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Apps and Social Media in the Classroom

A Principal's Reflections

In support of the school’s BYOD initiative, Mrs. Chellani has recently discovered and integrated a new app called Socrative , a free, online polling tool. Additionally, this app serves as another way for Mrs. Chellani to formally assess her students in a differentiated and technologically advanced fashion.

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Measuring Impact with the Digital Practice Assessment (DPA)

A Principal's Reflections

Practices such as BYOD, 1:1, blended learning, personalized learning, classroom and school redesign, branding, makerspaces, professional learning, etc. One of these tools is the Digital Practice Assessment (DPA). This need served as a call to action of sorts and catalyzed my current work.

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Balance the Delivery

Ask a Tech Teacher

Unaccounted time for social media and gaming usage. Years ago, I took the lead in writing a Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) policy for my school site, which was later adopted by my district. Four to six hours in front of a computer for instruction. Sounds like too much screen time? So what gives in the post-pandemic world?

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Lead in the Now

A Principal's Reflections

As technology changes, so must pedagogy, especially assessment and feedback. Leaders can use free social media tools to form a positive public relations platform and become the de facto news source for their school or district. This needs to be prioritized. Leaders need to become the storyteller-in-chief.

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The Seeds of Innovation

A Principal's Reflections

A few weeks ago, I made a commitment to visit schools that are using social media, smartphones, texting, and other digital technologies, as a vital part of daily classroom instruction. Then, I met with two other math teachers who showed me how they use smartphones to increase class participation and to assess their students learning.

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How to craft useful, student-centered social media policies

eSchool News

Whether your school or district has officially adopted social media or not, conversations are happening in and around your school on everything from Facebook to Snapchat. Schools must reckon with this reality and commit to supporting thoughtful and critical social media use among students, teachers, and administrators.

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Quantifying Innovative Practices

A Principal's Reflections

As I engage with districts and schools regularly, they frequently inquire about ways to gauge the outcomes and efficacy of their innovative strategies, such as BYOD, 1:1, blended and personalized learning, classroom and school redesign, branding, makerspaces, and professional development. Regrettably, no such solutions were available.

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