MindShift

APRIL 5, 2021

Between kindergarten and twelfth grade, students are expected to learn how to study, schedule their time and complete sizable assignments without procrastinating. Daniel Willingham , a psychologist at the University of Virginia, studies the application of cognitive psychology in education. STRATEGIES FOR AVOIDING DISTRACTION.

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Edsurge

MAY 13, 2020

The in-depth workshop or multi-day training can come later.) It’s one of the easiest things to do to really understand what that environment looks like, feels like and behaves like,” says Kerry Rice, a professor at Boise State University who has studied effective online learning.

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The Jose Vilson

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

This year, it was human-centered education, appropriate given the ascent of artificial intelligence, social media, and deeper polarization. Later that night, I started to think about the workshops I’d like to attend the next day. They serve as a larger umbrella under a given topic (math, social studies, the future, etc.)

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eSchool News

APRIL 25, 2023

These skill-building, multi-player games help students build critical skills in math, language arts, and social studies in a fun and entertaining way.   A new collection of compelling social studies and civics education resources from Sesame Workshop which can be found in the Discovery Education platform’s Sesame Learning Channel. 

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Digital Promise

JUNE 24, 2019

In their new book, Broader, Bolder, Better , Paul Reville and Elaine Weiss draw on nine years of research and case studies from 12 diverse communities to advocate for more and larger-scale partnerships between communities and schools. Social Media and Technology. Everyday Experiences.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JULY 11, 2021

Last… please pass this on with a retweet or other social media. We must be careful not to amplify these areas of study, while putting less emphasis on other areas of the curriculum. It must start at the basic lesson level… before expanding to units of study. I have delivered hundreds of workshops and presentations.

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Edsurge

MARCH 25, 2022

One key selling point: It helps schools counteract some problems exacerbated by social media—including a spate of school vandalism incidents inspired by viral TikTok posts—by allowing better tracking of hallway activity. asks Monica Bulger, a senior fellow at Sesame Workshop who studies child rights.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 4, 2018

Tom Murray and I have watched many book studies and Twitter chats unfold since the release of the book in June of 2017. We have also had the honor of co-presenting workshops across the United States. The reaction to Learning Transformed has been truly humbling. As a result, an online course was created with the help of Participate.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

So, if you take the challenge from this episode, share what you do and tag me – @coolcatteacher on the social media of your choice and lets level up together. She conducts workshops in elementary schools and hopes to educate children about kindness when they are still young.

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EdNews Daily

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Then in college I studied screenwriting and moved to Los Angeles with my best friend to be a screenwriter. So I started doing more–leading workshops, teaching online courses, and creating more resources—and it kind of evolved into my dream job. Finally, I’m doing a three-day workshop for counselors in the Santa Cruz mountains.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JANUARY 28, 2019

Workshop is designed to help you build up your mental and emotional parenting "tool set" so that you feel more confident and capable of being the parent you want to be! COST: $99 per person / $150 for a couple REGISTRATION: To register for the workshop, please click on the "Sign Up" button at www.Parenting20.com. Our Parenting 2.0

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Edsurge

APRIL 18, 2019

When he gets older, Dylin wants to teach, and thanks to a forward-thinking career readiness program in his district, he’s already gaining classroom experience, learning how classes are structured and designing an art workshop he hopes to one day implement at his own school, which currently does not have an art teacher.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 29, 2024

where participants visited Amazon and Verizon offices, attended technical workshops and listened to speakers from the F.B.I. Nabeel, who was the first in his family to go to college, was working overnight shifts as a behavioral health associate while also studying full-time at the University of Arkansas. and the U.S.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 14, 2024

Participants are encouraged to use #library2024 and #aiandlibraries on their social media posts about the event. She is a recipient of an NSF CAREER award, recognized for her expertise in studying information seeking behaviors among students from underrepresented communities in makerspaces. OPENING KEYNOTE PANEL: Ray Pun, Ed.D.,

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MARCH 17, 2015

Hope you will join me and Julie Graber in June for our ISTE workshop… Register here! These three standards – as well as the selected NETS-A and NETS-C standards related to digitally-enabled learning – are at the heart of this workshop. Re)designing tech-infused lessons for deeper thinking. Short description.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Virtual Camera: Streamline Your Real-Time Engagement For those who conduct synchronous online classes or live workshops, this feature is a key. This isn’t just my opinion; multiple studies have pointed out that storytelling is one of the most potent tools for improved attention and retention (Zak, 2014).

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The Jose Vilson

MAY 3, 2020

What’s more, all the people who were once writing blogs and garnering tens of thousands of dollars for workshops where they taught entire districts about keyboard shortcuts now look like the Profets of the new age. Their YouTube views, Instagram likes, and other social media metrics must be off the charts.

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EdTechTeacher

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

We live in a very social world, so why not use social media in the classroom? Social media is a part of daily life for millions of people on our planet and it’s not going away any time soon. To connect with parents: Using social media in a classroom gives parents a window into their child’s day.

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EdTechTeam

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

They consume social media platforms like Instagram and Snapchat. By connecting through social media your educators and students can see how the work they do matters. Students had to study the US map, come up with questions, and use their critical thinking skills to try and guess where in the US the other school was from.

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TeacherCast

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Over the course of my last 4+ years focusing on redesigning professional development, I have worked to meet teachers where they are, while giving them the most up-to-date PD offerings that they can choose from an array of workshops, discussions, and more. I am one Coordinator of Staff Development for a 2 high school district.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 19, 2020

That’s why both educators and researchers who study child development say the school shutdowns resulting from the coronavirus pandemic may be particularly disruptive for middle schoolers. But studies show that many students aren’t being engaged in this way, especially kids who lack internet access at home.In Now that’s not possible.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Today’s students are inundated with information from myriad media sources—social media, blogs, podcasts, text messages, television, internet searches, radio, email, and other communication apps. He has also provided news literacy training and workshops to educators and others throughout the area. By Ginny Kirkland.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2018

But while standardized test scores might improve, a recent study found that in 63% of classrooms, students aren’t using technology to “solve problems, conduct research, or to work collaboratively.” 7th Grade Informational Writing: How is social media used in times of crisis?

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Fractus Learning

APRIL 28, 2021

Kids should be able to use social media supervised or unsupervised. Social media creates fake relationships and opinions. Would you rather attend a writer’s conference or an engineering workshop? Social Media Themed Writing Prompts For Kids. Why do you share photos on social media?

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The Web20Classroom

DECEMBER 4, 2015

During a multi-day workshop I was running in one of my schools a few years ago, we had teachers divide up in to curriculum teams to investigate and find resources for a unit of study they felt they were weak in. Many folks that you know through social media have boards there on a variety of subject areas.

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Edsurge

MARCH 14, 2018

Then I attended a six-hour workshop that radically changed my approach to teaching. At that workshop, I was introduced to a model that involved developing a 3-year program, a version of which I later adopted at my school. Now well into their thirties, many of my former students have kept in touch via social media.

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Learning with 'e's

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

It was the Lord of the Rings location tour which was took all day, and included a visit to the Weta Workshop at Miramar Studios. We got talking about why I was in New Zealand, our academic work, and then I asked him what he'd studied during his PhD. He told me he studied chemistry education with an emphasis in learning technology.

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MindShift

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

A study published Tuesday in the journal Clinical Psychological Science finds that increased time spent with popular electronic devices — whether a computer, cell phone or tablet — might have contributed to an uptick in symptoms of depression and suicidal thoughts over the last several years among teens, especially among girls.

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Edsurge

JULY 29, 2020

The team established a partnership with a local housing project where some of their chronically absent students live and coordinated attendance outreach activities, which included workshops to educate teachers, staff and guardians on the consequences of missing school. They also helped translate district communications into other languages.

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EdTechSandyK

MARCH 3, 2012

. - From Pinecrest Preparatory Middle-High Administration Letter to Parents , February 22, 2012 When I first read and watched a news story about this Florida charter school''s letter to parents encouraging them to get their kids off of Facebook because of the problems social media activities were causing during the school day, it got me thinking.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 13, 2022

But I think you will probably see some social media up on their computers, probably a lot of texting with other people. Most students seemed to use their smartphone for things that seemed to have no connection to their studies. “I I had another exam that day that I was trying to finish my study guide for,” she later explained.

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eSchool News

JUNE 23, 2016

Learning Incubator – From early literacy programs to business start-up workshops to study groups, we know that people work best in groups. Libraries and their patrons or students are encouraged to share their image on social media using the hashtag #MyLibraryPic and tagging @galecengage. Show us how. Teach us your ways.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 18, 2020

It’s not just about empathy and socializing, said another group member, Julia Chomowicz, from Stonington, Connecticut.* While studying, it matters to be able to say, “Hey, I have a quick question, can you help me out?” Arranging to Zoom or text a peer is not the same, she said, as “those little moments of in-person contact.”.

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Edsurge

JUNE 2, 2019

Some are day-long or week-long workshops. Posting work on social media is a disaster for real problem-solving strategy development, as the echo chamber of “good job!” If these programs are fully funded through work-study or outright grants (like many graduate programs in the U.S.) Some are meetups and brownbags.

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edWeb.net

APRIL 17, 2019

Carrie Willis, Technology Director for Valley Preparatory School and Strategic Outreach Manager for Wonder Workshop, and Caitlin Arakawa, Kindergarten Teacher at Valley Preparatory School, dispel these misconceptions, during a recent edWebinar. This edWeb webinar was sponsored by Wonder Workshop. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING.

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Edsurge

JUNE 14, 2017

We’ve put together this quick cheatsheet of the keynotes, workshops and events the EdSurge team is most excited about. 1:00 PM- 2:00 PM : Using Improv to Inspire Classroom Creativity —Studies show that 5-minute “brain breaks” do wonders for learning—but what about for conference fatigue? Not sure where to start? Happy ISTE!

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JANUARY 19, 2022

Participants are encouraged to use #library2022 and #virtualrealitylearning on their social media posts about the event. His first job out of college was at Sesame Workshop in New York, working with founder Joan Cooney and some amazingly talented colleagues in TV production and educational research.

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