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To Teach Digital Citizenship Effectively, Educators Say It’s Time to Unblock Social Media

Edsurge

This year, on September 27, 2017, the American Association of School Librarians made a point to encourage their members to raise awareness about “overly restrictive blocking of legitimate, educational websites and academically useful social networking tools in schools and school libraries.”. They are all into it. Darren Ellwein.

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Students Turn to TikTok for Study Buddies

Edsurge

When VaNessa Thompson wants to truly focus on doing homework for her doctoral classes at Oakland University near Detroit, she gets out her smartphone, props it on her desk, and starts streaming live video of herself on TikTok. ✨Other Videos✨ • #mentalhealth treats: @VaNessa Thompson, M.S. I think of social media as sugar,” she says.

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Raising the Smart Classroom’s IQ – By Dr. Paul Fornelli

ViewSonic Education

For example, at many post-secondary institutions, a teaching space is considered to be a Smart Classroom if it merely comes equipped with nothing more than a microphone, computer, video projector. Likewise, the students themselves had similar options for deciding how and where video files could be posted. and whiteboard.

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22 Classroom-Focused Resources on AI from Teachers Everywhere

The CoolCatTeacher

I do a Substack called The AI School Librarian that gives examples of good tools and how to use them in schools and libraries. Generative Video Free Lesson My friend Thomas Ho shared a generative video free lesson in his tweet. This means that you write the text and the video is generated for you by AI.

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Transmedia, Digital Storytelling Project

User Generated Education

From Digital Promise : Schools, libraries, and classrooms have traditionally been a place for the consumption of information and ideas. You can tell digital stories in many ways, for example: through text on a website or social media tool, through narration and images in a video, or through narration in a podcast.

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Secrets from the library lines: 5 ways schools can boost digital engagement

eSchool News

Once your school district makes the commitment to have a digital library, the next step is for people to understand how they can stay engaged. In just one year of having a digital collection, checkouts from the district’s digital library increased by 184 percent. Don’t forget to involve teachers in the digital library.

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The ultimate guide to authentically creating a secondary classroom where students feel safe, welcome, & whole

The Cornerstone for Teachers

This is especially true for secondary students. Younger learners are used to SEL (socio-emotional learning) practices like sharing circles and morning meetings; these procedures tend to fade away as students get older and into more specialized secondary content. Vidéo Vendredi (Video Friday). A few small containers of Play-Doh.