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OPINION: Some warning flags for those embracing personalized learning powered by education technology

The Hechinger Report

Personalized education was already big pre-pandemic, but home schooling and digital instruction made more parents and teachers embrace the idea. Personalized education proponents rightly argue that teaching to the average is an outdated and impossible target given the complexity of learning.

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Citizenship for Personalized Learning

BYOT Network

This post, written in collaboration with Diana Ryan , is part of a series about the Building Blocks for Personalized Learning. It is necessary to construct the building block of Citizenship within a classroom to better facilitate personalized learning. Detailed below are some additional qualities of citizenship that teachers can look for in their personalized learning environments. Netiquette is the behavior that one uses while on the Internet.

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Citizenship for Personalized Learning

BYOT Network

This post, written in collaboration with Diana Ryan , is part of a series about the Building Blocks for Personalized Learning. It is necessary to construct the building block of Citizenship within a classroom to better facilitate personalized learning. Detailed below are some additional qualities of citizenship that teachers can look for in their personalized learning environments. Netiquette is the behavior that one uses while on the Internet.

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Adolescent Wellness Program Builds Flexible Learners

Edsurge

As I observed her throughout the day across different learning environments, I saw aspects of my middle school self in her—self-conscious, loud, attention-seeking and angry. Through my research, I learned out about Youth Elevate and attended a week-long workshop over the summer. Electronic distraction and internet safety. Education Technology Personalized Learning Learning Strategies

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How We Empowered and Engaged Latino Parents—by Building a Tech Community

Edsurge

We planned to educate parents about internet safety, digital citizenship and Chromebook management. Empowering Parents I am always amazed at how grateful our parents are for the opportunity to learn and to become a greater part of their child’s school. But not all learning and community building is comfortable for every participant. Education Technology Personalized Learning Learning Strategies

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Understanding, Teaching, and Reaching Digital Native Students—and Digital Native Caregivers

Waterford

Over the past couple of decades, teachers have seen a new generation of students: those who have never known a world without the Internet. The great news is that digital natives want to learn. It was created and cemented before the Internet revolution.

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New Posted Resources 05/11/2012

The Web20Classroom

Download: "Own Your Space" was written by Linda McCarthy, for Internet savvy "tweens" & teens, and their parents or educators.

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Online Classes! On Your Schedule

Ask a Tech Teacher

The 21 st Century lesson blends technology with teaching to build a collaborative, differentiated, and shared learning environment. Classmates will become the core of your ongoing Personal Learning Network. internet safety.

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Host a PD Buffet for Your Teachers: Tips from a Technology Integrationist

edWeb.net

Rachel Langenhorst, Technology Integrationist at Rock Valley Community School District in Iowa, was interviewed by edWeb about the importance of keeping up with your own learning in order to provide valuable professional development for others. Rachel first came across edWeb as part of her graduate program, and found that it has helped her with her own personal learning as well as guiding the educators in her district through their professional development.

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4 Terrific Teacher Communities for Summer PD

Graphite Blog

Common Sense Educators is our new Facebook group for educators committed to creating a positive, collaborative culture of digital learning and digital citizenship in their classrooms, schools, or districts. Topics of discussion include tech integration, media literacy, internet safety, and much more. A community of classroom-teaching videos, this website provides teachers with an opportunity to learn from peers.

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4 Terrific Teacher Communities for Summer PD

Graphite Blog

Common Sense Educators is our Facebook group for educators committed to creating a positive, collaborative culture of digital learning and digital citizenship in their classrooms, schools, or districts. Topics of discussion include tech integration, media literacy, internet safety, and much more. A community of classroom-teaching videos, this website provides teachers with an opportunity to learn from peers.

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10 Technology Skills Every Educator Should Have

Educational Technology Guy

Educators need to start with good pedagogy and lesson objectives and activities and then look for technology that can enhance those lessons, improve teaching and learning, and help students learn. Internet Search and Research - educators need to know how to do a proper internet search, using search terms and modifiers. They also need to be able to teach proper internet search skills to their students, no matter what class they are teaching.

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Part Three: Beyond SAMR… Making Sure Technology Supports Content Standards

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

I especially appreciated the following quote, “On his blog, Gorman shares what he has learned with a focus on how tech enables project-based learning.” Learn more at the conference master classes page. It can also help educators determine what digital resources may work best to help support learning. Students will be able to collaborate on a presentation that provides what they have learned in their own words. This map orders the learning modules by concepts.

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Are You R.E.A.D.Y. as a School to be Good Digital Citizens

techlearning

Today's students are using technology to collaborate, learn, research, and communicate while at school. Blended and personalized learning with digital tools has flooded classrooms, but most teacher-prep programs do not incorporate digital citizenship as requirements for teacher certification. Launching technology lessons or creating online learning is a huge responsibility. Online learning provides students the ability to communicate and interact very quickly.

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Online College Classes Start Monday!

Ask a Tech Teacher

If students use the internet, they must be familiar with the rights and responsibilities required to be good digital citizens. In this class, you’ll learn what topics to introduce, how to unpack them, and how to make them authentic to student lives. internet safety.

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College Credit Classes in Remote Teaching/Blended Learning

Ask a Tech Teacher

If students use the internet, they must be familiar with the rights and responsibilities required to be good digital citizens. In this class, you’ll learn what topics to introduce, how to unpack them, and how to make them authentic to student lives. internet safety.

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Classes in Remote Teaching

Ask a Tech Teacher

If students use the internet, they must be familiar with the rights and responsibilities required to be good digital citizens. In this class, you’ll learn what topics to introduce, how to unpack them, and how to make them authentic to student lives. internet safety.

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Subscriber Special: February

Ask a Tech Teacher

The 21 st Century lesson blends technology with teaching to build a collaborative, differentiated, and shared learning environment. Classmates will become the core of your ongoing Personal Learning Network. internet safety.

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Tech Ed Resources–Certificate/College Credit Classes

Ask a Tech Teacher

All of them, I’ve found well-suited to the task of scaling and differentiating tech skills for age groups, scaffolding learning year-to-year, taking into account the perspectives and norms of all stakeholders, with appropriate metrics to know learning is organic and granular.

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Online College Credit Classes Forming

Ask a Tech Teacher

The 21 st Century lesson blends technology with teaching to build a collaborative, differentiated, and shared learning environment. Classmates will become the core of the teacher’s ongoing Personal Learning Network. Develop and employ a Personal Learning Network.

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Tech ed Resources–Online Classes

Ask a Tech Teacher

The 21 st Century lesson blends technology with teaching to build a collaborative, differentiated, and shared learning environment. Classmates will become the core of your ongoing Personal Learning Network. internet safety. internet safety.

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College Credit Classes in Remote Teaching/Blended Learning

Ask a Tech Teacher

If students use the internet, they must be familiar with the rights and responsibilities required to be good digital citizens. In this class, you’ll learn what topics to introduce, how to unpack them, and how to make them authentic to student lives. internet safety.

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Last Chance for this Online College-credit Classes–DigCit and Tech Tools for Writin

Ask a Tech Teacher

If students use the internet, they must be familiar with the rights and responsibilities required to be good digital citizens. In this class, you’ll learn what topics to introduce, how to unpack them, and how to make them authentic to student lives. internet safety.

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Subscriber Special: July

Ask a Tech Teacher

The 21 st Century lesson blends technology with teaching to build a collaborative, differentiated, and shared learning environment. In this course, you will use a suite of digital tools to make that possible while addressing overarching concepts like digital citizenship, internet search and research, authentic assessment, digital publishing, and immersive keyboarding. Classmates will become the core of your ongoing Personal Learning Network. internet safety.

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Tech Ed Resources–Certificate/College Credit Classes

Ask a Tech Teacher

All of them, I’ve found well-suited to the task of scaling and differentiating tech skills for age groups, scaffolding learning year-to-year, taking into account the perspectives and norms of all stakeholders, with appropriate metrics to know learning is organic and granular. The 21 st Century lesson blends technology with teaching to build a collaborative, differentiated, and shared learning environment. internet safety. internet safety.

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Subscriber Special: Group PD at a great price

Ask a Tech Teacher

The 21 st Century lesson blends technology with teaching to build a collaborative, differentiated, and shared learning environment. In this course, you will use a suite of digital tools to make that possible while addressing overarching concepts like digital citizenship, internet search and research, authentic assessment, digital publishing, and immersive keyboarding. Classmates will become the core of your ongoing Personal Learning Network. internet safety.

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College Credit Classes onTechnology in Education

Ask a Tech Teacher

If students use the internet, they must be familiar with the rights and responsibilities required to be good digital citizens. In this class, you’ll learn what topics to introduce, how to unpack them, and how to make them authentic to student lives. internet safety. At the completion of this course, you will be able to: Know how to blend digital citizenship into lesson plans that require the Internet. Develop and employ a Personal Learning Network.

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Tech Ed Resources–Mentoring and Online Classes

Ask a Tech Teacher

All of them, I’ve found well-suited to the task of scaling and differentiating tech skills for age groups, scaffolding learning year-to-year, taking into account the perspectives and norms of all stakeholders, with appropriate metrics to know learning is organic and granular. The 21 st Century lesson blends technology with teaching to build a collaborative, differentiated, and shared learning environment. internet safety. internet safety.

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College Credit Classes in Blended Learning

Ask a Tech Teacher

If students use the internet, they must be familiar with the rights and responsibilities required to be good digital citizens. In this class, you’ll learn what topics to introduce, how to unpack them, and how to make them authentic to student lives. internet safety. At the completion of this course, you will be able to: Know how to blend digital citizenship into lesson plans that require the Internet. Develop and employ a Personal Learning Network.

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College Credit Classes onTechnology in Education

Ask a Tech Teacher

If students use the internet, they must be familiar with the rights and responsibilities required to be good digital citizens. In this class, you’ll learn what topics to introduce, how to unpack them, and how to make them authentic to student lives. internet safety. At the completion of this course, you will be able to: Know how to blend digital citizenship into lesson plans that require the Internet. Develop and employ a Personal Learning Network.

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College Credit Classes in Blended Learning

Ask a Tech Teacher

If students use the internet, they must be familiar with the rights and responsibilities required to be good digital citizens. In this class, you’ll learn what topics to introduce, how to unpack them, and how to make them authentic to student lives. internet safety. At the completion of this course, you will be able to: Know how to blend digital citizenship into lesson plans that require the Internet. Develop and employ a Personal Learning Network.

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College Credit Classes in Blended Learning

Ask a Tech Teacher

If students use the internet, they must be familiar with the rights and responsibilities required to be good digital citizens. In this class, you’ll learn what topics to introduce, how to unpack them, and how to make them authentic to student lives. internet safety. At the completion of this course, you will be able to: Know how to blend digital citizenship into lesson plans that require the Internet. Develop and employ a Personal Learning Network.