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How to block websites in K-12 schools

Hapara

As educators, we have an obligation to create safe environments no matter where students learn. Abide by internet safety laws. The federal Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA) was enacted in 2000 and requires schools to have an internet safety policy in place to receive E-rate program discounts.

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Mindfulness and Screen Time

Digital Promise

This article originally appeared on Usable Knowledge from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. The nagging sense that we’re not quite steering this ship plagues educators, too, who may find themselves dropping everything to manage the fallout of interpersonal crises that play out in the digital realm, erupting with little or no warning.

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How to Set Healthy Screen Time Habits: A Guide for Parents

Waterford

When your child is playing an educational video game or video chatting with a relative, for example, that is active screen time. Low-income students are most likely to use screen time excessively, in part because their families may not have access to non-digital educational resources.[6] 5 Quick Tips on Limiting Screen Time at Home.

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Why Student Creation is the Hardest/Best Form of Assessment

techlearning

While traditional tests and quizzes are intended by educators as an opportunity for students to improve, that is usually not how it feels from their perspective. Why Creative Assessments Are a Challenge for Educators In traditional tests and quizzes, answers tend to be correct or incorrect. cross posted at www.KerryHawk02.com

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Embrace the medium

Learning with 'e's

One of the perennial problems teachers face, especially in early years education, is trying to get children to write. There is often very little incentive in this exercise for kids, who would probably rather be doing other things with their time like playing on their Nintendo. Well, I could answer here and now, but I won't.

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Getting the bloggers to write

Learning with 'e's

One of the perennial problems teachers face, especially in early years education, is trying to get children to write. There is often very little incentive in this exercise for kids, who would probably rather be doing other things with their time like playing on their Nintendo. Well, I could answer here and now, but I won't.