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7 Digital tools for student engagement across all grade levels

Neo LMS

Over the years, I have noticed that student engagement tends to decrease in my classes around this time and I reach out to my personal learning network (PLN) for ideas or tools to boost engagement. Documents, images, text can be added to each slide in the lesson for students to interact with.

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Four Steps to Building a Thriving Online Community for Every Teacher

Digital Promise

Many connected educators tout the value they’ve found in developing a Personal Learning Network, or a “PLN.” From the start, Dawn wanted to make sure this was a community that encouraged conversations about teaching and learning , not just about tablets and apps. He uses it, so everyone else uses it.”

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How to Succeed at Working From Home [3 Educator Tips]

EdTechTeam

Even teachers who are often alone “behind the classroom door” can have access to their grade level teams, subject area departments, and a global network of peers and experts. Naturally, I look to Google Drive for collaborative Documents, Spreadsheets, Slides, and Drawings (not to mention Forms).

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Do You Have the Backbone for a PLN?

My Island View

This includes how to use technology to learn more technology. How to develop a personal learning network through technology should be a course offered in every teacher preparation program. One can create a personal learning network by using many tools.

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When experienced teachers are suddenly deemed ineffective: How to adapt or exit gracefully

The Cornerstone for Teachers

If a child enters school not already knowing colors, shapes, letters, and how to write his or her name (plus a whole host of other self-regulation, emotional, and interpersonal skills), she or he will behind before the first day of school even begins. We are expecting more of kids, and we are expecting more of teachers.

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The Administrators Toolkit Updated and Refreshed

The Web20Classroom

However, neither of them have any documents or presentations on them. Even if I get an attachment I open it in Google Docs because I know I will have access to that document not matter where I am. I access the Internet and have all my documents. I carry at least two of them with me where ever I go. I exclusively use Google Docs.

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Characteristics of The 21st Century Teachers

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

because teaching is no longer an isolated profession; it’s a dynamic and interconnected field requiring teachers to work collaboratively and build expansive professional and personal learning networks. The importance of adaptability for teachers is well documented in the research literature (e.g., Madda et al.,

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