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5 Things Every Digital Citizen Should Know #digcit

The CoolCatTeacher

Today Alice Chen @wondertechedu teaches us about digital citizenship. She discusses five things every digital citizen should know. For each digital citizenship item, she gives classroom examples. Want to hear another episode about digital citizenship? The 9 C’s of Digital Citizenship by Alice Chen.

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10 things to know about digital learning

eSchool News

Digital learning itself is expanding in schools, but access to classroom and home technology still remains a major obstacle, according to a new study from Schoology. Related content: 30+ digital learning tools and services.

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How to Evaluate Programs You’ve Never Used in Less Than Seven Minutes

Ask a Tech Teacher

You chatted with colleagues on Twitter and Facebook about learning tools they loved. Many classroom learning apps are aligned with LMSs like Google Classroom, Schoology, and Canvas. . If you spend a lot of time learning the app, you’ll spend too much time helping students figure it out. . Can I learn from you?

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Snow Day? 7 Ways to Keep Teaching

Ask a Tech Teacher

That means lesson plans aren’t completed, assessments aren’t taken, and kids don’t learn. There used to be no alternative but more and more, schools are using technology to keep the learning going. While it is advertised as intuitive to use, because of its many features, I would consider the learning curve Moderate.

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10 findings about K-12 digital learning

eSchool News

Digital learning itself is expanding in schools, but access to classroom and home technology still remains a major obstacle, according to a new study from Schoology. Nearly 42 percent of study participants say lack of student access at home is their biggest obstacle to student learning.

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Launching a districtwide computer science program for all grades

eSchool News

Meeting standards and managing devices One of our first challenges was that Massachusetts has specific digital literacy and computer science standards that are a bit different than the national CSTA standards used by many other states. Teachers use these channels to bounce ideas off each other, share celebrations, and receive announcements.

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Learning.com Includes Essential Skills for Remote Learning in EasyTech

eSchool News

To prepare students for success in a remote learning environment, Learning.com is adding remote learning lessons to its EasyTech content library. Based on real-life applications and digital tools, lessons in Essential Skills for Remote Learning guide students through technical concepts in a fun, game-based environment.