EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 5, 2018

How the Internet of Things May Change K–12 Culture. The Internet of Things is making a big splash in K–12 school districts. The Internet of Things ultimately will benefit K–12 school districts, but bandwidth and security must be taken seriously before implementing IoT devices. jena.passut_7651. Wed, 12/05/2018 - 21:12.

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eSchool News

JUNE 8, 2020

Internet safety, online privacy, cyberbullying, media balance, online relationships, news and media literacy—digital citizenship topics tackle big questions. But digital citizenship can also simply be part of your classroom culture. But does it have to be such a heavy lift?

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Internet safety, online privacy, cyberbullying, media balance, online relationships, news and media literacy—digital citizenship topics tackle big questions. But digital citizenship can also simply be part of your classroom culture. But does it have to be such a heavy lift? Set a goal for yourself that feels achievable—big or small.

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eSchool News

MAY 1, 2024

Video conferencing that connects students and educators globally for virtual lectures, discussions, and guest speakers. But smarter classrooms are not just about technology; they also cultivate a culture of innovation, creativity, and hands-on learning that is essential for success in the 21st century workforce.

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Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2018

A video-discussion platform originally started by a University of Minnesota professor to keep in touch with students for a course he was teaching has been purchased by tech giant Microsoft. In joining Microsoft, Flipgrid will retain its distinct brand, culture, and team focused on amplifying the voices of all students,” said the news release.

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eSchool News

APRIL 29, 2024

Key points: Inspiring young women in STEM programs requires cultivating a culture of community Black students need more STEM career exposure Launching a districtwide computer science program for all grades For more news on STEM education, visit eSN’s STEM & STEAM hub All too often, female students are underrepresented in STEM classes.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Thanks to the internet, there are so many ways for students to experience the past. The program also offers relevant media, thought-provoking discussion starters, and links to supplementary information about real-world references to bring the story back into a historical perspective. Kennedy and Vice President Richard Nixon.

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eSchool News

MARCH 23, 2017

It’s something I first saw practiced by Harvard physics professor Eric Mazur, who has redesigned the culture of his classroom to have students own their learning. We all have access to the internet, books, and other people.

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eSchool News

MARCH 30, 2017

The district created the hashtag #warrenbl to facilitate real-time discussions where teachers can share successes, commiserate over problems, and look for solutions. Last fall, they discussed physical layouts in the classroom, and whether or not it’s okay to use the same one for the entire day. They just start tweeting.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 1, 2020

This has always been the case, but in a prevailing learning culture that promotes outside-the-box problem solving, these activities are growing more common in the 21st-century school library. Workshops on internet and information literacy. Access to audiobooks and online tutorials. Modern Librarian Roles and Responsibilities.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 24, 2024

I need to create programs for students that will help educate them in their own culture and their own way. Ethnicity, diversity–all students need to learn how each culture is different. Department of Educations recent edtech plans] discussed active vs. passive consumption of technology. AR: [One of the U.S.

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eSchool News

MARCH 13, 2024

I need to create programs for students that will help educate them in their own culture and their own way. Ethnicity, diversity–all students need to learn how each culture is different. Department of Education’s recent edtech plans] discussed active vs. passive consumption of technology. AR: [One of the U.S.

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Edsurge

JULY 27, 2020

Her comments came during a June 18 virtual panel organized by Pando Public Relations, a public outreach agency for education, to discuss academic integrity and cheating in college. Part of the issue when designing assignments and exams to deter cheating is recognizing what cheating in 2020 looks like.

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Edsurge

MARCH 2, 2019

One can see school reform, and actual schools, continue to reflect society’s dominant cultural tropes regarding modernity. Even popular culture, where robot teachers and wired students have been a staple of science fiction for decades, demonstrates our tendency to project current beliefs that schools should “leverage” (i.e.,

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eSchool News

JULY 13, 2018

Common Sense Educators is our Facebook group for educators committed to creating a positive, collaborative culture of digital learning and digital citizenship in their classrooms, schools, or districts. Topics of discussion include tech integration, media literacy, internet safety, and much more.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

” Students will need a computer and internet connection to be able to complete courses. In the first course, Critical Thinking, students learn to apply critical thinking to situations in a wide variety of areas such as advertising, politics, the media, and popular culture.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Changing attitudes toward demonstrating learning : There is a rising groundswell of discussion around assessing, documenting, communicating and assigning value to student learning. Analytics refers to the process of analyzing data collected about student learning and the opportunity to leverage data to inform instructional decision making.

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Ethics Intelligence Communication Motivation 217

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Students in attendance and following live streams on YouTube and Edmodo participated in activities to encourage sharing stories about their experiences online and to develop ways to use class time to promote responsible internet use. A CNBC panel discusses moderate content policing on Facebook.

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Edsurge

MAY 17, 2019

In addition, a quick internet search provides different ways your students can make their own GIFs. Carson Arias /Unsplash Incorporating listicles into your teaching allows you to discuss the four elements of fair use. So my students are just making or finding funny pictures? How about fair use? Students (and teachers too!)

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Highlights Digital Citizenship Defined : Understanding rights and responsibilities as internet users is crucial. Rights and Responsibilities : Understanding that with the right to access the internet comes the responsibility to act ethically is vital.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2024

Virtual classrooms and collaborative online platforms foster interactive discussions and group projects, transcending physical boundaries and enabling students to connect with peers globally. This interconnectedness fosters cultural understanding, collaboration, and the exchange of diverse perspectives, enriching the educational experience.

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Edsurge

APRIL 18, 2019

YouTube may be humanity’s largest collaborative cultural project, aggregating an astonishing amount of user-generated content. And that has led to new teaching practices, mainly flipped classrooms where professors require students to watch video lectures for homework and use class time for more active discussions or hands-on activities.

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eSchool News

JUNE 22, 2017

Common Sense Educators is our new Facebook group for educators committed to creating a positive, collaborative culture of digital learning and digital citizenship in their classrooms, schools, or districts. Topics of discussion include tech integration, media literacy, internet safety, and much more.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Schools understand the importance of broadband internet and are exploring ways to ensure that the new digital programs that are introduced into their schools function in a secure and seamless fashion. Access to New Education Technology and Resources We’ve seen some incredible progress from districts over the past few years in this area.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 29, 2018

And AI-powered education platforms can help to improve student engagement with global culture and history. Autonomous cars, smart communities, the Internet of Things and immersive education are a few of the many high-potential industries highlighted by Verizon that 5G will transform.

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Edsurge

MARCH 2, 2018

I have always maintained that involving parents in the educational process is essential to building a strong classroom culture. However, our school’s digital culture and my own lack of awareness meant that a significant number of families were being frozen out of critical and empowering information.

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Culture Communication Internet Fairness 147

Edsurge

JANUARY 16, 2020

So when Wilton High School partnered with The Virtual High School and Sobolewski volunteered to teach classes for the online program, he received a bit of a culture shock. For the discussion posts Brightspace tracked not only how many comments they wrote, but also how many they read—I really liked that. They pretty much did the work.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 21, 2022

Christian Miraglia, Ask a Tech Teacher contributor, has some great ideas on teaching kids about Social Media Awareness: Over the last decade, there has been pressure in the K-12 learning environment to create classes that address everything from managing your money to various efforts to address cultural inequalities.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 26, 2016

The curriculum, which covers issues such as privacy, cyberbullying, internet safety and other digital dilemmas, is being offered thanks to a partnership with Common Sense Education and a generous grant from the Delaney Family Fund. The program will extend to students in all grade levels over the next three years. Eastern time. Read more.

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Edsurge

MAY 12, 2023

The internet and social media have given me opportunities to read the stories of other multiethnic and multiracial people that resonated with me. So, one day, I took a leap and organized a lunch discussion in my classroom for high school students to discuss multiracial and multiethnic experiences.

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Edsurge

JULY 18, 2020

Along the way, we focused on five areas that we felt were necessary to serve our community of young people: Mitigate the Digital and Connectivity Divide Access to computers and a dependable internet connection is critical to delivering any form of online learning.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 16, 2020

What follows is a transcript of their discussion, lightly edited and condensed. Can you discuss the design considerations that you made to ensure that the content in your curriculum is accessible to the diverse students that you’re trying to serve? Tanner: First we centered the students themselves in our design process.

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Intelligence STEM Culture Curriculum 201

Edsurge

JANUARY 26, 2021

Another challenge we deal with is internet access. How stressful is that for a student if they are virtually learning and their internet goes out? A few of them come together to discuss what’s going on in class and utilize Google Whiteboard to share notes. How to Build a Classroom Culture Remotely.

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Student Engagement STEM Students Quizzes 211

Edsurge

MAY 29, 2018

She started by sharing her own culture and working with another teacher to arrange a field trip to the state capitol. Zerifa Radlein-Grant When I started, we’d have Fun Fridays and I would teach them about my culture using videos. I was trying to find a school that had the internet to be able to Skype. Twitter (Of course!

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Teachers Culture Questions Social Studies 146

Edsurge

OCTOBER 19, 2016

Incorporate famous tourist destinations and cultural practices for additional social studies coverage! They can then discuss or act out their favorite parts of the story, or even interact with story characters (actors) in the setting of the book. Using a green screen and stock footage, students can! And Now I Have All These Videos.

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Art Languages Language History 167

Edsurge

AUGUST 15, 2017

Perhaps we should stop focusing as much on discussing what the common neuromyths are and instead focus on understanding why these ideas persist. In this vein, Benjamin Riley and Michael Pershan, from the nonprofit Deans for Impact, recently published an article describing cultural cognition. A 2012 study surveyed teachers in the U.K.

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Learning Styles Beliefs Learning Evaluation 161

Edsurge

MARCH 5, 2019

That was the guiding question for a panel discussion at SXSW EDU, where privacy advocates joined a school administrator and a school safety software product manager to offer their perspectives. If you have money within your family to get your own device, you can access an unfiltered internet. If you don’t, well, there you are.”

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Culture Questions Internet Knowledge 159