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To Teach Digital Citizenship Effectively, Educators Say It’s Time to Unblock Social Media

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They say that though the Children’s Internet Protection Act (a law put in place by the federal government 2000) requires schools to filter content such as pornography or other explicit subjects, districts have gone too far, filtering websites with valuable learning opportunities using the law as justification. We must keep learning first.

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SEL and Classroom Culture In an Age of Distance Learning

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Classroom learning and management all begin with relationships, and SEL can guide the relationship and community building process. Any connected educator has heard buzzwords like flipped classroom, gamification, social-emotional learning (SEL), differentiation, and personalized learning.

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35 Take-aways from Summer 2016 Professional Development

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We experimented with some of the hottest tech tools available for the classroom such as Google Apps, differentiation tools, digital storytelling, visual learning, Twitter, blogs, Common Core and tech, digital citizenship, and formative assessment options. Time after time, they took responsibility for their own learning.

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Online Classes! On Your Schedule

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These can be taught individually (through coaching or mentoring), in small groups (of at least five), as school PD, or through select colleges for grad school credit. They start at $750 for a group of five or more. Classmates will become the core of your ongoing Personal Learning Network. The Tech-infused Teacher.

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15 Take-aways from Online Grad School Classes

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How to work tech tools into their unique student groups. How to embed materials into digital portfolios. How to create a vibrant, healthy Personal Learning Network. Because this was an online class, learning broke out everywhere. That is today’s learning–taking it to students. FACS678.

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17 Take-aways from Summer PD

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Here are my takeaways as moderator of this amazing group: They are risk takers. Participants–like students–learned in different ways. Time after time, participants took responsibility for their own learning. Participants worked together as a Personal Learning Network to understand.

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How to DIY Your Distance Learning PD

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But with the coronavirus pandemic disrupting more traditional professional learning opportunities like in-person conferences and workshops, it's time for you to chart your own course. Fortunately, there are plenty of informal ways to learn and grow professionally on your own.

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