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What’s a Backchannel and Is it Right For Your Class?

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A backchannel refers to a secondary, often informal, communication channel that runs parallel to the main communication channel. She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-12 technology curriculum , K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum.

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4 Innovative Ways to Enhance Reading Comprehension with AI Tools

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2) AI Revolutionizes Classrooms: From Chatbots to Personalized Learning The education landscape is undergoing a data-driven transformation: 67% of UK secondary students leverage AI tools, while AI grading cuts teacher workload by 70%. By 2024, an estimated 47% of learning management systems will harness AI , impacting education globally.

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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 truly believe that educating on the digital citizenship is a really big responsibility for us.

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Inquiry Hub Secondary School – Confluence and Influence

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Confluence and Influence – Inquiry Hub Secondary School. Background: The 2018-2019 school year is Inquiry Hub Secondary’s 7th year since it was founded. This year over 2,000 grade 9 students took Digital Learning 10 in Coquitlam. Dave Rawnsley – Principal – Burnaby North Secondary School.

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Essential Guide to Digital Citizenship for CIPA and E-Rate

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What does E-rate have to do with digital citizenship? What does E-rate have to do with digital citizenship? The connection between E-rate and digital citizenship may not seem obvious at first. This is where Common Sense Education's K–12 Digital Citizenship Curriculum can help.

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Instagram, Middle School, and Digital Citizenship

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On the day I visited, Sarah was teaching the digital citizenship lesson Who Are You Online? And, you know, these other accounts -- these "secondary" accounts – are becoming so prevalent. to one of her sixth-grade classes. She and her students were kind enough to let me sit in and observe.

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Education in Kosovo

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The second component of education is the lower secondary educational system, which is usually for teens around 12 to 15 years of age. From here, students move on to secondary education. This is a requirement by law for all children and students enroll at the age of six. It provides education through grade nine.

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