Digital Promise

JANUARY 16, 2019

include: Computational Thinking for Educators from Google (15-30 hours). See a sample letter to principal, advocacy slide deck , and additional resources. There are a number of excellent online learning opportunities designed specifically for educators. Some favorites (all free!) Teaching CS Fundamentals from Code.org (3-8 hours).

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Comparison Advocacy STEM Meeting 230

eSchool News

JUNE 29, 2022

How : Google Slides, PPT, Buncee , Thinglink , Genially , Canva. Why : Advocacy, community connections, sharing resources, showcasing student work How : Wakelet , Padlet , Smore , Google Slides, PPT. Newsletters. “A newsletter is a wonderful way of advocating [for your library], Holzweiss said.

Differentiated Instruction 135

Differentiated Instruction Libraries Advocacy Google 135

TeachThought - Learn better.

MARCH 10, 2021

237 Social Media Safety, Advocacy, And Education. Also available on Google Music for subscribers ! 237 Social Media Safety, Advocacy, And Education appeared first on TeachThought. The TeachThought Podcast Ep. Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode: ofsms.org @socialmedsafety facebook.com/ofsms. Thank You For Listening!

Social Media 56

Social Media Advocacy Education Google 56

A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 17, 2017

Student agency (voice, choice, advocacy) – Are students empowered to own their learning (blended/personalized/virtual learning options, they select tool to be used, etc.) After sharing the areas of focus above, Jonathan created a Google Form for the Downingtown leaders to use as we all engaged in learning walks across the district.

Learning 256

Learning Outcomes Assessment Advocacy 256

Edsurge

APRIL 28, 2020

A few days later the district switched to Google Meet, according to Ashley Boyd, whose two children—ages 9 and 12—attend school in Berkeley Unified. The report looks at 15 popular video-conferencing apps, some of which have been adopted for use by companies and schools, including Zoom, Google Hangouts and Microsoft Teams.

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Report Video Schoology Microsoft 198

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

At first glance, it seems like a hefty fine—and it’s what the Federal Trade Commission ordered Google to pay as a settlement over complaints that YouTube had violated the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule, or COPPA. But is it really all that much?

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Google Company Advocacy Data 93

The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 5, 2019

Urkund: Today’s Sponsor Urkund is great as a plagiarism prevention tool and connects with most common Learning Management Systems like Google Classroom, Moodle, and Canvas or as a stand-alone web tool or by email. And yes, you’ll hear birds chirping, but that is ok! Students just turn in work.

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How To Twitter Moodle Elementary 359

EdTechTeam

FEBRUARY 9, 2019

Now that I have caught your attention with the brilliance of Google Draw, I am hoping to inspire YOU to incorporate more creativity and student expression into your day-to-day classroom with this powerful graphic design tool! I cannot even begin to express how much Google Draw has changed my teaching practice.

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Google Advocacy Groups Tools 63

The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 14, 2018

Screencastify is the screencasting tool I recommend for Google Chrome and Chromebooks. Built for Chromebooks, it saves all of your recordings directly to Google Drive. In today’s episode, she talks about the transformation, why they needed change, and implementing successful change. Congress to accelerate innovation in education.

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Chromebook Study Company Assessment 289

The Jose Vilson

MAY 3, 2020

Contrary to my own public activism and advocacy, I propose that we move the nation’s largest public school system into a completely online endeavor forever and a day. They can turn in assignments whenever/wherever and just hope Google can give them the answers if their teacher isn’t online at the moment.

Advocacy 196

Advocacy Social Media Microsoft Company 196

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 14, 2021

With help from Hameed, the lead instructor, and several teaching assistants, students learn how to use search engines like Google, how to research and verify information, create presentations online, answer emails in a professional manner and use Google products like Google Docs, Google Sheets and Google Drive.

Learning 145

Learning Advocacy Report Google 145

The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 22, 2018

Simple Virtual Reality in the Classroom with Google Streetview and Google Cardboard ” or. Dr. Moran has appeared on the cover of Education Week’s Digital Directions magazine as a “National Mover and Shaker” for her advocacy of a curricular digital integration model, which will be featured in an upcoming profile by Edutopia.

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Education Examples Maker Movement Company 373

EdTechTeam

JANUARY 2, 2018

We all know that Google Docs is a powerful word processing tool and one of the main core applications of Google. Google Docs is probably one of the most used G-Suite apps in the educational domain and one that offers many features above and beyond our old traditional ways of digitizing text. 1 Font Selection: .

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Google Advocacy Twitter Tools 64

Edsurge

APRIL 15, 2020

Along the way, Seldin enlisted the help of 17 colleges and higher-ed advocacy organizations, including the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators, to review, test and spread the word about the website. It Pays to Ask—and Appeal A prerequisite for seeking help is knowing that it is available.

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Tools Advocacy Study Company 180

The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

And so, yes, I’ve kind of started very quickly after accepting the award for Instructional Technologist of the Year, then TCEA – as many of our state affiliates has a strong advocacy arm for educational opportunities here in Texas.

Future Ready 284

Future Ready Social Media iPad Flipped Classroom 284

Edsurge

MAY 28, 2019

You can follow the podcast on the Apple Podcast app , Spotify , Stitcher , Google Play Music or wherever you listen. These days we do a lot of workshops and special projects around freedom of information and privacy issues and advocacy work because that act was passed back in 1992. So some updates are in order.

Data 167

Data Learning Advocacy System 167

The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 20, 2018

And the other thing that sticks out is that it’s primarily shared through Google Drive. So if you Google Gfleck there are twenty micro credentials that I created along with other stand out people who really led the project. By having everything on Drive makes it really easy to go in and make small little subtle tweaks.

Future Ready 224

Future Ready Twitter Company Resources 224

Mark Smithers

JULY 29, 2024

In a significant move reflective of the mounting pressures from the right-to-repair movement , Google has revised its repair policy to accommodate devices outfitted with non-Google-authorized parts. By clarifying the Terms and Conditions , Google aims to foster a more consumer-friendly approach.

Policies 41

Policies Google Advocacy Industry 41

Edsurge

JUNE 4, 2019

In March, at ASCD Empower, which is a conference for educators with a focus on equity, she presented with Becca Mui, an education manager at GLSEN , an LGBTQ advocacy group focused on schools. You can follow the podcast on the Apple Podcast app , Spotify , Stitcher , Google Play Music or wherever you listen.

Policies 158

Policies Advocacy Conference Survey 158

Edsurge

DECEMBER 17, 2018

Common Sense Privacy Evaluations Common Sense, a nonprofit education and advocacy organization, maintains a database that evaluates edtech tools on whether they are safe for use in schools. In the case of ClassDojo, a relatively harmless example, data goes back to the company and to Google Crashlytics.

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Tools Policies Android Data 154

eSchool News

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Readers don’t even need their library card—they can use their school Google accounts to access both our district and public libraries. Using data for advocacy Increasing funding to expand our collection of audiobooks is just one example of the many ways we’re using data for advocacy.

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Data Libraries Advocacy eBook 107

Edsurge

MARCH 27, 2023

Code Next was launched by Google in 2016 in response to the stubbornly low numbers of people of color working in tech — only 3 percent of Google’s tech employees were Black or Latino back in 2014. Teenagers come to the lab to develop their own projects under the tutelage of Google employees and Code Next’s academic coaches.

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Industry STEM Education Survey 181

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Google saw a 565 percent increase in searches for the phrase a couple years ago. An international “climate anxiety” survey of 10,000 teens and young adults found that more than 45 percent of those who responded said “their feelings about climate change negatively affected their daily life and functioning.”

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Survey Advocacy Study Social Media 188

Edsurge

OCTOBER 9, 2017

Google Earth : SUCH a powerful tool for all content areas and ages. Teaching Tolerance : “Our mission is to reduce prejudice, improve intergroup relations and support equitable school experiences for our nation’s children. We believe that schools must educate all students for full participation in a diverse democracy.”.

Advocacy 166

Advocacy Meeting Resources Libraries 166

Edsurge

JANUARY 3, 2017

That includes Brown University and Google Student ambassador Cliff Weitzman (22), who founded Speechify to help students with reading disorders and other difficulties. The Students Unique this year are the honorees working on education from the inside: students.

Education 148

Education Learning Advocacy Blended Learning 148

The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

Angela has 15 years of experience as a professional school counselor and is a Google Certified Educator. Angela’s advocacy has earned her recognition, most recently the “2017 NJ State School Counselor of the Year” award and was featured in Amy Poehler’s Smart Girls blog. Angela Cleveland, M.S.Ed., www.caldwell.edu ].

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STEM Company Industry Accessibility 476

mauilibrarian2 in Olinda

MARCH 20, 2015

A school librarian advocacy video from the New Jersey Association of School Librarians, worth watching. BEST school librarian advocacy video! Jx A photo posted by Johanna Basford (@johannabasford) on Mar 12, 2015 at 5:03am PDT #creative ! Enjoy your weekend! (??? ? GR8Finds #This Week'

Advocacy 40

Advocacy Libraries Video Assessment 40

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 28, 2018

The researchers looked at 171 apps from the top 10 paid and free Apple and Android math and literacy apps available on Amazon and Google Play and found that few apps are designed to teach children based on research showing how children aged 3 to 5 learn.

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Report Android iPhone Advocacy 111

Edsurge

APRIL 13, 2018

When we circled back in mid-winter, James had implemented some online collaborative tools with his students, such as Padlet and Google Classroom, to help students communicate digitally and work together on projects. This amplified the learning by giving equal weight to all voices in the room.

Advocacy 143

Advocacy Secondary Technology Meeting 143

eSchool News

AUGUST 4, 2023

Visit the App Microscope web page and enter the name of a school mobile app you are using, or just enter a broader search term such as Google, Microsoft or school for a list of some popular apps used in schools. Through standards development, product research, product audits and policy advocacy, we work to ensure software product safety.

Internet Safety 98

Internet Safety Mobility Software EdTech 98

Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

Tagged on: September 21, 2017 Google search links secret, court-protected names to online coverage | Ottawa Citizen → Computer experts believe it’s an unintended, “mind-boggling” consequence of Google search algorithms. " Tagged on: September 18, 2017 Too Much Technology in AR Elementary Schools?

EdTech 150

EdTech Industry Survey Laptops 150

Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

Tagged on: September 21, 2017 Google search links secret, court-protected names to online coverage | Ottawa Citizen → Computer experts believe it’s an unintended, “mind-boggling” consequence of Google search algorithms. " Tagged on: September 18, 2017 Too Much Technology in AR Elementary Schools?

EdTech 150

EdTech Industry Survey Laptops 150

MindShift

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

For many parents this type of advocacy feels necessary to ensure their child’s success, but Lythcott-Haims says normalizing over-parenting can lead young adults to experience an “ existential impotence. Listen on Apple Podcasts , Google Play , Stitcher or wherever you get your podcasts.

Advocacy 76

Advocacy Exercises Google How To 76

edWeb.net

MARCH 7, 2023

CoSN provides thought leadership resources, community, best practices and advocacy tools to help leaders succeed in the digital transformation. ClassLink® LaunchPad includes a library of over 6,000 single sign-on apps and instant links to file folders at school and on Google, Office 365, Dropbox, and Box cloud drives.

Technology 98

Technology Policies BYOD Advocacy 98

NeverEndingSearch

MAY 14, 2020

Currently, one very popular strategy is the creation of classroom scenes using Google Slides populated with their flexible Bitmojis. We need strategies for personalizing and enriching the remote learning experience. And it is clear that the library must be the center of that experience. Valenza, J.K. TechLearning. Valenza, J.K.

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Libraries OER Wiki Strategy 145

Edsurge

MAY 30, 2017

Stories pointing to secretive consumer tracking policies and privacy violations from companies like Facebook and Google have stirred further outcries, and education companies are not immune to criticisms either. These achievements explain why academic researchers are distinguishing their work from those done for commercial reasons.

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Company Data EdTech Policies 123

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Cleveland’s advocacy and perseverance extended beyond mental health services as she oversaw the district-wide launch of Hazel’s at-home physical health services, where students can meet with a medical provider virtually from the comfort of their own homes at no cost, regardless of insurance status.

Education 130

Education Advocacy EdTech Elementary 130