Neo LMS

JULY 29, 2021

A recent report shared by Google and KPMG reveals that the education tech industry would cater to about 9.6 Despite claims that technology is negatively affecting learning schedules, edtech is a valuable tool for students. Even more appealing is that edtech has the potential to get education back on track in a post-pandemic world.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

From Ask a Tech Teacher contributor, retired teacher and education consultant, Christian Miraglia: Instagram: A Student Vehicle for Social Change. Here, the focus is how students use social media to advance their causes and concerns. In my last post, I wrote about using Twitter for classroom instruction.

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 3, 2013

Cross-posted at SmartBlog on Education. We learned a great deal after the student presentations this past February, and were pleasantly surprised by how seriously many of the students took this learning opportunity. MIT OCW discovered our project through social media channels and they eventually did a case study on IOCS.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 20, 2022

Social media is, and still represents, one of the most powerful ways to move a learning culture forward and engage with stakeholders. Simply communicating and telling your story with social media tools can accomplish this and organically develop your positive brand in the process. That’s a local decision.

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The 21st Century Principal

FEBRUARY 17, 2013

In his book, The New Rules of Marketing & PR , David Meerman Scott perhaps captures why a number of us so heavily engage in using social media: “ It’s fun to blog and tweet, and it makes you feel good to get your ideas out into the world.” The best way to do this is to optimize your social media presence as an educator.

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 10, 2020

Education will not be the same. In the case of schools, there has been a dramatic shift to remote learning that has allowed all of us to reflect on where we are, but more importantly, where we want and need to be in the near future. Let’s face it - many schools were caught off guard and were not prepared to implement remote learning.

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 22, 2022

Hence, the message to all of us is that improving our practice is always possible, especially in the field of education. I genuinely believe that each and every educator has an innate desire to grow, but there are often stumbling blocks along the way that delay or derail an initiative. Or is there?

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Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

Kettle Moraine School District (KMSD), a member of the Digital Promise League of Innovative Schools , is a suburban district in Wisconsin leading some of the most advanced competency-based education (CBE) efforts in the country. The post Activating the Community to Support Education Innovation appeared first on Digital Promise.

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The 21st Century Principal

APRIL 9, 2013

There are obviously quite a few social media resources available to school leaders on the Web, but finding high-quality information can be difficult. Here are some books that I consider vital for school leaders seeking to learn as much as they can about its potential to enhance leadership and education.

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EdNews Daily

DECEMBER 6, 2019

If you ask a dozen educators to define personalized learning, you’ll no doubt get some enthusiastic answers, and all twelve will probably be different. The new-school answer to the definition of personalized learning is markedly different. Teachers can afford the attention needed for catching some students up.

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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 30, 2022

For example, if you want your staff to use a communications tool like Remind regularly to keep students and parents abreast of assignments, then you should be using social media daily to communicate with stakeholders. This was a direct follow-up to the model lesson for educators. This is just one example.

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

What Gartner’s Top Tech Trends for 2019 Mean for Education. School districts have already seen some of these tools enter the educational space, with innovations such as AI-enabled teaching assistant programs and advanced data collection and analysis to improve student assessments. eli.zimmerman_9856. Mon, 11/12/2018 - 13:21.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 18, 2017

Imagine a network of leaders from every sector of education: public schools and early learning centers, colleges and universities, museums and libraries, nonprofits and corporations. It’s the Remake Learning Network , a professional network of educators and innovators working together to shape the future of learning.

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Neo LMS

JUNE 27, 2019

That is why it is usually easier to stick with the same tools, even if they no longer serve the educational process. It is also very true that the best tools in the world cannot replace the expertise of dedicated educators. Facts about the educational benefits of technology. The facts are clear. Wrapping up.

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The Daring Librarian

FEBRUARY 10, 2018

Sometimes, when you're sharing the benefits of a professional Social Media presence, it can become a bit bewildering and overwhelming. Social Media Shortcuts: At-A-Glance Tips for Educators from The Daring Librarian Experience From Slideshare, you can download the PDF OR you can copy it also from my GSuite Drive Share !

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 6, 2022

What is Actively Learn and Why Should I Try it? Education Galaxy–Personalized Learning That’s Fun. Tract–A new way to learn. Tract–A new way to learn. Oh–would you mind adding me to your social media links? Tech Tip #118–Top 10 iPad Shortkeys. Top 10 Reviews . What’s a Digipuzzle?

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 24, 2020

During my years as a teacher and principal, I would spend countless hours planning, researching, and attending professional learning events to hone my craft in order to become a better educator. I established hiring practices that resulted in the hiring of a lot of smart educators.

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The Web20Classroom

MARCH 11, 2010

Recently at NCTIES Kevin Honeycutt spoke on Personal Learning Networks. And it would have been difficult, nigh impossible, to have these kinds of connections and relationships without social media. So if these connections and relationships work so well for our educators, why could they not work for our students?

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Key points: Edtech is poised to guide students to success in 2024 Learn more about K-12 Tech Innovation News Discover Current Trends in Education In recent years, K-12 tech innovation news has spread the word about how edtech has witnessed transformative trends shaping the future of learning.

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 31, 2020

Even though remote learning might continue in some form preparations for in-person learning have to be made. After receiving feedback from several educators on social media, I rectified this oversight, but it also got me thinking a great deal more about what is on every educator's mind.

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The Web20Classroom

JUNE 26, 2010

Educators from around the world are gathering to discuss and plan the future of edtech, play (some), but most of all, meet people. grow your personal learning network. Then today I got to attend some really amazing sessions at EduBloggerCon and got to shake the hands of some of the educators I admire most. So help me out.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Online learning has become not only a common alternative to physical classes, but a well-regarded change maker in the education ecosystem. Neither of these is a good solution and they certainly aren’t where the education ecosystem is headed. Communicate With Social Media. That’s easy to solve.

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 31, 2014

It seems like just yesterday that I was a disconnected nomad working hard to maintain the status quo and conform to a rigid system commonly known as education. You see, prior to 2009 I was adamantly opposed to even the thought of using social media for both personal and professional reasons.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 15, 2020

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter We educators need to rest and recover this summer. But the reality is also that we’re going to have to prepare for a fall that – whatever it looks like – will include an online learning component. So many of us are exhausted.

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Blended Learning Social Media Differentiated Instruction Learning 408

The Web20Classroom

APRIL 2, 2017

Social media allows us to connect, to learn, to grow and to reflect not only within ourselves but with each other. She has them write 3 things they need to improve their learning and 3 things they can give to improve the learning of others. Our personal learning networks are all different.

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 3, 2020

Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act ( FERPA ) - A Federal law that protects the privacy of student education records. Department of Education. FERPA gives parents certain rights with respect to their children's education records. Schools can grant COPPA consent if the tool is used solely for an educational purpose.

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User Generated Education

FEBRUARY 15, 2020

I think most administrators and educators (and learners) would agree with the importance of most of the skills on this list to assist learners to be successful now and in their futures. How to make and invent stuff DIY for Kids How to code Code.org.

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Personal Learning Network Survey Social Media Study 357

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Coming back to in-person learning and navigating the increased demands of learning loss an d social emotional needs has taken its toll on everyone. What does this have to do with education? Students today are growing up online, or even in the metaverse in whatever form it exists so far.

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Education Social Media EdTech Personalized Learning 124

The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 16, 2023

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter This podcast with Andrea Gribble will help school administrators and principals create a school social media strategy to drive engagement, build community, and enhance their organization's online presence. That's where this podcast comes in.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 16, 2023

The education landscape is undergoing a continuous transformation, something I elaborate on in detail in Disruptive Thinking in Our Classrooms. By understanding how these tools impact teaching and learning, educators can determine which ones to use and how to implement them effectively.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Translated, it means that the video-based social media platform is biting into the search engine’s popularity. That makes it second only to YouTube in social media popularity. The educators we asked responded with a resounding—nope. Keller, look what I found on TikTok for education,’” she says.

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A Principal's Reflections

JULY 17, 2022

Throw in other societal pressures impacting education and you have one big hot mess on your hands. Lean on your PLN While looking to colleagues for advice is great, utilizing a Personal Learning Network (PLN) provides access to countless other leaders who can provide priceless guidance when you don’t have an immediate answer.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 31, 2023

Charlotte, NC — Discovery Education , a global education technology company backed by Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. together with its affiliates, “Clearlake”), today announced it has agreed to acquire DreamBox Learning® , a PK-12 education technology provider serving more than 6 million students and 600,000 educators nationwide.

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The Web20Classroom

JULY 28, 2010

What I really enjoyed was there were so many people there that I knew because of social media. Members of my PLN (Personal Learning Network), PLC (Professional Learning Community), colleagues, whatever you want to call them, (I call them all friends) were there sharing their learning with not only the new teachers, but with me as well.

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The 21st Century Principal

SEPTEMBER 8, 2012

Our children need to have adults in their lives that know and understand the art of developing personal learning networks and connecting with others. There are still far too many educators shirking this responsibility of teaching children art of developing personal learning networks.

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 5, 2019

On the contrary, I have seen this firsthand from some fantastic educators whose schools I have been blessed to work with on a long-term basis in the role of job-embedded coach. I have also been blessed to observe great examples that members of my Personal Learning Network (PLN) make available on social media.

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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 3, 2013

I have read some very thought-provoking posts and associated commentary over the past couple of weeks focusing on how particular educators use social media. What I have found interesting is the powerful opinions as to how one should use social media. I can recommend educators to follow if I want to.

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