The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 11, 2020

Advancement Courses has a free micro-course – Launching Online Learning. Now is the time we all need to educate ourselves on effective online teaching and I recommend this course as a great place to start. If you don’t have Google Docs, just use this PDF. You can connect with Tom on social media.

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Neo LMS

DECEMBER 17, 2019

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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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 15, 2020

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. Even if we go back to face-to-face learning, we will all have to be prepared to teach online, and the best way to do this is to first educate ourselves with research and pedagogy.

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Shake Up Learning

MAY 18, 2021

The post 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Google Meet – SULS0110 appeared first on Shake Up Learning. In this episode with Shake Up Learning Trainer and Community Manager, Pam Hubler, we explore the new updates to Google Meet. 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Google Meet. Click To Tweet. .

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Digital Promise

MARCH 24, 2020

As teachers look for supplemental material to send home, they can share this Roadmap with parents via school portals, email, social media platforms, and texting. It also includes digital access and quality online learning opportunities. And, how are the children? Just fine, we want to say.

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Neo LMS

MAY 12, 2020

Read more: Adopting the asynchronous mindset for better online learning. Read more: How to succeed with online PD for teachers. The volume of teachers sharing lessons appropriate for online teaching has dramatically increased on social media. Read more: 5 Edtech tools to try out this year. What do we do?

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eSchool News

JULY 7, 2023

This gamified approach to supporting student well-being, called #WinAtSocial, empowers students to navigate their social world positively — including social media and technology — to fuel their health, happiness, and future success. Have the power to shape their everyday lives through the choices they make.

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Hapara

JULY 3, 2023

Examples of online behavior expectations include: We will use school-issued devices for classwork rather than personal entertainment. We will use respectful language online, in email, on class message boards and in Google Documents. We will keep our online passwords private. It’s the same for online learning.

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Educator Innovator

APRIL 16, 2015

As part of the national celebration of Digital Learning Day last month, I had the opportunity to moderate an online debate between two teams of high school students from opposite ends of California about the merits and risks of social media as a communication tool.

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Educational Technology Guy

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

GCFLearnFree is a program of Goodwill Industries of Eastern NC and provides quality online learning courses for free. The computer courses page has 19 courses including Computer Basics, Email, Internet, Social Media, Google Apps, iPads, and much more. Follow me on Twitter and Google+.

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Neo LMS

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Here are some ideas for finding learning partners: . Use LinkedIn and other social media . LinkedIn and even Twitter are the way to go, and you can probably find common connections or friends to introduce you to potential learning partners. Google is your friend if you need to go outside the community.

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Neo LMS

JANUARY 3, 2017

How hard it can be for some to really stay focused on their learning materials when there are so many distractions surrounding them? Online ads and social media channels can be greater reasons for procrastination than the fridge or noisy roommates. Google Similar Pages. So what can one do? If they really want to.

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eSchool News

JUNE 4, 2020

More than two months into stay-at-home orders, parents and kids are getting used to the concept of learning from home via video chats and Google Classroom homework assignments. Our ancient brains crave dopamine , and short-term activities and experiences like video games and social media provide it.

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Shake Up Learning

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Click on the links below to open the Google Slides presentation and access the resources. Blended Learning with Google. Online Learning Best Practices. How to Design Google PD That Works. Google Tips for Remote Learning. © Shake Up Learning 2021. SAVE 50% on Online Courses.

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The Electric Educator

JUNE 29, 2011

I was fortunate enough to be granted an early invitation to the new Google social media experiment called Google+ today. I would recommend that you take a quick look at the Google Blog for a quick overview I approached Google+ with great skepticism. Google "+1 ": meeh. Google "+1 ": meeh.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2024

These resources, sourced from trusted partners, are aligned to state and national standards, and help educators bring the outside world into teaching and learning every day. Through Also, all HCNS educators enjoy access to the Discovery Education Network.

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Edsurge

MAY 15, 2020

We read a ‘fun’ article and talked about the effects of online learning from a cognitive psych perspective,” she said. “I A Pandemic-Response Class’ When Susi Keefe’s course about reproductive justice assembles for the last time on Google Meet, a few students reveal their faces, but most show up only as dark boxes labeled with names.

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Fractus Learning

AUGUST 15, 2016

But often, when we try to create community online through discussion forums or social media, our efforts fall flat. To avoid this, start thinking of your online community as a mega-city and yourself as an urban planner. In education, we understand the power of relationships in driving our work.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 14, 2021

With help from Hameed, the lead instructor, and several teaching assistants, students learn how to use search engines like Google, how to research and verify information, create presentations online, answer emails in a professional manner and use Google products like Google Docs, Google Sheets and Google Drive.

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eSchool News

APRIL 22, 2021

Already using the Cablecast Community Media platform from Tightrope Media Systems to power the city’s educational and government access TV channels, CPS expanded the system’s role to provide hosting and on-demand delivery of online video for a variety of educational purposes.

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Gradelink

APRIL 6, 2020

Connections to the real world such as certifications from third parties like Capterra and Google Review as well as testimonies from families reinforce your school’s good reputation and establish trust with prospective families. Share videos of students and teachers navigating online learning tools.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 23, 2018

We discuss what going to the next level in the classroom and in online learning means both at the secondary and college level. From now until September 28, Advancement Courses, an online provider of professional development for K-12 teachers, is donating 10% of their sales to funding DonorChoose.org projects.

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Shake Up Learning

MAY 14, 2019

Let’s explore how we can use podcasts for professional learning and get credit for it! In this episode and post, I’ll share some of my favorite educational podcasts, ideas for embedding podcasts in face-to-face PD, online learning, and how to give evidence to administrators. Tracking Your Online Learning. [18:52]

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Shake Up Learning

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Simply making a Google Doc public doesn’t really cut it. Tag them on social media with links to student work. Tools for Publishing Work Online. Google Sites. Social Media (Use hashtags like #kidtweet, #comments4kids, or find or create your own) . Publish for an Intentional Audience.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Gutierrez and Williams spent 90 minutes standing on the sidewalk outside the house in the Texas sun, at arm’s length from the students, showing them how to sign into Google Classroom on their school-provided Chromebooks and helping their father figure out passwords. Phone calls to parents and messages on social media went largely unanswered.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 12, 2021

A suite of award-winning K-12 digital resources and instructional supports, Discovery Education Experience meets the changing needs of KCPS’s diverse student population in the remote, hybrid, or online learning environment. Finally, Experience is designed to work within school systems’ existing infrastructure and workflows.

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Hapara

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

We all know that students get distracted during virtual learning. Or they’re looking at social media when they should be reading an online text. It’s much more challenging to redirect learners during remote learning than in person when you can stop by their desk.

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EdTechTeacher

MAY 18, 2015

Common Sense Media has released Digital Compass , a new tool to teach students about navigating the digital world. The game is targeted at middle school students, an age when most children are getting cell phones and social media accounts (like Facebook and Instagram). Learn more with us this summer! Digital Portfolios.

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EdNews Daily

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

TC is a virtual training medium, providing personal growth and professional development through online learning, coaching, and webinars. Through our innovative Learning Engagement System (LES), districts can build a custom library and even create and sell their custom training.

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Edsurge

MARCH 24, 2020

For educators, that means disrupted routines and a shift to online learning at many schools. This week on the podcast, EdSurge spoke with Christine Elgersma, a senior editor of social media and learning resources at the nonprofit Common Sense Media. And no one knows how long this will last.

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The Innovative Educator

OCTOBER 1, 2013

Department of Education’s Connected Educators initiative seeks to celebrate and encourage educators at all levels to collaborate and participate in online learning resources and communities. Social media sites such as Facebook, Google +, Twitter, and blogs are terrific venues for the exchange of ideas, opinions and viewpoints.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

Tara Gilboa, Online Learning Experience Designer at Colorado School of Mines The LMS Checklist #1: Is the platform straightforward and user-friendly? Given communication is important, it’s also worth checking whether or not social media platforms can plug directly into an LMS that doesn’t have those features.

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Graphite Blog

APRIL 19, 2018

Here are three ways to make digital citizenship part of how we teach, rather than a thing set apart: Highlight research and media-literacy skills. Research is an essential skill for learning across general and subject-based classrooms. Model digital citizenship on social media.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

From facial-recognition cameras to web and social media filtering software, surveillance technologies are finding their foothold in schools across America. Who Does Online Education Really Serve? Online education was supposed to provide access to quality education for those who can’t attend or afford traditional college.

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Gaggle Speaks

DECEMBER 21, 2017

What the New Features in Google Vault Mean to K-12 Administrators. Google has released some new Vault features that likely caught the eye of K-12 technology directors and email administrators. The biggest announcement that certainly got our attention was that Vault is now able to retain data in Google Drive. (May May 30, 2017).

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The Principal of Change

AUGUST 4, 2020

Asynchronous Learning” and shared the following as an example of “Classroom Meeting Norms”: Jennifer shared the following about the process of creating these norms with her students: Norms -I have used technology and social media for students to connect with each other and the world for many years now.

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Edsurge

MARCH 28, 2018

A red carpet and a self-driving car were just a few of the things attendees saw on Tuesday at Intersect, the third annual conference put on by online learning provider Udacity. The new Nanodegrees also emphasize Udacity’s increasing jobs-centric approach to learning and recruiting students and clients.

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