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6 Great Teacher Communities for Summer PD

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Common Sense Educators is our Facebook group for educators committed to creating a positive, collaborative culture of digital learning and digital citizenship in their classrooms, schools, or districts. Topics of discussion include tech integration, media literacy, internet safety, and much more.

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Are You R.E.A.D.Y. as a School to be Good Digital Citizens

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Blended and personalized learning with digital tools has flooded classrooms, but most teacher-prep programs do not incorporate digital citizenship as requirements for teacher certification. Launching technology lessons or creating online learning is a huge responsibility.

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OPINION: Some warning flags for those embracing personalized learning powered by education technology

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Third, there are many concerns involving personal data and the business-models of digital learning. The adoption of personalized monitoring tools can easily turn into surveillance tools of individual families, and as digital learning increases, so do concerns about the privatization of schools by technology giants.