Graphite Blog

JULY 17, 2018

Whether your school or district has officially adopted social media or not, conversations are happening in and around your school on everything from Facebook to Snapchat. Schools must reckon with this reality and commit to supporting thoughtful and critical social media use among students, teachers, and administrators.

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Social Media Policies Handbook Guidelines 40

Neo LMS

MAY 4, 2021

Teachers can create personalized materials for lessons, content for research and revision, fun facts, and guidelines that students can easily access on any device whenever and wherever they want. You can record audio files, edit, add effects, export or import them and share your podcast on any website, social media, or your school LMS.

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Tools Classroom LMS Guidelines 268

Hapara

APRIL 21, 2023

If a school receives E-rate program discounts for Internet access, they need to follow CIPA guidelines, including implementing a web filter. For example, a school district may want to completely restrict access to social media sites during school hours.

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Software Digital Citizenship Social Media E-rate 245

Graphite Blog

MARCH 28, 2017

Social media is an increasingly important part of students' lives; in fact, the average teen spends over an hour a day using social media. To be true digital citizens, our students need teachers who model pro-social, creative, and responsible social media use.

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Social Media Guidelines Student Data Privacy Digital Citizenship 40

Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 1, 2019

In this course, you will use a suite of digital tools to make that possible while addressing overarching concepts like digital citizenship, internet search and research, authentic assessment, digital publishing, and immersive keyboarding. Assessment is project-based so be prepared to be fully-involved and an eager risk-taker.

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Digital Citizenship Common Core Internet Safety Assessment 204

Neo LMS

MARCH 22, 2022

The interdisciplinary projects do not provide strict guidelines to follow. In another project, students who major in social studies create fictional broadcasting companies that provide information in three major areas: news, education, and entertainment.

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Analysis Study Company Outcomes 375

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JANUARY 6, 2023

Keeping Our Schools Safe: Reporting, Assessing, and Managing Threats A Library 2.0 + LearningRevolution.com Webinar with Dr. Steve Albrecht Please consider forwarding this material to colleagues or associates in school settings. OVERVIEW : School violence is not a “new epidemic,” as some news media still like to call it. in Psychology.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 7, 2019

In this course, you will use a suite of digital tools to make that possible while addressing overarching concepts like digital citizenship, internet search and research, authentic assessment, digital publishing, and immersive keyboarding. Assessment is project-based so be prepared to be fully-involved and an eager risk-taker.

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Groups Digital Citizenship Common Core Internet Safety 183

Neo LMS

OCTOBER 17, 2019

Here are a few guidelines to help you create successful online PD for teachers: Establish what teachers need. A good program starts with a needs assessment, which is a way to figure out what teachers really need from their training. Educators need a set of skills to successfully teach and manage their classrooms. Give timely feedback.

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How To Personal Learning Network LMS Training 282

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

NOVEMBER 5, 2022

Unfortunately, a sizable portion of online news stories, especially those circulating on social media sites are fake news, false information, disinformation, misinformation, or downright propaganda. The visual is based on guidelines sourced from Facebook help center. Our students live in a world saturated with all kinds of news.

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Resources Social Media Libraries Guidelines 120

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

We measured our reading achievement using the Northwest Evaluation Association (NWEA) Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) assessment , which uses Common Core standards to measure what students know and how they grow in math and reading.

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Classroom Common Core Guidelines Social Media 139

Kitaboo on EdTech

APRIL 23, 2024

Look for the types of queries your customers often have and review the performance of your brand on social media based on user engagement and comments. Carefully assess the overall layout to ensure it aligns with your brand’s visual palette. Step 9: Congratulations!

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eBook Tools Guidelines Social Media 52

eSchool News

DECEMBER 15, 2023

I predict that in the new year, more administrators and other educators will focus not just on building knowledge and ensuring their materials are aligned to the science of reading, but they will go beyond to examine hiring practices, multi-tiered systems of support, assessments, the science of learning and implementation, and more.

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System Education Trends Outcomes 126

Edsurge

MAY 4, 2020

In an effort to provide more definitive answers, districts, schools and a handful of states have begun issuing guidelines on shaping the school day into something both manageable and productive for students. Variable Guidelines Still, some things are a given, Rice says. I made that up and any other number you get, someone made it up.

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Guidelines Online Learning Digital Divide Study 216

Edsurge

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Not only would such an approach be more relevant and increase student engagement, it has the potential to reduce the widespread vulnerability to misleading information shared via social media. One important quality of the standards is that, at every grade, they are enfolded within a data investigation cycle.

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Data Course STEM Guidelines 191

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

Knowing that students have access to their devices, teachers can use educational software or apps that can help them better assess students’ work as well as provide specific feedback on a particular topic. This could include banning certain types of sites or apps , as well as limiting access to social media platforms during class time.

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BYOD Digital Divide Education Guidelines 100

Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 18, 2016

For anyone who missed the April announcement, Twitter switched its app category from ‘social media’ (where it consistently ranked in the top ten with Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, WhatsApp, and Pinterest) to ‘news’ (now ranked #1, ahead of apps like CNN, Fox News, and Reddit). Formative assessment.

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Twitter Social Media Digital Citizenship Flipped Classroom 150

Neo LMS

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

As discussed here on my post about social learning, the latter provides a good area to assess how students perform. We, by nature, are social individuals and the social landscape provides us with a comfortable and open learning avenue. It’s about passion and how educators are willing to be “all-out”.

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Flipped Classroom Classroom Guidelines Social Media 150

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 28, 2022

18, Richmond received an email from the Jefferson County School District: AJ was suspended while the district evaluated his risk of violence, a formal process known as a behavioral threat assessment. Still, policymakers increasingly see the use of threat assessment teams as a viable way to prevent mass shootings.

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Assessment Report Training Guidelines 100

Securly

JANUARY 27, 2017

The assessment redefined “screen time” as the use of digital media exclusively for entertainment. In the past , scientists and parents regarded screen time as the collective amount of time a child interacted with their device –and used this as the main factor to assess the potential benefits and/or consequences.

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Guidelines Social Media EdTech Assessment 100

The Web20Classroom

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

Empowering Students Through Reflection and Feedback letsgetengaged - tags: reflection assessment favorite Digital Portfolios Guidelines for beginners tags: eportfolio favorite INFOGRAPHIC : How To Twitter Effectively tags: Twitter favorite 62 things you can do with Dropbox tags: dropbox favorite Guide to Twitter in the K-8 Classroom tags: Twitter favorite (..)

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ePortfolio Resources Guidelines Social Media 100

Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

It has become increasingly possible to personalize learning–adapt resources and assessments to student skills and needs and differentiate lessons that are pushed out to individual students or small groups ( read: Shifting my Teacher Mindset with Micro-credentials ). Constructive Conversations – Assessing Student Conversations.

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Assessment Chromebook Digital Badges Analysis 155

Digital Promise

JULY 2, 2018

People of all ages struggle to evaluate the integrity of the digital information that rains down with every web search and social media scroll. But their close reading of the very sources they were tasked to interrogate did little to advance their credibility assessment. Read the original version here. Instead, it misled them.

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Exercises Guidelines Assessment Study 126

User Generated Education

SEPTEMBER 15, 2019

I have been working with ASCD for the past few years to publish my book, Learning in the Making: How to Plan, Execute, and Assess Powerful Makerspace Lessons. Assessing One’s Progress How am I doing with my maker project? There are some general guidelines for creating a physically safe makerspace. textbook or testing company).

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Education Maker Movement Learning Strategy 242

Dangerously Irrelevant

NOVEMBER 30, 2015

Similarly, they’re learning about urban renewal and the environmental impacts of human behaviors through the lens of bicycling, applying their English / Language Arts skills as they evaluate resources, write grant proposals, utilize social media, and engage in marketing techniques to advocate for more bicycle-friendly areas in their community.

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Guidelines Smartphone Social Media Video 100

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

The debate is raging on social media, school email chains, and even around the dinner table. Next, we need clear guidelines and requirements for reopening that are based on our evolving scientific understanding of this disease.

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Online Learning Broadband Report Guidelines 139

Waterford

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

During the first month of school, send an introduction letter to parents with class guidelines and information about the upcoming year.[12] 5] You can then continue to send messages through text or social media groups, too. To Involve Parents in the Assessment of the Child in Parent–Teacher Conferences: A Case Study.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

End-of-year assessments of the Common Core grade-level standards are delivered online. How can parents track assessment such as grades, submitted classwork, and class behavior issues? Here’s a post which covers fourteen AUP guidelines and places to go to view standard AUPs. Should the parent join a blog or website?

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Technology Digital Citizenship Common Core iPad 150

Tech Helpful

JUNE 22, 2019

He told them to think of it like creating an Instagram post, but since social media is closed to students at our school, they created their posts using a slide deck. He took a platform that students use every day and assessed their learning based on a current fad in society- memes. How brilliant was this lesson?

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Digital Citizenship Social Media STEM iPhone 61

EdTechTeacher

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

In this same letter he introduced two new social media platforms to further dialogue: a district Facebook page and a district twitter account, @WT_Schools. “Using social media is all about meeting our community members where they are. .”

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Social Media Classroom Internet Safety Facebook 60

Edsurge

JUNE 24, 2019

Soft-launched last summer, the library currently houses more than 100 educational apps, which teachers can browse by subjects or categories (like assessment or presentation tools). When teachers use tools they find online, they can inadvertently run afoul of privacy and security guidelines. And they may be vulnerable to hackers. “It

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EdTech Libraries Software Company 107

edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

Student privacy and school security are growing concerns in schools that can have consequences from negative media attention to losing parent and student trust. Defining and assessing levels of risk in the school is a crucial part of online security and privacy.

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Symantec Student Data Privacy Social Media Digital Citizenship 40

EdTechTeam

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

I would argue more paper is used with 1:1 environments, but believe it will change as more and more teachers learn to assess in the cloud. 55 for “Guidelines for Online Sharing”. Although I have by accident, not design, developed paperless classrooms, printing needs have to be addressed, though I feel this depends on the school.

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Classroom Digital Citizenship LMS Strategy 115

The Innovative Educator

DECEMBER 31, 2016

While I am deeply saddened that our live conversations and interactions have come to an end, social media has provided an outlet for their ideas to live on. I was one of Bob's many friends who tried turning to social media to address the issue. Each of whom has influenced my practice in meaningful ways.

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Social Media Dropout Guidelines Libraries 43

The Hechinger Report

MAY 7, 2022

Yet nine parents in the district told The Hechinger Report in interviews or messages on social media that their children lost recess or were told to walk laps due to forgetting homework or misbehaving in the years since the policy went into effect. Related: Some kids have returned to in-person learning only to be kicked right back out.

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Handbook Policies Elementary Report 104

MindShift

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Book leveling , which is often generated by a computer system that may incorrectly assess complexity of theme and language. “We Connect students to authors on social media. Get rid of fines, check-out limits, security gates, and punitive policies. Host inclusive programming. Additional tips for creating virtual space.

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Libraries Guidelines Policies Social Media 53

Edsurge

MARCH 12, 2018

This can be a big relief to teachers who struggle to create student-friendly guidelines around grading expectations. For district leaders used to relying on the state assessment for data on writing performance, implementing a consistent way to digitally track student writing can be transformative. “It

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Education STEM Training Google 105