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Fact or Fallacy: What’s the State of Digital Learning in Schools?

EdTech Magazine

As educators, we may have led engaging lessons where students explored a new place with a virtual reality tool. A study released by Schoology this year tackled a few of the challenges that educators, students and families face with technology in the classroom. Fallacy: Social Media Has No Place in the Classroom.

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Popular K-12 Tool Edmodo Shuts Down

Edsurge

A popular communication and collaboration tool for K-12 teachers that’s been around for more than a decade is closing for good. It was originally considered a competitor to Schoology and Google Classroom, and it was popular with teachers. Its folding led to some eulogizing on social media platforms like Twitter.

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The Great Learning Management System Debate: Featuring Canvas, Schoology and Google Classroom

TeacherCast

Why consider Schoology? Schoology is an LMS that has the visual appeal of a social media application like Facebook, which provides students with a platform they are comfortable in. How does Schoology meet the pedagogy of today? Why would students want to use Schoology? Example ways to use Schoology.

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Creating Interactive Lessons Through App Smashing

A Principal's Reflections

My goal is to try to make it a little easier with some simple to use tips on how to leverage free tools. Most schools are relying on their Learning Management System (LMS) such as Google Classroom, Canvas, Microsoft Teams, or Schoology to push out work. HERE you will find some great tools to get started.

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4 essential resources for building research skills in high school

eSchool News

By the time students reach me in high school, they are already juggling multiple social media accounts and unknowingly driving many business and political decisions through their media consumption. Each provides students with a credible resource and gives them helpful notation and citation tools.

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How Social Media Encourages Plagiarism (and Six Ways You Can Fight It)

Edsurge

Has the ubiquity of social media given plagiarism new life? Whether or not the Internet is to blame, plagiarism seems to have become more socially acceptable across grade levels. Record their educational workflow with tools such as Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive, and TechSmith Relay. Use technology to fight cheating.

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Indiana’s Vigo County School Corporation Adds New, High-Tech Tools Supporting Teaching and Learning to Students’ Digital Book Bags

eSchool News

Connecting educators to a vast collection of high-quality, standards-aligned content, ready-to-use digital lessons, intuitive quiz and activity creation tools, and professional learning resources, Discovery Education provides an enhanced learning platform that facilitates engaging, daily instruction in any environment.

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