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OPINION: It’s time. Let’s use different ways of teaching children to read

The Hechinger Report

Over the last several months, public discourse about learning to read and reading instruction has significantly increased. There is growing recognition that reading instruction must be done differently. If we are truly to reconsider efforts to improve reading instruction, I offer two ideas.

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The challenges of mobile learning in the classroom

Neo LMS

It’s easy for students to text with friends, play games, watch funny videos, browse social media channels or even answer calls. Letting aside the physical factors, educators need to make sure the mobile devices in the classroom are not used for other purposes than learning. Measuring the results.

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The Next Social Contract for Public Education Needs New Terms of Service

Doug Levin

Four, we must ensure that all instructional materials – no matter their form or medium – remain available for public inspection and review. There simply is no room for instructional black boxes in public education. Students should not have to trade their privacy in exchange for a free, high-quality public education.

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Common Sense Media digital citizenship refresh

NeverEndingSearch

Sexting: Common Sense Media is now aging the topic down with a new lesson and video addressing the issue for middle school. Fake news (news and media literacy): addressing the research that young people often get their news from social media rather than news outlets. What is your strategy for finding media balance?

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From digital citizenship to digital leadership in a South Carolina elementary school

Hapara

Whether it be social media, school use or gaming, students are almost always on some sort of digital application. Much of this time is not instructional material used in classes. Where we started . Technology is present in kids’ worlds now more than ever before. We have 672 students with class sizes 20-25 students.

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Curation Situations: Let us count the ways

NeverEndingSearch

When my colleagues and I wrote our Social Media Curation Library Technology Report for ALA, we struggled with a definition. Along the way they experience collateral benefits of developing learning agility, building social capital and demonstrating creativity. It’s about saving teachers instructional time.

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New Content Added to Discovery Education’s Award-Winning Digital Services Boost Teachers’ Ability to Engage Students in Science, STEM, Social Studies, and More

techlearning

In four new webisodes produced by Discovery Education and Tata Consultancy Services as part of the Ignite My Future program, educators learn practical strategies for helping students solve real-world problems using computational thinking. Available in Discovery Education Streaming Plus, the Science Techbook, and STEM Connect.

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