MIND Research Institute

JANUARY 25, 2022

While there is so much good going on— the ST Math Winter Waddle , several big edtech conferences, and the chance to reinvigorate students with math learning—there are also more hurdles than ever before. Social media can be an amazing tool for so many pu rposes. Bonus: ST Math Social Media Accounts. James Tanton.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Edtech is ubiquitous in classrooms today, especially considering that the COVID-19 pandemic did something that previously seemed impossible. It thrust virtually every school into the deep-end of edtech, starting with remote learning. Amid those struggles, the global edtech market has surpassed $100 billion in value.

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Digital Promise

MARCH 26, 2019

While we’ve come a long way from the “grasping at straws” syndrome, educators continue to ponder the worth of many educational technology (edtech) products and struggle with the best and most efficient means of choosing these products. So how does a teacher find new edtech products suitable for their classroom and determine their value?

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Digital Promise

JUNE 12, 2020

Following nationwide protests over the death of George Floyd and others at the hands of police, I have received a slew of emails from edtech companies containing statements of solidarity and inclusion, explaining that the company supports diversity and does not tolerate racism. How does the company handle student data? Mary Beth Hertz.

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Combine that with social media identities, and the digital footprint of today’s students has become almost as important as the real thing. Distance learning has made the digital presence of students more prevalent than ever. Educational technology is now a staple of most learning experiences.

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Ed Tech from the Ground Up

JUNE 15, 2016

I like to stick to what I know best, and write about storytelling in the classroom and how to use audio effectively, because that’s where my expertise lies as a former storyteller and a reporter. Social media is about starting or joining conversations. How Teaching Compares to Working in an Ed-Tech Startup.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 15, 2018

Whether your school or district has officially adopted social media or not, conversations are happening in and around your school on everything from Facebook to Snapchat. Schools must reckon with this reality and commit to supporting thoughtful and critical social media use among students, teachers, and administrators.

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Many factors can hinder strong tech integration in K–12 education, such as the misconception that newer teachers already know how to use technology, even though using social media does not translate to knowing how to use technology as a teaching tool.

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 16, 2019

How to Teach Cyber Safety in Kindergarten. But how do you teach a child as young as 5 how to safely navigate such technology? MORE FROM EDTECH: Learn ways K–12 schools can better prevent phishing attacks. . Douglas Levin, president of EdTech Strategies, says young children should also be taught safe password practices.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 8, 2022

Here are great ideas for how to address the difficult topic of war in the Ukraine, from Ask a Tech Teacher collaborator, Christian Miraglia, recently retired from teaching after thirty-six years: 24/7. As events unfold in Ukraine, people want to know how the situation might play out. So how does a teacher navigate these conversations?

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Edsurge

MAY 23, 2022

It also brought an explosion of private investments into edtech. The pandemic bump that many edtech firms experienced has faded, but private capital’s interest in edtech, and in shaping the education system, remains. Tower has been sharing his take in a weekly newsletter called Edtech Thoughts , focusing on deals in edtech.

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Class Tech Integrate

JULY 25, 2017

Many educators who embrace the use of technology in the classroom, are still very leery of talking about social media in the classroom. The negatives of social media usage between students and teachers can be disastrous. We as educators should not encourage students to use Social Media apps before that age.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 18, 2020

Ask a Tech Teacher contributor, Wally Clipper, has a great run-down on 8 trends you’ll want to watch in 2020: 8 EdTech Trends to Watch Out for This 2020. While EdTech has been helping schools and other educational institutions a lot since it was introduced, its benefits have grown even more this year. Videos: Why, How, Options.

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Graphite Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

Whether your school or district has officially adopted social media or not, conversations are happening in and around your school on everything from Facebook to Snapchat. Schools must reckon with this reality and commit to supporting thoughtful and critical social media use among students, teachers, and administrators.

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EmergingEdTech

APRIL 20, 2023

It is always a good time to review spending and look for possible savings United States schools spent over $27 billion on edtech in 2021. If your district is like many others, there’s plenty of opportunity to trim the fat in edtech budgets. Here’s a high-level look at how to begin to answer that question.

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ViewSonic Education

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Because of this, many high school teachers, students, and administrators are thinking about how to start esports teams at their school. This article will give you a step-by-step guide on starting a high school esports team and takes a look at how having a team will benefit your school and its students. The process can be quite easy.

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Edsurge

APRIL 14, 2020

From cutting-edge computing and cloud services to data-driven instruction and adaptive learning, K-12 edtech solutions are abundant. Prioritize early evaluation With so many options being showcased at trade shows and conferences or on social media, it’s tempting to make your mind up before the search has even started.

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Hapara

MAY 12, 2022

But how do we protect learners while they are working online? Let’s take a look at how to safeguard students and block websites in K-12 schools. Gaming sites, the latest social media sites and online forums can be distracting for kids. How to manually block URLs . What blocking websites or URLs means.

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Neo LMS

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

Social media: platforms like Twitter help teachers build their personal learning network and share teaching tips and tricks. How to build your global classroom in 4 steps. Intentional integration of ICT/edtech. The post How to build your global classroom in 4 steps appeared first on NEO BLOG. Professor Jennifer V.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 14, 2019

With 95 percent of teenagers in possession of mobile devices, students are constantly sharing and searching through social media platforms. . Because students are inevitably exposed to the online world, it is important that adults teach them how to be responsible digital citizens — to protect both themselves and their peers.

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 6, 2019

MORE FROM EDTECH : Check out how schools are training students to be the next batch of cybersecurity professionals. Students are particularly vulnerable to data theft and breaches because they have “clean” data — unblemished credit reports and pristine Social Security numbers — that cybercriminals want to exploit.

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Kyle Pace

JUNE 7, 2017

One thing that I think summer is great for in terms of professional learning is investing the time to better understand how you can use social media as an educator. Social media can be used as a great communication tool for a district, school, or a classroom. This is just one example of so many.

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Lightspeed Systems

AUGUST 24, 2023

Simply, the act details what website and application operators must include in privacy policies, when and how to seek verifiable consent from parents and/or guardians, and operators’ responsibilities to protect children’s privacy and safety online, including restrictions on marketing to those under the age of 13.

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ViewSonic Education

JUNE 5, 2019

For example, the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls not only empathize intellect but also social skills in their mission statement. This school recognizes that there is a gap in Millennials and Generation Z’s social skills fueled by growing up on mobile phones, social media, and online chatting.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Edtech is booming, with 40 times more venture capital invested in the sector in 2021 than in 2010. There is no question that edtech has brought new ways to support the learning process and was used extensively by schools to connect remotely to students who could not attend classes in-person during the worst parts of the pandemic.

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Neo LMS

OCTOBER 17, 2019

How to power through a difficult parent-teacher meeting comes to mind, but there are many challenges that teachers learn how to handle in time. Online training for teachers is the perfect opportunity to also train them to use edtech and other online tools. Professional development (PD) for teachers is an ongoing process.

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EdTech4Beginners

JULY 8, 2017

I am very happy to have been asked to present at the Global EdTech Summit 2017. Social Media Learning: How To leverage Social Media in the Classroom. Introduction to Web design for Teachers: How to create simple teacher websites. Tech for Kids: Blending Pedagogy and Technology.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 5, 2022

This includes tech tips, website/app reviews, tech-in-ed pedagogy, how-tos, videos, and more. Edtech Reviews. How to Teach Digital Citizenship in 3rd Grade. Oh–would you mind adding me to your social media links? We have regular features like: Weekly Websites and Tech Tips ( sign up for the newsletter ).

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Graphite Blog

JULY 17, 2018

Whether your school or district has officially adopted social media or not, conversations are happening in and around your school on everything from Facebook to Snapchat. Schools must reckon with this reality and commit to supporting thoughtful and critical social media use among students, teachers, and administrators.

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Graphite Blog

JULY 17, 2018

Whether your school or district has officially adopted social media or not, conversations are happening in and around your school on everything from Facebook to Snapchat. Schools must reckon with this reality and commit to supporting thoughtful and critical social media use among students, teachers, and administrators.

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A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 9, 2018

Upon getting on Twitter in 2009, I was not only baffled about how to use the social media site but also about all the symbols associated with it. Let’s start by defining what a hashtag (#) is in the sense of social media. education, #edtech, #pedagogy, #teaching). One of them was the hashtag (#).

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Dangerously Irrelevant

JANUARY 2, 2023

Should I show teachers how to be better organized with Google Keep/Tasks, find a free new tool for them to use in the classroom? Do you have any free project based EdTech tools that you love? This was my reply: Just wanted to say how sorry I am that you only are given 1 hour (a whole 60 minutes!) Image credit: Wish , Ben Chun.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 3, 2023

And today’s tech environment, with easy-to-use tools and social media, makes it easier than ever for entrants to reach global learners and sell their products or services, so that anyone with a good idea and a laptop can get started virtually overnight. Programs like StartEd (where I work), as well as LearnLaunch, ProjectEd in the U.S.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JULY 21, 2021

As we prepare for school, learning the current best practices and edtech apps is a great way to get excited (and save time.) The Social Media Inspired Class by Erica Aguirre. Pear Deck 101 – how to get started using formative assessments, polls, and interactives to achieve 100% student engagement. by LaNesha Tabb.

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Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

Indeed, a desired discussion about where and how to draw the lines of ethical behavior too often turns into one about whether such a line is even necessary or fair … I don’t claim any special moral authority here. How to make sense of the new eRate gift rules ). It is as if I am speaking a foreign language.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 9, 2023

Public schools are online just as much as their students, it seems, with profiles across social media. For instance, it is increasingly recognized that predictive policing companies regularly collect and utilize public social media data.” It seems obvious how students would be affected by something like bullying.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Ready or not, educators have had to quickly figure out how to move classes online and improve the quality of remote instruction. They also understand the power of social media to share ideas. EdTech highlighted 30 of them in its list of 2020 K–12 IT Influencers. That quickly changed for many in March.

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