Digital Promise

MARCH 30, 2020

As schools across the country have rapidly shifted to distance learning due to school closures brought about by the coronavirus (COVID-19), students have been sent home with school-issued devices like laptops or tablets so they can continue their learning from home. Create learning resources and activities that can be done offline.

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Neo LMS

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

This is especially evident over the decade, as schools have increasingly adopted mobile learning as a signature initiative using BYOD and 1:1 programs and investing in tablets to provide their students with access to a wealth of relevant educational content and learning opportunities. Mobile students.

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Neo LMS

MAY 25, 2021

Teachers in all fields saw their lives turned upside down with the arrival of COVID-19, with most having to resort to remote learning. From an email address to a social security number, just about any piece of personal information can be used by cybercriminals for malicious means. That advice goes both ways. Limit cyberbullying.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 7, 2014

Instructional methods like Genius Hour , the Maker Movement, and STEAM allow teachers to meet high learning standards while supporting innovation. Find an example of students transforming the world in this post, Kids Transforming the World Through Social Media. It’s learning that shows results in a meaningful way.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 17, 2019

With easier access to social media platforms through mobile devices, students are spending significantly more time online. While technology can open many doors for learning, it can also be a breeding ground for cyberbullying and identity theft. . We want to stay relevant because social media is constantly changing.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

From Ask a Tech Teacher contributor, retired teacher and education consultant, Christian Miraglia: Instagram: A Student Vehicle for Social Change. Here, the focus is how students use social media to advance their causes and concerns. In my last post, I wrote about using Twitter for classroom instruction.

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ViewSonic Education

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Naturally, this means educators will have questions about where this technology is heading and what comes next for virtual learning. The metaverse itself can be described as a virtual setting that users are able to occupy synchronously, which facilitates meaningful social interactions. Understanding Metaverse Education .

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 14, 2019

With 95 percent of teenagers in possession of mobile devices, students are constantly sharing and searching through social media platforms. . Students Learn Best from Each Other. Students need to learn what is and is not okay to share online. I think they’re all great fits for today’s learners.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

They grew up with the Internet, social media, and mobile devices. Educators have experienced life without the Internet and social media. On Thursday, March 1st, I will be the host for #WocoTeach and chat more about mission minded learning and integrating technology in meaningful ways.

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 6, 2019

McAfee found that that only 36 percent of students said that they learned about personal data safety through school resources. And with the increasing use of mobile phones, computers and tablets in K–12 institutions , it’s imperative that good data hygiene is inculcated in students far before they reach college. “If

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Neo LMS

AUGUST 5, 2021

Last year, as schools were closing their gates, e-learning cybersecurity wasn’t exactly a top priority for most teachers. What doesn’t change is that e-learning is here to stay, as the benefits of using an online tool for class activities far outweigh the risks for both K-12 and Higher Ed organizations.

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Neo LMS

MAY 2, 2017

Education technology already assists teachers create diverse and engaging learning materials and deliver better classes. Students are particularly excited about all of the new possibilities digital learning can offer. Why do kids love e-learning? E-learning supports videos. Well, at least more than it is today.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

MAY 27, 2016

“The hashtag, that ubiquitous pound sign followed by a keyword, are part of the language of social media.”- This summer learn more about teaching trends by exploring hashtags. Hashtags (text with a # sign front) are found all over social media on sites like Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Vine, and GooglePlus.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 7, 2020

You either already use JotForm (as do over 2 million others) or you’ve heard of it as the gold standard for forms creation whether on PCs, Macs, or mobile devices. Completed forms are shared via a link, social media, or integrated into DropBox, Google Docs, and other popular platforms.

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 28, 2017

It has been quite the ride since I changed my perspective on teaching, learning, and leadership eight years ago. Social media had to be blocked for all and I, for one, wasn’t going to waste any of my precious time using it professionally or personally. Learning spaces had to conform to the perceived rule of law in education.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 24, 2025

The adverse effects of this excessive screen time have significantly impacted students social- emotional health. Forty-one percent of teens with the highest social media usage struggle with mental health issues, and between 2010 and 2020, anxiety among adolescents skyrocketed by 106 percent. A lot of them wanted an art club.

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Tom Murray

JANUARY 12, 2019

On one hand, these devices were really the beginning to mobility in the classroom. It’d be one that would fundamentally change my mindset on using technology and its role in teaching and learning. ” He smiled, looked at me, and said, “So Tom, what were your learning objectives?” Not the learning.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 28, 2018

Social media has not shown an ability to “self correct” perhaps because by its very nature, the responses can only be positive and thus, there is no self-correcting mechanism built into its algorithm. ” This means I can say, “I learned this at the War College.” Let’s dig in. Source: Wired.

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Neo LMS

OCTOBER 22, 2019

Educators can help by teaching about privacy settings and social media smarts. The average cost of a mobile internet connection can reach anywhere from $39.99 E-learning’s necessary role. This is where e-learning can step in. Free WiFi isn’t really free. to $80 per month, according to Reviews.org. Wrapping up.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

JUNE 30, 2016

One of the best survival lessons I learned as a teacher was to engage parents. Below are a few tips and resources from my presentation, Engaging Parents with Technology and Social Media. Get your copy of The 30 Goals for Teachers and Learning to Go. Every school needs a social media plan and guidelines.

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 10, 2020

In the case of schools, there has been a dramatic shift to remote learning that has allowed all of us to reflect on where we are, but more importantly, where we want and need to be in the near future. Below I will address these through a new lens from which we can begin to transform teaching, learning, and leadership in a post-COVID19 world.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 18, 2022

Social media has over a thousand posts on how awesome it is. At the same time, students would interact by answering questions on the slides, taking a short quiz, drawing a representation of their learning, or even annotating primary source text with a prompt from the teacher. Confusion sets in. What does one do?

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 14, 2020

ZippSlip is a cloud-based, mobile app that supports all communication sent from the school to parents like student registration , athletic waivers, permission slips , mass notifications , dynamic use of video, and the list goes on and on. While many schools now commonly use social networks to inform the community, these come with drawbacks.

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Edsurge

APRIL 7, 2019

Despite its name, the Learning Management System (LMS) is not about learning. While it’s great for instructor workflows, it has always been a course management tool, not a learning tool. Learning doesn’t happen within the digital space of the LMS; it happens beyond its borders.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

JUNE 19, 2018

All who complete this form by Thursday, June 28th, will receive a copy of my most recent digital guide, 7 Ways to Integrate Technology and Transform the Learning in Your Classroom. I will be giving away signed copies of my book, Hacking Digital Learning with EdTech Missions , Sunday through Wednesday of the conference.

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Neo LMS

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

The internet is full of educational videos, websites, software, apps and various other tools, ready to be discovered and used to support students’ learning. Through mobile phones and tablets, of course. Mobile devices in the classroom: from foe to friend. Mobile devices enable anytime anywhere learning.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

Hall Davidson’s Bio as Submitted T he Discovery Education Global Learning Initiative Senior Director, Hall Davidson has become a master and advocate for technology integration in education. He has become a leading guru of virtual environments, learning with mobile devices, social media, and digital textbooks.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Use of mobile applications and social media. For students to learn, it is imperative they have somewhere where they can feel secure to do so. . • A duress button system for offices and classrooms. • An in-building emergency communication system. Mass notification tied to a districtwide system. •

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 8, 2018

Vivek Singh, education professional and contributor to Ask a Tech Teacher, has some interesting ideas on using your native LMS as a social learning platform. I know you’ll enjoy their thoughts: Earliest forms of learning, dating back to the stone-age, involved storyboarding one’s experiences on rocks.

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The Web20Classroom

AUGUST 19, 2014

But if you ask teachers who have never used a social network, blog, or mobile device for learning in their classrooms to discuss connected education, you are likely to be met with blank stares, furrowed eyebrows and shrugged shoulders. Enter Corwin Press and the Connected Educators Series. According to DeWitt, we can.

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Neo LMS

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Whether you’re an experienced educator or a parent struggling to adjust to remote learning in the face of the national lockdown, chances are good that you’re looking for ideas to help your student, or students, thrive in the unfamiliar world of the virtual classroom. Read more: Distance learning during the pandemic: Improvise.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 12, 2021

When it comes to keeping your child safe, it’s important that you take additional measures and spend some time learning online safety tips. Learn Parental Control Tools. These tools enable you to monitor their mobile devices and computers, so you know whatever your child is doing online. Conclusion.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 24, 2023

One of our Ask a Tech Teacher contributors has ideas on photo effects that students will be able to quickly master and enjoy using: 5 Fun Photo Effects and Edits to Try Out With Your Class As a teacher, you might have noticed that your students love taking photos and posting them on popular social media platforms.

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Neo LMS

DECEMBER 11, 2018

That trend is called m-learning , otherwise known as Mobile Learning. Defined as a way to facilitate education through the use of devices like smartphones and tablets, m-learning is also a lot more than that. As a concept, m-learning changes that delivery mechanism and makes it one that can exist anywhere.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 7, 2019

Digital Promise’s Adult Learning initiative recently launched Community Impact Stories, a new series of blog posts to highlight adult learner stories across the nation. Lorena encourages members of their congregation to “step outside of their comfort zones and open their minds to learning new things in new ways.”

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Teacher Reboot Camp

JUNE 21, 2019

Recently I presented a webinar for Simple K12, 10+ QR Code Activities to Inspire Curiosity and Active Learning. There are so many more activities and ideas I share in the slides to help you ignite curiosity and get your students moving and learning! Scan and Learn! Below are the slides with example activities and resources.

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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 7, 2014

My father was an elementary principal for 30 years and I always admired how he was able to inspire his staff to focus on student learning. But I learned from a mentor early on that making mistakes is okay; just don''t make the same mistake twice. Once in the space that social media provided, I began to lurk and learn.

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