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Are We Teaching Enough Civics in Schools?

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One of the becoming-forgotten subjects I have begun to fear is Civics so I loved this article from Commonwealth Magazine on how this understanding our our form of government in America is not forgotten, in fact taught well: Mass. Primary Source Documents. getting good grades on civics, history. Public Policy Matching. Constitution.

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ISTELive 23: How Can Professional Development Narrow the Digital Divide?

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That clarion call went hand in hand with the 2017 National Education Technology Plan (NETP), the flagship educational technology policy document for the United States. In that document, policymakers expressed…

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Evernote Tips and Tricks Series - #10 - scanning documents and business cards

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Tip #10 - Scanning Documents and Business Cards Another great feature of Evernote is the ability to scan and then easily organize and search documents and business cards. You can capture documents easily by either scanning them with a scanner, taking a photo with a camera, or using the Evernote mobile app and your device''s camera.

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4 Commonsense Tips to Protect School Tech from Damage

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There is no denying that while mobile computing devices — Chromebooks, tablets, digital whiteboards, document cameras, e-readers, wearables and virtual reality headsets — can be effective educational tools, they also come with physical security and cybersecurity risks.

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Some Excellent Social Bookmarking Tools for Teachers

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

You can create as many binders as you want and in these online binders you can combine all of your cloud documents, website links and upload your desktop documents - then easily access, share, and update your binders from anywhere. Flipboard lets you save web content such as videos, images, articles, etc into magazine style boards.

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These K–12 Schools Are Using Asset-Tracking Technology To Save Money and Reduce Risk

EdTech Magazine

Most other inventory, such as interactive whiteboards, document cameras, projectors and printers, was categorized in spreadsheets across several departments.” “We were tracking Chromebooks in a vendor-supported asset management system,” she says. “We We also inventoried adult-user laptops in an older, on-premises system.

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12 Tech Tasks To End the School Year

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Clean out your documents. Sort through the documents you collected this year and get rid of those you don’t need anymore. Like the recycle bin, when you start up, your computer must bring up all those fonts that you collected for particular newsletters and magazines. Check to be sure yours is active. Delete unneeded fonts.