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Unlock the Secrets: Expert Homework Hacks for Busy Parents

The CoolCatTeacher

Subscribe to the Show This week's sponsor MAD-Learn - Mobile App Development MAD-Learn is a free, easy tool for students to use to build apps of their own in a private space for just you and your students. 00:03:34:10 – 00:03:55:05 Brian And they open their phones and oftentimes they're engaged with fast flowing social media apps.

Strategy 364
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Take Breaks and Be Active! An Important Digital Message for All Students

Teacher Reboot Camp

One resolution my elementary students and I are setting is to be more healthy with our digital use. Although the article only mentions computers, I let students know the information also applies to using mobile devices, game consoles, iPads and tablets. I teach technology to 450+ second to fifth graders.

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Effective School Communications In The Summer

The Web20Classroom

As the end of the school year approaches my daughter’s backpack is filled with fliers from her elementary school. One of the best examples I’ve seen of this is my elementary principal friend Amber Teamann. Remember, you can do all this from a mobile device. Common Sense Media has an extensive list.)

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The Dial-a-Drill: Automating the Teacher with Ed-Tech at Home

Hack Education

I realize that most everyone — particularly on social media — wants to talk about the now or the future. You couldn't put a giant mainframe computer in an elementary school building, although it was possible to install "dumb" terminals that could connect back to the mainframe via a phone line.

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Educators Share What’s Working in Distance Learning

MIND Research Institute

There is nothing black-and-white about how to best support our students and families,” said Dr. Barbara Adams, principal at Findley Elementary School in Des Moines, IA. On Thursday, Piia Pehap, one of MIND’s Education Success Managers, got the honor of joining a session with several first graders from South Clearfield Elementary in Utah.

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Pursuing Educational Equity in Selma: Part 2

edWeb.net

According to Courtney Washington, Community Engagement Specialist at Selma City Public Schools, the exercises helped develop empathy among teachers and staff so that they could offer stronger support to students and families. Strategy 4: Provide PD to Build Cultural Proficiency. Strategy 5: Build Relationships with Stakeholders.

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What Kids Need for Optimal Health and School Engagement

MindShift

For tweens and teens it can also include some time spent on social media. Many schools have reduced or even eliminated recess for elementary school children, and several have cut back on free play and play-based learning in the early grades such as kindergarten and first grade (Zygmunt-Fillwalk & Bilello, 2005).