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7 Digital tools for student engagement across all grade levels

Neo LMS

Over the years, I have noticed that student engagement tends to decrease in my classes around this time and I reach out to my personal learning network (PLN) for ideas or tools to boost engagement. To engage students, we need tools that work well regardless of where learning is taking place — hybrid, virtual or in-person.

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How to build your global classroom in 4 steps

Neo LMS

Social media: platforms like Twitter help teachers build their personal learning network and share teaching tips and tricks. Teachers have to assess the resources and capacities of both schools before starting a project. Some of them prefer to seek classroom collaborations directly. See #globalclassroom for inspiration.

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Practice vs. research in education? Why teachers need to do both

Neo LMS

Sometimes, this trial and error approach takes a lot of time, and assessing its effectiveness takes even longer. Read more: Top learning myths to leave behind in 2020. Your personal learning network (PLN)? Teachers will experiment with different methods and come up with their own conclusions. Gathering new ideas.

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Tools to Help Become a Tech Savvy Educator

A Principal's Reflections

Tools for Learning Twitter : Improve instruction through global collaboration (sharing resources, best practices, lesson ideas, acquire knowledge, networking, tracking conferences, etc.), grow professionally by establishing a Personal Learning Network (PLN) , follow specific hashtags (#).

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Tech Ed Resources–Classes

Ask a Tech Teacher

Ideas include visual, audio, video, mindmaps, infographics, graphic organizers, charts and tables, screenshots, screencasts, images, games and simulations, webtools, and hybrid assessments. Assessment is based on effort, interaction with classmates, and completion of projects, so be prepared to be fully-involved and an eager risk-taker.

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35 Take-aways from Summer 2016 Professional Development

Ask a Tech Teacher

A couple dozen of us–teachers, library media specialists, tech integrationists, and lab teachers–gathered virtually for three-five-week-classes that included: The Tech-infused Teacher. Time after time, they took responsibility for their own learning. They worked together as a Personal Learning Network.

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3 must-have skills for today’s librarians

eSchool News

I represent library media specialists at the district level. As the first certified library media specialist at the district level in this system, I have been busy building a strong standard of practice for our librarians. We hear from each other about best practices, new ideas, and about what is working—and what isn’t.