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The Future is Now: Preparing Our Youngest Scholars for a Digital World

The CoolCatTeacher

Episode 388 Digital Resources Mentioned: EVERFI and WORD Force , amazing reading games for reading literacy Wixie one of Debbie's favorite tech tools for young learners Book Creator – students can write their own ebooks. A lot of what I see is for secondary school. I also love eBook Creator. I use Flip a lot with my kids.

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It’s NOT About Google (Part 2) – SULS045

Shake Up Learning

The post It’s NOT About Google (Part 2) – SULS045 appeared first on Shake Up Learning. It’s NOT about Google, y’all! Let’s take a deep-dive into meaningful technology integration supported by our favorite Google tools. Dynamic Learning with Google. Get the FREE Dynamic Learning with Google Toolkit.

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‘Students Are Lonely:’ What Happens When Coronavirus Forces Schools Online

Edsurge

One enterprising principal she knows created a Google folder for schools to share their virtual learning plans. Another educator started a burgeoning Facebook group for international educators to trade tips, and another began a detailed list of helpful online tools, including the digital portfolio platform Seesaw and the ebook library Epic.

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How not to write about HyFlex or online learning

Bryan Alexander

For example, it’s easy to find this free and open ebook on HyFlex co-edited by Brian Beatty, who coined the term, did important work on it, and is unnamed in Schaberg’s piece. A second problem comes in the article’s view of who’s involved in post-secondary teaching. He also includes students, which I applaud.

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Create a Digital Citizen- Resources to Celebrate Digital Citizenship Week Oct. 19-25th

MSEDTechie

Common Sense Media has developed some fantastic r esources , including an interactive scope and sequence , eBooks , engaging videos , and a Digital Passport game, that is geared towards students as young as pre-school, all the way up through high school. Students can create a game, and watch internet safety videos.

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The digital-first district where OER meets iPads

eSchool News

Teachers in each department have been developing their own custom Google-based websites over the span of a year with help from high school teacher John Hineman, who is overseeing the project. Openly licensed educational resources are free online learning materials that can be used for teaching, learning and assessing students’ knowledge.

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What is Actively Learn and Why Should I Try it?

Ask a Tech Teacher

While reading the ebooks, students can take notes, highlight, jot down questions, share ideas with each other, and respond to the comments of classmates. They can look up words they don’t understand and translate the text into a long list of languages that may be their native or a secondary language they are learning.

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