing a trigger channel from IFTTT’s library, then a trigger, and finally an action channel. For example, if the student forgets how to solve a math problem, the QR code will take them to help.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2018

Teaching technology is a difficult profession because people learn in different ways and at different rates. However, one thing that can make it easier for students to learn is for teachers to include instructions on basic academic skills like vocabulary, keyboarding, digital citizenship, and research.

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DECEMBER 7, 2022

It’s designed to show that anyone can learn the basics to be a maker, a creator, and an innovator. For example, if you’re programming the robot to take a seat in the classroom: Move right foot, then left, 4 times. For example, use the stages in an animal’s lifecycle. Why Should Students Learn Computer Science?

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Graphite Blog

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

Parents worry about what their children will find and do online, but schools can help students stay safe by teaching them the basics of digital citizenship. High school students got to create digital citizenship posters using Pic Collage , Piktochart , or Canva. This led into such topics as copyright and fair use.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

I have some powerful online interactive workshops and webinars that can be used to engage learning in this new environment. Eamil we and we can talk about a powerful interactive online workshop for educators that models blended learning best practices. PBL Project Example. As we do this… what lessons can be learned?

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

All of them, I’ve found well-suited to the task of scaling and differentiating tech skills for age groups, scaffolding learning year-to-year, taking into account the perspectives and norms of all stakeholders, with appropriate metrics to know learning is organic and granular. You can find her resources at Structured Learning.

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AUGUST 26, 2019

Teachers monitor individual progress, see what each student completed on their last visit as well as when that was and how long it lasted, view students’ self-described moods, assess their pre- and post-quiz scores, and view their summative synthesis videos that provide evidence of their knowledge as they teach others what they just learned.

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MAY 25, 2016

For example, book reports were typed on the computer instead of handwritten, or math facts were practiced with a math game instead of flash cards. Teachers didn’t know how to use the digital tools and there was never enough training to untip that balance. If you’re researching for a project, visit an online library.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 4, 2019

Common Sense Media’s award-winning Digital Passport is the gold-standard in teaching digital citizenship to grades 3-5 (or Middle School). This free-to-schools online program mixes videos, games, quizzes, and the challenge of earning badges to teach students the concepts behind digital citizenship : Communication.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 3, 2014

The Learning Revolution Weekly Update June 3rd, 2014 Discovery is seeing what everyone else has seen, and thinking what nobody else has thought. Albert Szent-Gyorgi The Learning Revolution Project highlights our own "conference 2.0" virtual and physical events and those of our over 200 partners in the learning professions.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2020

They learn this from family, friends, schoolmates, and life in general. It’s interesting that some variation of “kindness” is included in most non-academic measures of what students should learn in school, including Habits of Mind , a Growth Mindset , and Mindfulness (click links for further discussion).

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MARCH 23, 2020

All across the nation, school, teachers, students, libraries, and families celebrate by reading, writing, and sharing poetry. Share them with students on a class page, Symbaloo, or another method you’ve chosen to share groups of websites with students: When I was in high school, I was forced to learn poetry. Why learn poetry?

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APRIL 5, 2019

To take advantage of this special, purchase from Structured Learning with PayPal or with a PO. All of them, no matter whether they’re in a classroom, the library, one of the tech labs. provide access to full text PDF (or videos where relevant) from every digital device in your school, 24 hours a day. What is a school license?

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FEBRUARY 15, 2021

For schools promoting SEL (social-emotional learning), celebrating Random Acts of Kindness (RAK) fits well with your curriculum and mission. Here’s an example of what the free calendar looks like: Blend kindness with your school’s monthly messages. Find a Little Free Library and donate some books. Donate blood.

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MAY 23, 2017

This summer, Ask a Tech Teacher is holding five Summer Learning classes : Tech-infused Teacher (Certificate edition for CEUs or grad class for college credit ). 20 Webtools in 20 Days (for groups interested in learning webtools from the Structured Learning curriculum ). Digital portfolios—via wikis. Tech-infused Class.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

As schools look ahead to serving not just student needs, but the greater needs of their community and world, service learning becomes an increasingly important part of high school education. A popular service learning endeavor is teaching technology skills to those who don’t have them. Learning Expectations.

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AUGUST 7, 2017

All of them, I’ve found well-suited to the task of scaling and differentiating tech skills for age groups, scaffolding learning year-to-year, taking into account the perspectives and norms of all stakeholders, with appropriate metrics to know learning is organic and granular. You can find her resources at Structured Learning.

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