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Screen Time in School: Finding the Right Balance for Your Classroom

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Screens and digital media are everywhere, from everyday tech like TVs, phones, and gaming consoles to the laptops, tablets, Chromebooks, and other tech we use in school. Kids of all ages are consuming and producing more digital media than ever before. Bring media balance into your curriculum.

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Inspiring Digital Leaders During Personal Learning Device (PLD) Rollout

Barrow Media Center: Expect the Miraculous

Currently, our 3rd graders each receive an ASUS netbook and our 4th & 5th graders receive an HP laptop. I really wrestled with exactly what I wanted to do as students come to get their device from the library. Should I just check it out and do digital citizenship lessons later? A digital leader is a person who _.

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Debunking 3 myths about BYOD in the classroom

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Students can play games, watch stupid videos, browse inappropriate websites, spend time on social media, or catch up on the latest episodes of their favorite series. Read more: DOs and DON’Ts of teaching digital citizenship. Like I said, a strong BYOD policy can clearly cover all security issues.

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Digital Literacy–What is it?

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Digital literacy implies the same reading-writing skills, but without paper, pencils, books, or lectures. As a teacher, you’ll want to provide the following: digital devices–such as laptops, iPads, Chromebooks, or desktops, for daily use. a digital class calendar–with due dates, activities, and other events.

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Adobe Spark — All-purpose Desktop Publishing Tool for the Classroom

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It works equally well on your desktop, laptop, Chromebook, Mac, iOS device, and mobile device and syncs between all with ease. Spark provides tactical tips for increasing the impact of your creations on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, and other social media sites with training hints from experts to help you learn as you work.

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

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Computing platforms have different abstraction levels, including a computer architecture, an OS, or runtime libraries. “As LinkedIn’s Video Library Grows, Company Says It Has No Plans to Compete With Colleges,” Edsurge reported in June. The Chromebooks are not fully-functioning laptops.

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5 Image Apps for your Classroom

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Canva not only works on iPads, but desktops and laptops. Pictures can be imported from your photo library, Instagram, Facebook or the web. Using the frame layout option, students can create a collage of photos for sequencing activities or digital portfolios. For those digital devices, students will need a different tool.

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