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Digital equity starts with teachers-in-training
11/13/2018
Topics: Higher education, Standards
For teacher educator Nicol Howard, addressing digital equity issues starts long before K-12 students ever get close to a classroom.
One of the key starting places is the training those students’ teachers receive in their degree programs. But it’s not as simple as teaching new educators…
Customize learning with Google Forms
08/31/2018
Topics: Advocacy, Assessment, Corporate innovation, Education leadership, Personalized Learning, professional learning, Standards
We know that students do not all learn the same way. Some need a great deal of repetition to learn new material while others can see it once and have it down. Some need absolute quiet to learn while others feel uncomfortable with too much stillness. One might prefer reading while another…
9 lessons to boost media literacy
08/01/2018
Topics: Literacies, Standards
Each year more of our students become tethered to electronic devices for communication, entertainment and information. This connectivity is a channel to knowledge, creativity and collaboration. But these devices also invite a barrage of media messages that students must learn to interpret. …
It's time to commit to digital citizenship!
07/04/2018
Topics: Digital Citizenship, Standards
All she wanted was a new dress for senior prom.
But when 18-year-old Kristen Lane posted a picture of herself wearing her old prom dress on social media, hoping to sell it to raise funds, she received a relentless barrage of hateful comments about her appearance instead.…
Find out how this 10-year-old became a digital citizen and empowered learner
06/06/2018
Topics: Digital Citizenship, Standards
Kids are always listening – and learning. Sometimes when we least expect it.
That was the case with fourth grader Olivia Van Ledtje who overheard her mother reviewing some students’ Selfie Center videos and decided she, too, had a lot she’d like to share.
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Digital citizenship needs to be a group effort
03/12/2018
Topics: Digital Citizenship, Standards
A student shares his email password with a friend, who shares it with another friend, who sends an inappropriate picture to everyone in the students’ contacts list. It was a joke! But that…
A new twist on cyberbullying
01/17/2018
Topics: Digital Citizenship, Standards
Over the years, I’ve worked hard to teach my students about appropriate online behavior. I’ve spent a lot of time teaching students to “do this” or “don’t do that” online. While I feel this method works for younger students, I’ve come to realize that high school students require a different…
44 Education Twitter Chats Worth Your Time
02/05/2021
Topics: professional learning, Standards, Tools
For educators who thrive on connections, Twitter chats may be the perfect form of professional…
Find Free and Fair Use Photos for School
02/10/2021
Topics: Digital Citizenship, Standards
Grabbing images from Google is easy. You search, copy and paste. It’s a no-brainer and often the first thing students do when creating any sort of digital project that requires images.
But how do your students know if they have permission to use someone else’s photos? To be a good…
Turn Your Classroom Into a Personalized Learning Environment
09/24/2022
Topics: Assessment, Online learning, Personalized Learning, Standards, Video
By now you’ve probably heard of personalized learning, which tailors instruction, expression of learning and…