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Latest Updates to Discovery Education’s Flexible K-12 Platform Keeps All Learners Connected to Engaging Content, Instructional Strategies, and Professional Learning

eSchool News

Discovery Education today announced a series of updates to its flexible, award-winning K-12 learning platform that will keep teachers and students connected to the service’s engaging content, instructional strategies, and professional learning resources wherever learning is taking place.

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Trying to Ban Facebook is Not the Answer.

EdTechSandyK

. - From Pinecrest Preparatory Middle-High Administration Letter to Parents , February 22, 2012 When I first read and watched a news story about this Florida charter school''s letter to parents encouraging them to get their kids off of Facebook because of the problems social media activities were causing during the school day, it got me thinking.

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21st Principal’s 2012 Edublog Nominations

The 21st Century Principal

While it is difficult to narrow down my choices, these are sites I visit and read just about every single day and important nodes in my own professional learning network. Free Web Tool Edmodo : A total online teaching environment, that I can say I have used as both teacher and administrator. Here’s my 2012 Edublog nominations.

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Building and Growing Your Professional Learning Network

edWeb.net

One way to do this is to take a look back at what it was like for educators before the advent of social media. Teachers can seek out experts via edWeb.net , Edmodo , Facebook , Twitter , Google+ , Skype , Pinterest , and other social media and educational websites. Follow him on Twitter @newteacherhelp.

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Principals Who Are Classroom Teachers: Should This Be Common Practice?

The 21st Century Principal

This year I want to try to maximize my professional learning by engaging in some of the following: Use Edmodo : I have been fascinated with the possibilities of this social media-like tool for over a year now. I look forward to using and learning about it from a classroom teacher''s perspective.

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10 Powerful Media Tools EVERY Educator should have started using yesterday! Part I

MSEDTechie

Social Media is not just a buzz phrase! Google Apps For Education A new way of learning and collaboration. Twitter has changed so much from the "What are you doing now" tag line to becoming one of the largest Personal Professional Learning Networks available to educators. You aren''t using twitter yet?

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Flattening Classrooms, Engaging Minds With @CoolCatTeacher & @JulieLindsay

EdTechSandyK

Questions from the Audience: How do you deal with social media website age limits for elementary students? Kid friendly sites are Wikispaces, Edmodo, Diigo. How do you create a professional learning environment? Everyone can move folks in their own environments forward. It''s not one size fits all.