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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. Several educators echo Yates’ comments. If we block it, we are saying it is not important.”

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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. 28+ tech ed videos. The 21 st Century classroom blends technology with traditional teaching to build a collaborative, differentiated, and shared learning environment. Click to join.

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SEL and Classroom Culture In an Age of Distance Learning

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And while these may just seem the latest bright and shiny objects to capture our trending eyes, if we step back and examine the pedagogy supporting these “buzzwords,” we can see the importance they have in reaching our students in both in-person and hybrid-distance learning classrooms.

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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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17 Take-aways from Summer PD

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Here are my takeaways as moderator of this amazing group: They are risk takers. When the standard reading materials or watching a video didn’t work, we used other options to explain a prickly topic (like Twitter–that was an experience!). Time after time, participants took responsibility for their own learning.

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Last Chance to Join Tech-infused Class

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Develop the solid core of a Professional Learning Network. 28+ tech ed videos. During the week, review lesson plans, ebooks, articles, and videos that address the weekly topics. Weekends, discuss issues, concerns, and projects in a virtual group via Google Hangouts or Twitter Chats. Your Personal Learning Network.

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The Important Morning Meeting

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You start by welcoming students, reviewing the day’s activities, discussing changes in the classroom, meeting new students, celebrating the accomplishments of classmates, and anything else that benefits from a whole-group meeting. Group Activity: Everyone participates in a brief, lively activity that fosters group cohesion.

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