A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 21, 2011

I am here to share ways in which principals can harness the power of these free resources to improve communications, public relations, professional growth, instruction, and create a brand presence for your school. As I learned from my students, many more people use the social media tool, Facebook, than use Twitter.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 8, 2022

As events unfold in Ukraine, people want to know how the situation might play out. This became increasingly important over the past decade as social media became the primary source for news. I also utilized the Civic Reasoning curriculum, which focused on developing critical thinking skills to navigate social media and news.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 8, 2024

Teachers play a crucial role in guiding students to run this service effectively, ensuring it becomes a valuable resource for the entire school community. This initiative improves the technological literacy of the student body but also encourages a culture of peer-to-peer learning and collaboration.

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ViewSonic Education

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Naturally, this means educators will have questions about where this technology is heading and what comes next for virtual learning. The metaverse itself can be described as a virtual setting that users are able to occupy synchronously, which facilitates meaningful social interactions. Understanding Metaverse Education .

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Education Superhighway

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Whether it be a back-to-school fair, a health and resources pop-up, a community market, or a standalone event, an ACP enrollment event is an excellent way for community members to learn about the program, ask questions, and get enrollment support. STEP 4: Execute It’s the day of your event!

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Digital Promise

MARCH 31, 2021

But after seeing a flyer for Remake Learning Days, she and her daughter attended the event and began to discover a region’s worth of creative learning opportunities like it. Learning Happens Everywhere. Some events might also offer professional development for educators attending.

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eSchool News

APRIL 19, 2024

Charlotte, NC — Arizona’s Apache Junction Unified School District (AJUSD) today announced a new collaboration with global edtech leader Discovery Education supporting innovative teaching and learning in the district.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 9, 2022

Teaching students about current events used to be as easy as picking a trusted newspaper and reading their headlines. When our students enter our classrooms, they come with bits and pieces of news from home, their social media feeds, and from conversations with friends. Fake News Online Resources. How do you tell?

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 13, 2023

BEAVERTON, Oregon — Vernier Science Education recently launched new resources to help science and STEM educators leverage the two upcoming eclipses—the “Ring of Fire” annular eclipse on October 14, 2023 and the total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024—to create engaging learning experiences for students.

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Digital Promise

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Manus shares how these Edcamps supported her practice and work with other educators, and we look forward to the launch of our next Edcamp: Powerful Learning at Home session on November 21. . Were my students really learning anything? I was hungry for learning and connecting somehow with something different.

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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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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 16, 2024

From text messages to social media notifications, there are multiple things that can cause you distraction. On the other hand, when you wish to start feeling to scroll your social media feed, remind yourself that you are focused and will attend them later after obtaining your set goal.

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Neo LMS

MAY 12, 2020

While this sudden turn of events has caused much anxiety for both teachers and learners, there have been valuable lessons learned about how we can leverage technology to benefit education. Read more: Adopting the asynchronous mindset for better online learning. How do we learn to do this? How do we even begin?

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 30, 2019

“ Learning is not attained by chance; it must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence.” – Abigail Adams How do you make, not find, the time to learn and get better? One-and-done events might get everyone pumped up and excited, but what comes next? Like change, learning is a process, not an event.

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A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 8, 2020

For the better part of my educational career, I always referred to any type of learning to assist me as a teacher or administrator as professional development (PD). In March of 2009, I began to use Twitter, and it was at this time that I began to create a Personal Learning Network (PLN). I was both enlightened and empowered.

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EdTechSandyK

MARCH 8, 2020

As COVID-19 spreads around the world, the discussion of how to keep teaching and learning going in the event of school closures has been ramping up on social media. As resources have been shared, I've been collecting them in a Wakelet, which I have embedded below so others might consult it as needed.

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 24, 2020

While others might disagree, such as my mom, I pride myself on being extremely resourceful. 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. However, this was not always my strength.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 24, 2022

The roots of misinformation about Russia’s invasion stretch back further than social media. Students prefer images instead of written analysis of world events, which Chris Doyle, a teacher at a Connecticut school, describes as “TikTok over The New York Times.” Here are a few: Resources to teach about fake news.

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Tech Helpful

APRIL 4, 2017

create original works or responsibly repurpose or remix digital resources into new creations. Later in the week I saw Snapchat stories about the event, I saw Instagram stories and posts about it. These students creatively used the medium of social media to communicate with the people in their lives. Goal achieved.

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eSchool News

APRIL 6, 2023

Charlotte, NC — Discovery Education—the worldwide edtech leader whose state-of-the-art digital platform supports learning wherever it takes place—is providing an array of free digital resources to support National Financial Capability Month.

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Hapara

JANUARY 14, 2022

Integrating technology into instruction and learning is a way of life for educators today. Luckily there are edtech experts who are sharing strategies and tools through blog posts, social media, books, courses and podcasts. She also wrote a full guide to online and digital learning, A Teacher’s Guide to Online Learning. .

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edWeb.net

JUNE 12, 2019

The drawbacks of social media are well-documented—like anonymous trolls posting negative comments just to spark controversy. In addition to negative commentary, Knowles acknowledged other challenges to adopting social media for education. Finally, for some there is a social-emotional toll.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 28, 2019

Among the newer aspects of these kinds of complaints is whether college social media communication meets accessibility standards. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights focus on the extent to which students, faculty and others can make full use of a college’s websites, education software and social media channels.

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Digital Promise

MAY 7, 2019

Digital Promise and Verizon Innovative Learning are excited to introduce Verizon Innovative Learning schools Connection —a web app designed to connect members of the Verizon Innovative Learning schools community to each other and to key resources. Centralizing information for Verizon Innovative Learning schools.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

The resources below will help your students understand what kindness means and why showing kindness is important to making the world a better place. The resources below allow your students to reflect on what kind acts others have show them and how this has made them feel or transformed their mood and day. Ideas and Resources.

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Hubbli

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Social media marketing for schools is where it’s at. Through familiar social media platforms like Facebook and Instagram, you can reach a targeted group of people and increase awareness for your school. But how do you use social media for school recruitment and engagement? Announce Upcoming Events.

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The Web20Classroom

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

Social media often gets a bad wrap when spoken in the same breath as education and learning. Ask around and many folks might consider it to be a time suck or a place where very little learning happens and therefore has no place in the classroom. Social media can provide many benefits to student learning and understanding.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 7, 2020

It offers what seems to be an endless supply of professional-looking easy-to-implement templates that sign up volunteers, get feedback on events, enroll students in classes, ask for donations, collect payments, and much much more. Here’s how it works: Share a form that collects data on, say, remote learning.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

To meet the plan’s first goal of providing all students educational opportunities ensuring high academic growth, the district sought to add to its existing suite of digital resources capable of supporting instruction in the in-person or remote environment. All PPS educators also have access to the Discovery Education Network.

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eSchool News

APRIL 8, 2024

Charlotte, NC — Discovery Education —the worldwide edtech leader whose state-of-the-art digital resources nurture student curiosity and drive deeper engagement in instruction—presents educators a wide array of new, free digital resources to support National Financial Capability Month activities.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Charlotte, NC — Global edtech leader Discovery Education today announced the addition of new games, interactives, career resources and more to its award-winning K-12 learning platform, Discove ry Education Experience. Discover more about the latest updates to Experience here. “For

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 5, 2024

Our first Learning Revolution summit on AI: " Teaching and Learning with AI ," will be held online (and for free) on Thursday, June 27th, 2024, from 12:00 - 2:30 pm US-Pacific Time. OVERVIEW: What effects do generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies, tools, and applications have on learning and teaching?

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Silver Spring, MD (Thursday, December 16, 2021) — As school systems nationwide begin to look towards Winter Break, Discovery Education and select social impact partners present curated professional learning resources at no cost to support educators’ continued professional learning. STEM Professional Learning Resources.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 16, 2024

Charlotte, NC — Tennessee’s Hardeman County Schools (HCS) today announced a new phase in its partnership with global edtech leader Discovery Education that is bringing new digital resources to students districtwide. These foundations include academics, social emotional skills, technological competencies, and career awareness.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

In a previous post I described why all students should participate in the upcoming Hour of Code event, which takes place December 3rd to 9th. Find more reasons to introduce students to coding in this article, Why Kids Should Learn To Code (And How To Get Them Started). Then introduce some of the basic parts and what each part does.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2022

SILVER SPRING, MD (Tuesday, January 4, 2021— North Carolina’s Hoke County Schools (HCS) has launched a new partnership with Discovery Education creating modern and innovative learning environments supporting science instruction. Following a careful review process, HCS selected two resources from Discovery Education for districtwide use.

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Hapara

MAY 12, 2022

Featuring: Shayla Adams-Stafford, Founder and CEO of AdaptiveX ( @adaptive_x ) Rich Dixon, Senior Director of Learning Innovation at H?para. Educators can use scaffolds such as events happening in the community and artifacts that tie into the learner’s home life. What is culturally responsive teaching? (2:02)

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