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With that happening, many administrators are rushing to make a list of policies and guidelines to ensure that teachers are using the medium wisely. Yet the more policies and guidelines we have, the more we deter people from using social media.
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Calvez mixes text, pictures, and gifs to illustrate, not exactly rules, but certainly guidelines for using type to communicate more effectively. When I was in college, I could never finish Wuthering Heights. I knew that Emily Brontë was supposed to be (is!)
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MAY 11, 2016
Updated guidelines for Chicago Public Schools have been announced, including a statement concerning transgender and gender nonconforming students. The guidelines informed these students that they would be allowed to use the restrooms and locker rooms that correspond to their gender identities.
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OCTOBER 22, 2016
Visit https://www.facebook.com/pages/create.php Select: Company, Organization, Institution Category: Education Email: Use the NYC DOE email (or other professional email) that you have set up for your school, institution, or program.
NPR Learning and Tech
FEBRUARY 1, 2017
New guidelines urge schools to take recess seriously. It's not just play time for kids and a chance for teachers to get a break. Image credit: LA Johnson/NPR
NeverEndingSearch
JANUARY 28, 2016
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I offer four guidelines that I use when designing book projects for my junior high students: STUDENTS MUST HAVE CHOICE - not all students learn the same, and not all students create the same, so we need to give them a choice in demonstrating their learning.
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This Winston-Salem Journal Editorial “More Education, Guidelines Needed for Officials, Students on Social Media and School Security,” makes the usual call for more rules and education about improper use of social media. It is important that guidelines focus on the threat, no matter how that threat was communicated. educational use social media effective use of social media school administrator social media school guidelines social media social media school leaders
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As I shared earlier this year the New York City Department of Education (NYC DOE) created social media guidelines for students 13+ with students, teachers, and parents. Students said they wanted to see the guidelines as infographics. Teachers and parents wanted guides. The NYC DOE gathered together students, teachers, and parents to create what they requested.
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FEBRUARY 21, 2017
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JULY 12, 2017
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MARCH 10, 2017
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DECEMBER 17, 2014
Social media has changed how vendors do business. It is no longer one way communication. Instead with social media, like never before, there is now two-way communication allowing companies to have conversations with their customers. Those who are doing so effectively. Those who are doing so effectively, grow customer loyalty and respect. Those who are not doing it well, will be perceived as out-of-touch and will move further toward irrelevance.
EdTechSandyK
AUGUST 10, 2009
A couple of months ago I posted ten social networking guidelines for educators that I had come up with in response to a request from colleagues in my district. Today I came across some more detailed guidelines in the making. Guidelines for Educators Using Social Networking Sites [link] Social Media Guidelines for Schools [link].
MiddleWeb
OCTOBER 17, 2016
STEM Across Curriculum STEM By Design anne jolly ethics history Mobile Area Education Foundation pyramids schoolwide STEM social studies STEM guidelines subject areasSome schools are putting all subjects under the STEM umbrella. Can they be true to STEM's engineering focus?
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AUGUST 20, 2014
In NYC schools we have social media guidelines created by students and teachers to guide this work. SoMeGuidelinesNYC digital citizenship Padlet social media guidelines social media in education Like it or not, today's students are not just citizens.
MiddleWeb
MARCH 1, 2015
Getting Started with STEM STEM By Design anne jolly engineering design process STEM careers STEM letter to students STEM students STEM team guidelines
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JANUARY 10, 2016
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JUNE 26, 2016
Once refreshed and centered, co-teachers can look ahead to the new school year by tapping into UDL guidelines and planning tools & templates. Elizabeth Stein offers resources to support the rejuvenation educators need to enjoy, learn, grow, and relax this summer.
MiddleWeb
MARCH 23, 2016
Book Reviews Parenting bullying failure growth mindset Harper helicopter parenting Jessica Lahey Mary Langer Thompson middle school parenting praise school guidelines
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Book Reviews Feedback Corwin feedback formative assessment guidelines James Nottingham Jill Nottingham prerequisites Rita Platt toolsChallenging Learning Through Feedback is an inspiring book that links feedback to a strong, ongoing classroom assessment process.
EdTechSandyK
MAY 28, 2009
I put this together about two months ago at the request of some educational technology professionals I know who were curious about boundaries when it comes to what to post and do on social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook. I tweaked it just this week to present to a group of elementary (K-5) teachers.
The Innovative Educator
JANUARY 22, 2014
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The Daring Librarian
DECEMBER 15, 2015
Guidelines NOT Rules Ok, sorta like rules. After a few weeks, I did find that we had to have some guidelines for the coloring corner -but I don't like to call them rules! There's a NEW! feature in our Library Media Center Makerspace area! It's Coloring!
MiddleWeb
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Assessment Book Reviews Erik Kreutner expectations eye on education formative assessment guidelines Jana Alig Results Routledge SCORE Process Short Cycle Assessments students teachers techniques Todd StanleyThe authors' step-by-step formative assessment approach, along with a wealth of detailed resources, gives teachers and administrators the tools to implement a system of shared assessments with the power to transform a school. Erik Kreutner has just one reservation.
The 21st Century Principal
AUGUST 10, 2011
Guidelines iPad iPad apps technology leadership One of the most difficult decisions in tight budgets and deciding how to spend what little technology money we have.If your school or district is like mine, you just don''t have money to spend on iPad apps that won''t be used.
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OCTOBER 3, 2018
New research has come up with I think are pretty decent guidelines for how to construct multiple choice questions. eslfuntaiwan / Pixabay.
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