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» Is digital pedagogy a meaningful construct? I Am Learner - 0 views

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  • Mary Kimani on 11 Oct 15
     
    This article argues for the idea of digital pedagogy, brings up some interesting issues
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23 teaching things | #23teaching - 0 views

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  • Mary Kimani on 11 Oct 15
     
    This free professional learning series will help you to : use digital tools for teaching and learning find and make online resources for learning include e-learning in your teaching practice
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10 Things Every New Teacher Needs to Know | Edutopia - 1 views

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  • Mary Kimani on 11 Oct 15
     
    I know these are things that I will need to look back on my first year of teaching as well as when I do my student teaching
  • daubertt on 11 Oct 15
     
    Great words of wisdom for new teachers! This reminds me of inspirational quotes on pinterest.
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Free Interactive Whiteboard Resources | TeachHUB - 0 views

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  • daubertt on 11 Oct 15
     
    A great free resource for classrooms that use interactive whiteboards.
  • Laura H. on 11 Oct 15
     
    This looks like a great collection of resources for teachers with an interactive whiteboard. Interactive whiteboards, in my opinion, are an underutilized technology. I know that I definitely do not do enough with the one in my own classroom. As a teacher, it is difficult to create activities for the whiteboard completely from scratch. This seems to be a good place to start. I especially appreciate the breadth of subjects that the activities encompass. Thank you for sharing!
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Best Elementary School Apps on Pinterest | Apps, Elementary Schools and Technology - 4 views

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  • Zoey Salisbury on 11 Oct 15
     
    Using Pinterest to teach technology to Elementary students
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  • Tyler Schaben on 11 Oct 15
     
    This is a great resource! I saved it to my own bookmarks for future use. I can definitely see how this will be useful for me in the classroom. I teach middle school I believe that many elementary apps can be translated into middle school. This is definitely geared towards teacher use which is what I like about it. Pinterest is a great resource and sometimes I forget to use it when I should!
  • Katrina Lint on 11 Oct 15
     
    Thank you for sharing this! There are some great apps on this page. I am always looking for new apps for kids to use and this is a great resource. I have it bookmarked!
  • Morgan McFate on 12 Oct 15
     
    There are a so many of these lists out on pinterest anymore. I think it would be interesting to compare what apps tend to make the lists on more than one? I do love this site though and like that someone has spelled out exactly what can be used for teachers in the future.
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Digital Citizenship Scope & Sequence | Common Sense Media - 0 views

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  • Check out our Scope & Sequence tool to find age-appropriate lessons that address digital literacy and citizenship topics for your classroom.
  • Erin Keiser on 11 Oct 15
     
    Common Sense media is a site dedicated to helping people become better citizens. If you register as an educator, you have access to 21st century skills - geared lesson plans.
  • Erin Keiser on 11 Oct 15
     
    Common Sense media is a site dedicated to helping people become better citizens. If you register as an educator, you have access to 21st century skills - geared lesson plans.
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8 Things to Look For in Today's Classroom - 0 views

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  • Students should have the opportunity to not only learn from others but also share their learning with others as well.
  • I actually cared what I was learning about.
  • time to connect and reflect on what is being learned
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  • new and better
  • We need to have students that are able to ask questions and challenge what they see, but always in a respectful way.
  • it is not beneficial to give students problems that aren’t real.
  • Let’s start asking kids to really look into finding what the problems are and giving them some purpose in solving something real.
  • we spend too much time focusing on being able to tell others what our students can do and know, and not enough time helping students understand those things themselves.
  • With most people that having a computer also having a Skype account, there are many that are willing to share their expertise in different areas.  This does not only have to be via technology, but we should also be bring in experts from our community to talk to students. 
  • Treat others with kindness and consideration. Always.
  • have students not only learn, but teach each other.
  • everyone can be a teacher, and everyone a learner
  • Anna Kron on 11 Oct 15
     
    This article discusses eight things we should be looking for in a learner-focused classroom: voice, choice, time for reflection, opportunities for innovation, critical thinkers, problem finders and solvers, self-assessment, and connections.
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3 Ways to Plan for Diverse Learners: What Teachers Do - 1 views

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  • every teacher already has the tools to differentiate in powerful ways for all learners
  • The core of differentiation is a relationship between teachers and students. The teacher's responsibility is connecting content, process, and product. Students respond to learning based on readiness, interests, and learning profile.
  • Content is comprised of the knowledge, concepts, and skills that students need to learn based on the curriculum.
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  • If we provide a variety of ways to explore the content outcomes, learners find different ways to connect.
  • Process is how students make sense of the content. They need time to reflect and digest the learning activities before moving on to the next segment of a lesson.
  • Processing helps students assess what they do and don't understand.
  • Reflection is a powerful skill that is developed during processing experiences
  • Product differentiation is probably the most common form of differentiation. Teachers give choices where students pick from formats. Students propose their own designs.
  • The key to product options is having clear academic criteria that students understand.
  • When considering your students' needs, reach even higher in your practice -- that extra stretch is inside us all -- and students will benefit.
  • Anna Kron on 11 Oct 15
     
    This article describes the teacher's role for effective planning of differentiated instruction. I hope that I can use the three points in this article (differentiating content, process, and product) in order to create the best learning experiences for my students.
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Advice for a New Teacher - 3 views

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  • Over time you, your principal, and fellow teachers will be able to work together to create the school culture that you want. Your school culture will support your classroom culture and make your job much more manageable.
  • decide on your classroom boundaries
  • Be consistent.
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  • Give more freedom, and take it away if need be.
  • You will have to try a few things and see what works for you and your students.
  • Be positive.
  • Say out loud to the class (narrate) that you see them, and write their name up on the positive board.
  • Not only will this help reinforce positives with your kids, but it will also help keep you positive.
  • Use body language.
  • Often walking to a student veering off track and just putting your hand on their desk can help.
  • If you do have to say something negative to a student, make sure it’s private (whenever possible).
  • Use routines.
  • When kids know what to expect, they’re better at doing what you want them to do.
  • Seek advice and feedback, try ideas in your class, and try again, try again, try again! Keep trying new things until you figure out what works for you and your students.
  • Anna Kron on 11 Oct 15
     
    This post gives some great advice to new teachers, particularly how to be consistent, be positive, use body language, and use routines. I hope I can look back to this post during my first year of teaching in order to prevent some of the mistakes I will inevitably make!
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  • Christa McCaulley on 11 Oct 15
     
    Great resource and something to keep in my back pocket even as I go into level III's next week.
  • Zoey Salisbury on 11 Oct 15
     
    Anna, I would agree that this resource will be used efficiently in my future classroom. Especially since I will become a new teacher, when I decide to enter the college of education program and have my own classroom soon. Love how it says these are all the right things that you are doing, which makes my confidence as a new future teacher for sure increases. I personally believe that this resource is used specifically for only teachers. It's also very interesting how they have bolded essential components to remember the entire time you are becoming a first teacher. Such as be consistent, be positive, use body language, and use routines. Which the last one I believe is the most important when I comes to not only becoming a great teacher, just as well as to deal with different classroom settings. I am currently not aware of any similar resources to be considered but will not sure to keep my eye out for any that pop out. Overall, I like this resource how it ends with the saying, "Hang in there! And, let us know how you are doing."
  • Tyler Schaben on 11 Oct 15
     
    This is a great blog post! I have been working on a blog post that is very similar to this with my own blog. This gave me some great ideas. This blog not only could help a new teacher, it could also help a struggling teacher or a teacher with a particularly challenging group of students this year. Great find!
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A Starting Point for Ensuring Student Online Privacy - 0 views

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  • real impact that student privacy concerns have on the education sector
  • 90 percent of respondents are either very or somewhat concerned with how private companies with non-educational interests are able to access and use students' personal information
  • a majority know not very much (32 percent) or nothing at all (30 percent) about how schools currently collect, use, store and destroy student data, including information such as social security numbers, grades and behavior and attendance records
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  • the government -- at the state, federal and local levels -- is turning its eye to student privacy, and so laws and regulations in the area might be changing soon
  • Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), which has undergone regulatory changes in recent years that some claimed have weakened it
  • Consistently, clearly and regularly communicating with students, parents and the community about privacy rights and district policies and practices with regards to student data privacy
  • districts that have adopted strong privacy policies should also have procedures in place to allow teachers to suggest apps or other online educational service that they would like to use (or have students use). While the process may slow down the introduction of the app into the learning environment, it will hopefully provide peace of mind to teachers, who will know the app has been properly vetted with regards to student privacy.
  • Anna Kron on 11 Oct 15
     
    This article gives a brief overview of the issues surrounding student privacy when it comes to information that has been posted somewhere online. Then, it gives a few tips for classroom teachers!
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21 Definitions for a 21st-Century Education - 0 views

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  • I recently asked thousands of educatorswhat “21st-century skills and tools” means to them, and how one might integrate such technologies and skills into today’s classrooms
  • A teacher possessing 21st-century skills fearlessly seeks out methods and tools—technology—that will enhance not only their students’ learning—but their own personal growth as well.
  • utilize technology to deliver curriculum content in a manner that is both rigorous and relevant
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  • A fully integrated curriculum that includes technology tools that deliver, enhance and create passionate, accountable individuals who use problem-solving skills and resources to transition from a learning environment to a working environment, seamlessly
  • Twenty-first century learning is a remix of multiple literacies which fuse with the tools of technology—and the skills of critical thinking—to stimulate authentic, relevant learning opportunities for all learners, anywhere, anytime.
  • skills in communication, collaboration, and information analysis
  • 21st-century skills require a high level of socio-emotional competence and sophistication
  • Don’t make the mistake of seeing technology as itself and get afraid of it—see it as a tool, as transparent
  • Technology is enabling us to connect to each other in remote areas of the world, share ideas, identify and solve problems—it’s a new, global classroom. Embracing and mastering new 21st-century skills and tools is an essential part of this revolution to ‘C’ the future: Connect. Communicate. Collaborate. Change.
  • skills students will need to be competitive in their future careers
  • Anna Kron on 11 Oct 15
     
    This post is a set of responses from educators who attempt to define 21st-century skills and tools. It is useful to remember that this means many different things to different people, yet there are running trends through the comments as well!
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The 21st Century Educator: Teachers As Co-Designers | Institute for the Study of Knowle... - 0 views

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  • Christa McCaulley on 11 Oct 15
     
    How students are taking initiative to an open education. "Making the School of the Future"
  • Ms. Rebecca Carton on 12 Oct 15
     
    Reminds me of constructivist teaching and maker spaces. My classroom is very much more structured than this but is still PBL.
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State of the State: How OER Helps States Collaborate on Standards-Aligned Curriculum | ... - 0 views

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  • Open educational resources (OER), a variety of freely available, online educational offerings, can support states in the collaborative development of a strong common curriculum.
  • OER Commons allows states to save, evaluate, and share resources they find on the site, as well as to create new and remix existing resources—toward the creation of custom collections of high quality Common Core-aligned resources.
  • Christa McCaulley on 11 Oct 15
     
    How OER helps provide a variety of freely available online educational resources, that can support the collaborative development of a strong common curriculum.
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Innovation Starts in the Classroom | Digital Promise - 0 views

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  • Encouraging teachers to incorporate technology into the classroom has motivated and empowered them to seek it out.
  • Administrators now view their role as giving guidance on how to manage technological infrastructure, providing professional development, conducting internal research, and scaling teacher practices that make an impact for students.
  • “How to change classrooms has to come from teachers,”
  • Zoey Salisbury on 11 Oct 15
     
    Technology Classrooms are developed by the teachers
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Free Online Resources Engage Elementary Kids (Tech2Learn Series) | Edutopia - 0 views

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  • Megan Skiles on 12 Oct 15
     
    Free technology resources to use in the elementary classroom.
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Introducing Social Media to Elementary Students | Edutopia - 2 views

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  • However, I also agree that social media pervades all aspects of modern society, and it has become an imperative for us as educators -- and parents -- to model appropriate digital citizenship to even our youngest learners. Do I really believe that toddlers should have Twitter handles? Not really. But we do need to introduce children to the virtual, social world around them in appropriate and meaningful ways? Definitely.
  • Students already have enough screen time. Students need to be able to communicate in person. Students don't need to know about social media at this point -- it isn't age appropriate.
  • Extend the Classroom
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  • Connected, Empowered Learners
  • Getting Started: Developing Voice
  • Whether you introduce social media to students through a class blog, individual student blogs, Twitter or paper, there is no "right way" to begin. Do I really feel that toddlers should Tweet? Probably not. However, what's important is that we introduce all children to social media in appropriate and meaningful ways, regardless of their age, such that they can connect to a global audience and develop as empowered, networked learners.
  • Zoey Salisbury on 11 Oct 15
     
    Understanding and tips for introducing social technology into elementary classrooms
  • Erin Keiser on 11 Oct 15
     
    I really agree with this resource. I think there are a lot of concerns with starting young students on social media so early, but there are also so many important reasons as to why we should as well! I love the idea of creating physical blog walls for younger students. This introduces students to the concept of posting, tagging, and commenting without being exposed to the internet quite yet. Awesome ideas for teachers to introduce social media in the early elementary classroom!
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http://school.elps.k12.mi.us/ad_hoc_mms/committee_recommendation/4.pdf - 0 views

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  • Zoey Salisbury on 11 Oct 15
     
    Using the STEM project in Elementary Schools
  • Brandon Hayes on 12 Oct 15
     
    This resource will be useful in future classrooms because it gives a very nice perspective of how things are going currently with STEM. I think this article would be most useful to teachers looking for ways to improve things but it might also be useful for students or parents who want to know more about the how's and why's of what is being taught. I have not found any articles of this type in my searching.
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Best Websites for Teaching & Learning 2015 - 1 views

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  • The 2015 Best Websites for Teaching & Learning foster the qualities of innovation, creativity, active participation, and collaboration. They are free, Web-based sites that are user friendly and encourage a community of learners to explore and discover. 
  • Erin Keiser on 11 Oct 15
     
    The American Association of School Librarians lists the best websites for teaching & learning, full of free digital tools and other online educational resources.
  • Katrina Lint on 11 Oct 15
     
    Are they any specific websites you have looked at or used from this page? There looks to be a lot of neat ones. I saw Storyboard That was on here. I have used that with my students to create a children's story. I am eager to check out some of the others sites and to learn how I can incorporate them into my classroom.
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How to Create Social Media Guidelines for Your School | Edutopia - 2 views

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  • Erin Keiser on 11 Oct 15
     
    A guidebook to help look at social media as a powerful tool in the classroom, rather than as a threat. How to create social media guidelines for your school.
  • Erin Keiser on 11 Oct 15
     
    A guidebook to help look at social media as a powerful tool in the classroom, rather than as a threat. How to create social media guidelines for your school.
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