Teacher Reboot Camp

JUNE 30, 2016

One of the best survival lessons I learned as a teacher was to engage parents. Below are a few tips and resources from my presentation, Engaging Parents with Technology and Social Media. Get your copy of The 30 Goals for Teachers and Learning to Go. Every school needs a social media plan and guidelines.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

JULY 9, 2018

Below is the bio and an excerpt from the personal statement of Jamil Ahmed, a teacher from Bangladesh, who was the recipient of the Connected Educators: Harnessing the Power of Social Media for Professional Development course scholarship.

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The Innovative Educator

JANUARY 30, 2014

In case you missed it, the webinar was called “Social Media: An Essential Tool for Today’s Classroom.” Below are the people behind the stories I mentioned, how to learn more and a way to reach each of them via social media. social media in education'

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Teacher Reboot Camp

JULY 9, 2018

Below is the bio and an excerpt from the personal statement of Jamil Ahmed, a teacher from Bangladesh, who was the recipient of the Connected Educators: Harnessing the Power of Social Media for Professional Development course scholarship.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 6, 2021

Passwords are now required to access websites, banking, email, social media, favorite shopping sites, chat venues like iMessenger, and even certain documents. You can find her resources at Structured Learning. Without them, there would be no protection for your privacy, your online information, or even your personal identity.

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The Innovative Educator

NOVEMBER 5, 2017

The New York City Department of Education has come a long way since 2012 when I took a risk and criticized the city's conservative approach to social media. It wasn't long after that I was brought on to help New York City schools embrace social media for teaching and learning. Working in isolation benefits no one.

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User Generated Education

JUNE 8, 2017

In deciding what resources you need based on the learners you have, you may first need to determine how your learners learn best, what projects you plan to do, how you can set up a makerspace in your classroom, and much more. Share Out: A goal of the design thinking process is sharing learning out to a broader public.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 4, 2018

For example, if a student is on their ChromeBook and they decide to go to Google and search for suicide, an email gets sent automatically out of the system to whoever we have it assigned to go to. Give them guidelines for how to behave. They’re learning, and we are providing them that environment to push those boundaries.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 9, 2018

Some attend conferences, participate in webinars, or read up on educational trends to learn and grow before putting their newly-acquired knowledge into practice in September. Many are coming to school but their minds and bodies may not be ready for learning. If they don’t know 10 things about you, they won’t learn from you.”

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The Web20Classroom

MARCH 20, 2012

Googlios tags: google ePortfolio googleapps favorite What can Twitter do for your school? The rest of my favorite links are here.'

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Graphite Blog

JUNE 24, 2022

A 2020 Common Sense research report, Teens and the News , found that a whopping 77% of teens get their news primarily through social media. At the same time that young people are changing their media consumption habits, the United States is going through a period that is marked by an increased distrust in traditional news outlets.

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eSchool News

MARCH 31, 2020

These story time or read-aloud live events may not be maintained in the archive of the social media platform and appropriate measures should be taken to ensure that videos of the live events are not retained.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 16, 2018

She had spoken to a bunch of the students in the city system and asked what would speak to them, what they would want as material to learn about digital citizenship. So I started with her, creating the social media guidelines for the New York City Department of Education. They don’t want to read books or brochures.

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The Principal of Change

FEBRUARY 28, 2016

.” Maybe the analogy doesn’t connect, but I feel the same way about the term “blended learning”, in which many of our students might just simply call “learning” To me, it would be the equivalent of referring to “reading a book” to “paper learning” It is just learning.

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The Innovative Educator

OCTOBER 9, 2016

Three obstacles to successful integration of technology into teaching and learning include: 1 - Innovative educators often work in isolation 2 - Guidelines and policies for tech use are lawyer, not student or teacher, friendly 3 - Lack of tech expertise and funding for professional learning opportunities Do any of these sound familiar?

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

The practice is widespread from top to bottom: Apple, Google and Microsoft train and certify teachers who demonstrate expertise with their wares. I’ve followed the guidelines, but when does advocating for the best tools stop and shilling for a product begin?” The tactic is not unique to education.

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Digital Promise

JULY 2, 2018

People of all ages struggle to evaluate the integrity of the digital information that rains down with every web search and social media scroll. They often needed less prompting than historians and students, and learned far more by reading less. Read the original version here.

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Gradelink

JULY 9, 2019

The classroom teacher has the greatest effect on student learning, but school leadership is second only to classroom teaching in its effect on student learning. Integration with Gradelink Calendar or Google Calendar. Integration with social media — Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and others.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Teach digital citizenship is easily done either through dedicated platforms like Common Sense Media and Netsmartz , or a full-blown curriculum like this one from Structured Learning. That might be as simple as a Google Hangout while the class is occurring or a webcast of the completed class. Or a stand-alone app like Remind ?

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ProfHacker

MAY 11, 2018

Sensitive questions, such as how deeply to pry into people’s lives, will be answered increasingly by artificial intelligence and machine-learning algorithms. Social media has become a wild west for marketers aware that regulators can’t keep up with their online activity.

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Shake Up Learning

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

The post How to Make an Impact as a Tech Coach appeared first on Shake Up Learning. Alison Jalufka is a Learning Coach at an elementary school in her Central Texas school district. Alison now supports technology AND learning on her campus, as well as coaching her teachers on best practices.

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Edsurge

MARCH 12, 2018

I spent years working at Google, and the skills that were critical to my success may surprise you. I spent years working at Google, and the skills that were critical to my success may surprise you. In a rigorous analysis of employee performance, Google found STEM skills have the lowest impact on employee success.

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EdTechTeam

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Classroom Management in the Digital Age: Effective Practices for Technology-Rich Learning Spaces (2016) by Heather Dowd and Patrick Green Cross-posted from Learning Light Bulbs by Nate Gildart Get your own copy of Classroom Management in the Digital Age! I post what we are “learning, doing, and homework” - a Visible Learning approach.

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TeacherCast

JUNE 1, 2019

The goal of the professional podcaster is to create a podcast that is not only entertaining but is connected to an RSS feed to attract subscribers through channels such as iTunes and Google Play. Modified Assignment: Students create audio content that is then distributed through an RSS feed, or shared via Social Media.

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EdTechTeam

JUNE 12, 2017

In October 2016, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) updated its recommendation and guidelines for “Screen Time” use for children and adolescents. The revised AAP guidelines now focus on support and guidance for parents about how to use technology responsibly with children of all ages. What is screen time ?

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 19, 2017

Life Schools Charter School’s digital citizenship initiative began when they started to notice that many students were posting on social media about their location and other personal details. Click here to learn more! Then, they figured out what they needed to satisfy for required federal E-rate guidelines.

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edWeb.net

DECEMBER 28, 2022

During the edLeader Panel, “ Leadership Challenges and Solutions Regarding Data Privacy in Technology-Enriched Learning Environments ,” three district leaders discussed the five critical guidelines for ensuring data privacy in the use of technology in their districts. Stay current and compliant with federal and state laws.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 20, 2017

Great teachers attract their students to today’s topic of learning like a 3-year old boy to a mud puddle. This book (called #tlap by those who follow its guidelines) is like an overstuffed tackle box for teachers full of useful tools, ideas, and tips for engaging kids and staging exciting experiences. Listen Now.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Life Schools Charter School’s digital citizenship initiative began when they started to notice that many students were posting on social media about their location and other personal details. Then, they figured out what they needed to satisfy for required federal E-rate guidelines. Life Schools started small in the first year.

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NeverEndingSearch

APRIL 9, 2016

History in Motion : Founder Paul Cashman describes his goals as: to improve the teaching, learning, and experiencing of history for everyone from grade-school students to lifelong learners. It allows anyone to create and collaborate on professional-looking, media-rich, slide-based embedable timelines using a Google spreadsheet template.

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The Principal of Change

SEPTEMBER 19, 2015

Kids are learning a distorted view of the digital world “that reflects the fears of adults rather than the aspirations of youth.” There is this notion that ignoring social media in schools is a way of protecting our kids from the dangers of the web. ” Alia Wong. It seems like we are saying, “not our problem”.

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TeacherCast

OCTOBER 1, 2015

Users of social media like Facebook have been learning the old saw , if you’re not paying for a product or service, you’re the product. While there are guidelines in education and laws in many countries worldwide aimed at protecting student data, even big companies like Google that should know better have made mistakes.

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The Innovative Educator

AUGUST 24, 2015

1) Direct A Learning Oasis The problem: A place for students to discover and develop their passions and interests. The solution: I took an outdated, dusty library and created a learning center in a school. This has been my work for the past year as the Director of Digital Engagement and Professional Learning. Here's how.

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Fractus Learning

JANUARY 26, 2016

Social media is filled with fantastic examples of Makerspaces, numerous websites and organizations are devoted to it, and books have been published on how to build your own Makerspace. Student creativity, building stronger neural pathways in the brain through kinesthetic learning opportunities, is the reason to build a Makerspace.

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The Principal of Change

AUGUST 25, 2015

I have been blessed with a huge network on social media and I want to use that to not only share my voice, but hopefully the voice of others as well. Inoreader – After Google Reader dissolved (sigh), I wanted to find a great RSS reader that looked similar.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

Thanks to the GEC Sponsors Social Media Amazing List of Currently Scheduled Sessions! We are grateful for companies and organizations who believe in the power of globally connected learning. iEARN is also joined by other major supporters, TES , Google for Education , and VIF International Education. Principal, St.

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The Principal of Change

APRIL 9, 2015

(This is the second of two parts on professional learning. Connected Learning. This has a major impact in our learning today. What I have started to notice is that you can see some major benefits of being connected in the classroom for the learning environment of our students. You can read the first part here.

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