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McGraw-Hill Education and ePals® Join Forces to Expand Global Collaborative L... - 3 views

  • McGraw-Hill Education today announced that it has formed a collaboration with ePals Corporation, an education media company and the world's leading global learning network.
  • pairs world-class content from McGraw-Hill Networks, McGraw-Hill Education's award-winning digital social studies learning program for Grades 6-12, with ePals' global community and social learning platform.
  • he collaboration will allow teachers and students to connect with peers in more than 200 countries to enjoy the type of authentic, global learning experiences that are required for 21st century education and workplace success.
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  • With a strong focus on critical thinking, reading, writing and other academic skill development, these interactive experiences will aid teachers in meeting Common Core as well as other standards.
  • directed initially toward middle school and high school social studies topics.
  • "By bringing together McGraw-Hill Networks' strong educational content and ePals' global community of classrooms, we're expanding students' worlds while providing them the means to master Common Core standards through top-quality project-based learning experiences."
  • For additional information, visit www.mheducation.com.
  • Learn more about McGraw-Hill Education's digital learning resources on ePals.
  • The Company has offices across North America, India, China, Europe, the Middle East and South America, and makes its learning solutions available in more than 60 languages.
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http://www.digitalcitizenship.net/uploads/09-0489_AWAY__26_DIGKIDS_.pdf - 2 views

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    Has a list of 9 areas of digital education.
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Digital Citizenship in Schools | Scoop.it - 0 views

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    Has a variety of resources many of which address the need for digital citizenship education.
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Rationale for Using Skype in the Classroom | Ed Tech Ideas - 3 views

  • Here is a permission slip that we used for our Skype-In project.
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      Link to pdf of permission slip
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Google in Education on Pinterest - 6 views

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    This has links to some additional google apps resources.
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Using Twitter in the Primary Classroom | Changing Horizons - 2 views

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    This article shows how one primary teacher (year 2) used twitter to give his students a voice. He felt it was successful especially with those students who did not feel confident about their writing or perhaps did not like to write.
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