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What Works in Tech Tools: Spotlight on ClassDojo
ClassDojo With the thousands of ed-tech tools available to teachers, it can be difficult to find those that work well and complement teaching strategies. It takes a lot of time to research and...
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Teachers Embrace Digital Learning Strategies
Erin Scott Today is the second annual Digital Learning Day, designated to bring attention to the benefits of technology for learning. As part of the effort, PBS LearningMedia has released a survey...
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Are Teachers of Tomorrow Prepared to Use Innovative Tech?
Getty Images With a new generation of teachers coming into the work force, there’s a discrepancy between what principals expect of teachers-in-training and what they’re actually learning in school. A...
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Is It Worthy? How to Judge the Value of a Tech Product
Getty Education has become a hot industry, both for the technology community and for investors hoping to back the next big success. It’s also in the spotlight nationally as new Common Core State...
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Tech Companies Angle for Big Bucks in Education
Thinkstock Enthusiasm to change education from an old-school, paper-based model that most adults are familiar with from their time in school, to a dynamic, personalized experience for kids is fueling...
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What We Really Need To Know About Ed Tech
By Shelly Blake-Plock Those “5 Things You Need to Know About EdTech” posts seem to crop up on Twitter every couple weeks — Tech isn’t the Point of EdTech, EdTech is about Learning, EdTech is Exciting....
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Where Do English Language Learners Fit Into the Ed Tech Revolution?
English Language Learners are a growing yet underserved segment of the U.S. student population, and teaching these diverse learners presents teachers with a host of unique and very complex challenges....
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What Colleges Can Gain by Adding Makerspaces to Their Libraries
Libraries are one of the fastest-evolving learning spaces. As many resources move online, and teachers require students to collaborate more and demonstrate their learning, librarians are trying to keep...
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#savings: Can Social Media Nudge Teens into Smarter Money Choices?
In the fall of 2008, Ted Gonder was studying economics at the University of Chicago as the world economy melted down around him. “We were learning about the collapse in this ivory tower, theoretical,...
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Data Reveals How Some College Students Sleep
Sleep has a big impact on learning. And not just when you do it in class. Sleep deprivation affects memory, cognition and motivation, and the effects are compounded when it’s long-term. For those...
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4 Tools for Arts Integration in the Content Classroom
By Erin Wilkey Oh, Common Sense Education Integrating the arts into your core-subject classroom might seem like a wish-list item you’ll never have time to implement. What does it even mean? What does...
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As technology becomes an accepted tool in many classrooms, teachers and administrators are looking for the best ed-tech tools to advance their goals around student learning. Unfortunately, there are so...
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Librarian Approved: 30 Ed-Tech Apps to Inspire Creativity and Creation
Tool discovery is often a challenge for teachers interested in finding ways to use technology that will change the way they and their students work. With so much going on in the classroom, many...
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3 Digital Tools for Helping Students Gain Perspective on Immigration
By Erin Wilkey Oh, Common Sense Education As the debate over U.S. immigration policy continues to divide voters across the country, more and more online resources are popping up to help us understand...
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The Connections Between Computer Use and Learning Outcomes in Students
A group of recent studies on technology in education, across a wide range of real-world settings, have come up far short of a ringing endorsement. The studies include research on K-12 schools and...
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Be The Change You Want to See By Shifting Traditional High School
Great ideas and extraordinary teaching happen in public school classrooms all over the country, but these pockets of innovation often don’t get the attention they deserve. More often the schools held...
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4 Digital Tools That Help Students Practice Integrity
Students are expected to demonstrate integrity in the classroom, but how often are they given the chance to practice modeling it? Teachers have an enormous obligation to do what’s right, and as role...
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4 Tools to Boost Communication Skills in the STEM Classroom
Healthy communication is vital to thriving workplace communities, and it’s essential for effective collaborative classrooms as well. Knowing when and how to express yourself, recognizing nonverbal...
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4 Tools to Help Kids Develop Empathy and Cultural Humility
Humility is not necessarily about modesty or pretending to be less than you are. In fact, people who are humble often have a high sense of self-worth; it’s just that they can recognize their own...
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How A Deregulated Internet Could Hurt America’s Classrooms
Schools across the country are nervously watching to see if the Federal Communications Commission chooses to repeal Obama-era regulations that protect an open internet, often referred to as “net...
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