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To Teach Digital Citizenship Effectively, Educators Say It’s Time to Unblock Social Media

Edsurge

Since 2011 Banned Books Week has included a day to recognize banned websites. Teachers and principals also increasingly voice opposition to blocking social websites, noting that schools have an obligation to teach students how to use social media responsibly. Social media is already a part of their frameworks as teens.

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Change is a Mindset

A Principal's Reflections

Here is a short list of some of the changes that have been implemented and sustained: Social media use as a communications, public relations, branding, professional growth, and student learning tool implemented in 2009. Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) implemented in 2011. Makerspace added to the library in 2013.

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5 Ways to Build Reading Stamina in Adolescent Students

The CoolCatTeacher

Have a great classroom library. Follow on Social Media Twitter: @ lhollihanallen Website: [link] Books Strategies to Support Struggling Adolescent Readers , Grades 6-12 Wisconsin English Journal Reading Aloud to Older Students: Benefits and Tips [link] Wisconsin English Journal Decoding at the Secondary Level [link].

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Creating your virtual library (quickly) using Slides and Bitmojis)

NeverEndingSearch

And it is clear that the library must be the center of that experience. But, first, a little background: I’ve been playing around with building virtual school libraries for a very long time. I started playing around with the fairly easy and recently very popular strategy of building a library scene in Slides. Valenza, J.K.

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How m-learning is transforming online education

Neo LMS

According to one recent study conducted by Pew Research Center , nearly 77% of Americans now own a smartphone of some kind – up from just 35% a few years ago, in 2011. If they didn’t have a computer, they had to go to a library or a friend’s house. More than that, there were 2.1 billion by as soon as 2019.

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Awareness, Assessment, and Access: Improving Adult Digital Literacy

Digital Promise

” To help increase digital literacy awareness in underserved communities, Broadband Rhode Island , a partner with RIFLI, created a curriculum in 2011 for adult education teachers to promote digital literacy among adult learners. At the end of each course, RIFLI staff award digital badges to the students.

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What Students Want Teachers—and Facebook—to Know About Digital Citizenship

Edsurge

In some hands, social media tools are blights on society, tools for bullies and misinformation campaigns. But it was also on Facebook where in 2011 Jivani, then in ninth grade, posted a video of her removing the wig. Sometimes, they’re a canvas for artists, sources to build community, paths by which people find a higher calling.