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Engage Students with Authentic Learning at Home

Digital Promise

Rahman explained, “The students brought up social media as the platform. They compared audiences of Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, and they decided what would make a message go viral.” When schools closed, Rahman’s students continued designing and sharing their social media campaigns.

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Learning and growing as educators

Neo LMS

A few years ago I made a shift to becoming a more connected educator by leveraging the technology available through social media. Here are five of the ways that I have engaged in professional learning that work well with a schedule and that are available without so many constraints on time or place. Social Media.

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10 Awesome Courses To Improve Your Online Classroom

The CoolCatTeacher

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Teaching online and blending classrooms is a hot topic, but there’s always room for improvement. As teachers, we need to constantly refresh and update topics to improve our distance learning skills.

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Online Learning Book Recommendations: And Why I Read so Few Books on the Topic

Edsurge

Tim Carson, Skilled Trades and OER Advocate First, allow me to tell you why I don’t typically read books about online learning. Even the book that I wrote about productivity was envisioned initially by the publisher as for online instructors, and then they asked if I would be willing to broaden the audience.

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Best practices for a great school-community collaboration

Neo LMS

In a nutshell, the most significant advantage is providing real-life examples, so students have a better idea of what they are learning. Here are some ideas for finding learning partners: . Use LinkedIn and other social media . For example, niche professionals such as Archeologists usually also teach. .

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20 Ways to Personalize Your Learning This Summer

The CoolCatTeacher

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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How to succeed with online PD for teachers

Neo LMS

For example, if schools want teachers to manage their time better, they should try to reduce the admin work before creating online courses on time management. A survey of 755 teachers in the US found that they value the immediate feedback they get on Twitter. building a personal learning network online.

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