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

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How can we have an impact on developing digital citizenship skills?”. Learning how to behave online responsibly and safely—a concept known as digital citizenship—requires access to social media tools in schools, they note. We must keep learning first. Several educators echo Yates’ comments. Dereck McCoy. “We

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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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SEL and Classroom Culture In an Age of Distance Learning

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Any connected educator has heard buzzwords like flipped classroom, gamification, social-emotional learning (SEL), differentiation, and personalized learning. If I want to teach my students effectively in any learning environment, I have to be willing to experiment with methods that may be out of my comfort zone.

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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. digital citizenship.

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Subscriber Special: July

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229 (individual); $750 (group of 5). Digs deeper into digital tools used by innovative teachers to extend and enrich student learning. Your Personal Learning Network. July 3rd-July 10th only. Last chance–class starts Monday, July 10th! Click to join. The Tech-infused Class. July 10th – July 29th.

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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. TweetUps worked best with larger groups. How to make a tagxedo interactive. How to create screencasts and screenshots.

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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. Time after time, participants took responsibility for their own learning. Participants worked together as a Personal Learning Network to understand. The class awarded a Certificate based on effort, not end product. They were curious.