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3 Places Families Should Make Phone-Free | Common Sense Media - 0 views
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Author Sherry Turkle says that even the presence of a phone on the table makes people feel less connected to each other.
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. Kids are beginning to complain about the amount of time parents spend on their phones.
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There's scientific proof that the blue light emitted from cell phones disrupts sleep.
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Striking a Balance: Digital Tools and Distraction in School | Edutopia - 0 views
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In Age of Distraction: Why It's Crucial for Students to Learn to Focus (1), Katrina Schwartz refers to studies showing that the ability to focus on a task has been linked to future success. She quotes psychologist and author Daniel Goleman as saying, "This ability [to focus] is more important than IQ or the socio economic status of the family you grew up in for determining career success, financial success and health."
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In a similar article, With Tech Tools, How Should Teachers Tackle Multitasking in Class? (2), author Holly Korbey explores research around student study habits and talks to veteran teachers about their experiences with students using technology in the classroom.
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Instead, we should be deliberately teaching students how to manage their attention with their devices.
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11 Sites and Apps Kids Are Heading to After Facebook | Common Sense Media - 0 views
5 Things Parents Should Know About COPPA | Tara Settembre - 0 views
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How to deliver innovation overnight | Daniel H. Pink - 1 views
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One of the ideas in Drive that has spread the fastest and the widest is the FedEx Day. Invented by the folks at the Australian software company Atlassian, these one-day bursts of autonomy allow people to work on anything they want (as long as it’s not part of their regular job) — provided they show what they’ve created to their colleagues 24 hours later. Atlassian dubbed these innovation jamborees FedEx Days because participants have to deliver something overnight.
Micro-Credentials: Empowering Lifelong Learners | Edutopia - 0 views
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Within our own profession, teachers are engaging in continued learning through personal learning networks, websites like Edutopia and MOOCs. Anyone has the ability to self-construct curriculum and gain the skills once exclusive to those able to pay for a traditional education.
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Despite the vast shift in how we pursue knowledge, little has changed with how we credential those who acquire knowledge. We still primarily credential learners based on seat time and credit hours, and often only recognize learning pursued through traditional pathways.
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For teachers, badges could be a way to demonstrate skills to potential employers, build identity and reputation within learning communities, and create pathways for continued learning and leadership roles.
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