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Fact or Fallacy: What’s the State of Digital Learning in Schools?

EdTech Magazine

A study released by Schoology this year tackled a few of the challenges that educators, students and families face with technology in the classroom. Fallacy: Social Media Has No Place in the Classroom. In fact, social media can be a powerful teaching and learning tool when used strategically. by Monica Burns.

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Creating Interactive Lessons Through App Smashing

A Principal's Reflections

Most schools are relying on their Learning Management System (LMS) such as Google Classroom, Canvas, Microsoft Teams, or Schoology to push out work. For more ideas follow #remotelearning on social media. Technology, if available for your learners, can play a vital role in accomplishing this goal. In this case, less is more.

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Facebook, Edmodo, & Schoology. Oh my! Choosing a social network platform for learning

The Innovative Educator

What is your district’s social media or internet responsible use policy? Below is a comparison of three platforms, Facebook, Schoology, and Edmodo. The competition: Facebook vs Edmodo or Schoology I want more ». social media social media in education'

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How Social Media Encourages Plagiarism (and Six Ways You Can Fight It)

Edsurge

Has the ubiquity of social media given plagiarism new life? Whether or not the Internet is to blame, plagiarism seems to have become more socially acceptable across grade levels. Unicheck, specifically, is compatible with Canvas , Google Classroom, Moodle , Schoology , Sakai, NEO LMS and Blackboard.

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The Great Learning Management System Debate: Featuring Canvas, Schoology and Google Classroom

TeacherCast

Why consider Schoology? Schoology is an LMS that has the visual appeal of a social media application like Facebook, which provides students with a platform they are comfortable in. How does Schoology meet the pedagogy of today? Why would students want to use Schoology? Example ways to use Schoology.

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Early Edtech Giant PowerSchool Goes Public

Edsurge

PowerSchool’s journey has gone like this: It was founded in 1997, back in the early days of the web and before smartphones, tablets or social media even existed. Shares did rise nearly 3 percent in early trading, giving the software provider a valuation of about $3.6 Tech giant Apple bought the company in 2001.

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The Web20Classroom

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