Lightspeed Systems

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Comprehensive web content filtering is mission-critical to effective digital learning, particularly since schools have provided devices to students for learning. Below, please find the seven must-have features for IT teams that want to save time while ensuring safe digital learning for all students at any age.

Social Media 72

Social Media Policies BYOD Digital Citizenship 72

Tom Murray

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Personalized Professional Learning. In future ready schools, technology and digital learning expand access to high-quality, ongoing, job-embedded opportunities for professional learning for teachers, administrators, and other education professionals. Such environments enable anytime, anywhere learning.

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Future Ready Classroom Student Data Privacy Professional Learning 279

Lightspeed Systems

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Comprehensive web content filtering is mission-critical to effective digital learning, particularly since schools have provided devices to students for learning. Below, please find the seven must-have features for IT teams that want to save time while ensuring safe digital learning for all students at any age.

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Social Media Policies BYOD Digital Citizenship 52

eSchool News

OCTOBER 10, 2023

This may beg the question of the need for school board policies around Generative AI. Although this may initially seem like a good idea, The rapid pace of change in AI and the slow change of policy may indicate otherwise.

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Guidelines Policies Industry Social Media 113

Edsurge

APRIL 2, 2020

Businesses and organizations are providing free access to digital tools and apps for teaching and learning (see THE Journal’s ever-growing list of Free Resources for Schools During COVID-19 Outbreak ). Butash is right in pointing out the risks involved in this quick shift to using digital technologies.

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Digital Divide Social Media Microsoft Policies 209

Edsurge

OCTOBER 8, 2021

“Very few state standards have anything about protecting privacy, or even much about data,” she says, aside from policies touching on FERPA or disposing of data properly. The curriculum is based on their report examining how much data privacy and ethics preparation teachers receive while in college.

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Student Data Privacy Data Training Guidelines 206

Educator Innovator

APRIL 16, 2015

As part of the national celebration of Digital Learning Day last month, I had the opportunity to moderate an online debate between two teams of high school students from opposite ends of California about the merits and risks of social media as a communication tool.

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Social Media Analysis Google Policies 29

Tom Murray

JANUARY 12, 2016

As school leaders work to implement digital learning practices, they must commit to navigating roadblocks, problem solving, and planning for sustainable, systemic transformation. With school budgets being planned on a year over year basis, the concern over long-term sustainability for digital learning arises.

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EdTech Future Ready Social Media Broadband 189

Edsurge

DECEMBER 11, 2016

Whether your role is as an administrator, teacher, parent, or student leader, if you’re reading this, you are probably interested in helping other school community stakeholders understand the power of technology in a teaching and learning environment. Many teachers have made great strides, but many more are still tentative with technology.

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EdTech Social Media Poll Everywhere Educreations 141

Edsurge

OCTOBER 21, 2021

No matter what grade level they taught in middle or high school, teachers had students who struggled to use a digital learning platform or to type without painstaking hunt-and-pecking at the keyboard. “It Yes, they can play video games or use social media, he adds, “but they're not necessarily good at things they're not familiar with.”

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Social Media Laptops Report Tools 202

eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

When it comes to reading for pleasure, students have so many other competing interests available to them – movies, games, social media, and TV shows – that we need to aim to make it an attractive, conscious choice. An article titled “Social Media Practices and Support in U.S.

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Libraries Social Media Handbook eBook 91

Doug Levin

AUGUST 20, 2017

The 2017 EdNext Poll on School Reform: Digital Learning , which offers my sense of what those interested in K-12 educational technology can and should take away from this annual polling about schools. state-level policies relating to open education. No endorsements; no sponsored content; no apologies for my eclectic tastes.

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EdTech Social Media Data Policies 150

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 28, 2023

That information is based on a survey distributed to adjuncts who are AFT members and, through social media, to adjuncts who are not members of the union; 1,043 responded. While policies like that require financial investments by universities and colleges, Weingarten said it’s mostly a matter of these institutions’ priorities.

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Dropout Report Survey Study 140

Digital Promise

MARCH 13, 2017

To help overcome this, we have adopted the Future Ready Schools Framework , a systematic approach to scaling innovative digital learning practices while promoting long-term sustainability. The team’s primary goal was to develop a shared vision for deeper learning through innovative uses of digital technologies.

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Future Ready Learning Digital Learning Assessment 137

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

This five step to-do list can help educators engage in artificial intelligence and begin using it to positively impact both teaching and learning. Learn about AI. Read news stories, follow the conversation on social media, and explore some of the many free resources available online.

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Education Professional Learning Social Media Microsoft 127

Edsurge

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Among the key findings: K-12 teachers and parents have apparently not been deterred by the hurried transition to digital learning during the pandemic. For both groups, 76 percent support increased levels of online learning even after students return to school full time.

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Student Data Privacy Data Survey Advocacy 158

Neo LMS

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

Both these e-learning conferences, along with her other events related to education, gather together thousands of people annually to exchange ideas and make schools across the world a better place for teaching and learning. Rafranz Davis. Thomas Murray. Angela Maiers. A famous quote of Albert Einstein goes “Everybody is a genius.

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EdTech E-rate Trends Microsoft 150

TeacherCast

MARCH 8, 2015

Jeff sits down with Terri Schwartzbeck and Sam Patterson to discuss the Alliance for Excellent Education, Digital Learning Day and how you can have a Future Ready School. This grassroots effort blossomed into a massive nationwide celebration as teachers realized that Digital Learning Day is not about technology, it’s about learning.

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Future Ready Advocacy Digital Learning Learning 68

EdNews Daily

JULY 10, 2019

Amazon has full-time linguists just to formulate how digital tags will go for the cataloging of women’s shirts as long-sleeve, flutter-sleeved, sleeveless, three-quarter-sleeved, bell-sleeved, and so on. The other tech for language learning and diversity is the all-ness of available knowledge through tech distribution itself.

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EdTech E-rate Trends Equity of Access 203

Edsurge

MAY 4, 2020

To that end, a handful of state boards of education have issued a patchwork of guidance in their digital learning plans, specifying the number of hours of schoolwork appropriate for each grade level. No two states are the same,” says Robert Hull, CEO of the National Association of State Boards of Education.

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Guidelines Online Learning Digital Divide Study 217

Educator Innovator

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

Digital Learning Day (DLD), held on February 5, immersed kids from coast to coast in activities like tinkering with robotics, penning blog posts, and painting digital canvases. As educators know, integrating meaningful digital learning into the classroom is a 365-day effort. By Kathleen Costanza.

Digital Learning 28

Digital Learning E-rate Broadband Learning 28

Tom Murray

FEBRUARY 4, 2017

When I got connected on social media, my lens was expanded and I became aware additional organizations, as well as their supporting tools and resources. The Alliance also has run Digital Learning Day for the past five years. ASCD. Connect: www.ascd.org , @ASCD.

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Future Ready Secondary Advocacy Elementary 100

eSchool News

JANUARY 2, 2019

Balancing access to educational resources with security needs remains a top challenge for school district IT leaders, according to new findings from the Speak Up Research Project for Digital Learning. Districts turn to technology to keep buildings, and the people in them, safe and secure.

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Guidelines Social Media Policies Training 54

The Web20Classroom

JANUARY 2, 2012

If you still wanna learn more you can check out my Livebinder all about QR. More Social Networking- This all boiled down to the continued growth of using Social Media and social networks for learning. While I believe this did happen this year I don''t really have a way to measure it. It was a great year.

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BYOD Tablets Social Media Moodle 196

edWeb.net

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Julie Evans, CEO of Project Tomorrow, and Christina Fleming, Vice President of Blackboard K12, presented the Speak Up 2019-2020 National Findings titled Digital Learning During the Pandemic: Emerging Evidence of an Education Transformation. Digital Learning During the Pandemic. WATCH THE EDLEADER PANEL RECORDING.

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Blackboard Chromebook Flipped Classroom Survey 59

Shake Up Learning

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Ready to shake up learning in your school or at your event? Submit this Speaking Request Form to bring Shake Up Learning to your event. Digital Innovation in Learning Award Winner in “Sharing is Caring”. Award-winning blogger and social media influencer. See: Copyright Policy. ISTE Featured Voice.

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Resources Blended Learning Conference Google 81

EdNews Daily

JULY 8, 2019

Schools have been used to years and years of learning trials to validate a single textbook as worthy of the needed rigor of teaching and learning. All new digital learning objects are expected to be validated the same way because of the past way of doing things. Where favorable, that product rises in purchase and use.

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Learning Software E-rate Industry 100

EdTech Magazine

APRIL 29, 2018

He's a writer, technology enthusiast, social media lover and all-around digital guy. The organization’s blog offers useful insights and advice on classroom technologies, digital citizenship, personalized learning and more. Keller ISD Digital Learning Blog. Keller ISD Digital Learning.

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Technology Twitter Digital Learning Tools 357

Tom Murray

AUGUST 21, 2016

When I got connected on social media, my lens grew and I became aware of more organizations, as well as some of their supporting tools and resources. Organization: International Association of K-12 Online Learning (iNACOL). Award winning principal, and now Senior Fellow Eric Sheninger , helps to lead much of the digital work.

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Future Ready EdTech Advocacy Data 100

Shake Up Learning

APRIL 28, 2020

The 4 Phases of Crisis-Driven Remote Learning. Many schools had already set the groundwork for digital learning and were able to adapt more quickly. We do know that we will need digital learning tools for communication, collaboration, and to engage our students in learning inside and outside of the classroom.

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Education Digital Citizenship Microsoft Training 101

Edsurge

OCTOBER 28, 2019

They are informed by #a11y ( accessibility design ) and #UX (user experience design) and the near-ubiquitous social media that penetrates across all sectors. Higher education was not built for these people, for those who want to find a better way to help learners earn marketable credentials and foster an affinity for lifelong learning.

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Company EdTech Flipped Classroom LMS 93

Edsurge

JULY 21, 2018

To evaluate products, we use a 15-point rubric that evaluates three key qualities (engagement, pedagogy and support) essential to great digital learning. Having been on the development side, I know how tough it is to make great stuff, especially without quality feedback tuned to the unique challenges of making learning experiences.

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EdTech Tools Examples Common Core 115

eSchool News

MARCH 13, 2022

Silver Spring, MD (Friday March 11, 2022) — Discovery Education and leading social impact partners are offering engaging, high quality digital learning resources to students, teachers, and families to support Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) Day nationwide. Twitter and? LinkedIn.? .

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Resources Education Learning Professional Learning 52

Shake Up Learning

MAY 31, 2022

Lumio is a digital learning tool that will transform your lessons into active, collaborative learning experiences. Monica shares that there are several ways to connect with other educators through social media platforms. See: Copyright Policy. Engaging Lessons for the Next-Gen Connected Creators.

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Elementary Differentiated Instruction Assessment Training 86

eSchool News

APRIL 8, 2016

School and district leadership isn’t about a position or title–it’s about improving practices around digital learning. If educators want to see results in student engagement and achievement, they must adapt their leadership practices to an increasingly digitally-focused learning environment.

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Social Media Professional Learning Digital Learning Student Engagement 40

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

E-books are often more expensive for libraries to purchase than physical books, says Louise LeClaire, social media coordinator at Cheshire Public Library, who recently published a detailed blog post explaining e-book agreements. Restrictions can go even further.

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Libraries Course Accessibility Social Media 148

edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

Also, if a website has social media share buttons, the share buttons often send information about your behavior back to these services. However, there is no substitute for reading the full policy. Read your school’s social media guidelines and review your privacy settings. Join the Community.

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Symantec Student Data Privacy Social Media Digital Citizenship 40