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Computer Skills for Online Students: Build Confidence and Boost Success

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This blog lays the groundwork for your child’s digital literacy (and yours too), covering everything from necessary software skills to internet safety. Students will need the keyboard for most computer tasks, from typing searches into Google to writing papers. What are computer skills? Typing and keyboard. We get that. Presentations.

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First to $10K: Did Online School Give Young Entrepreneurs a Head Start?

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The most common way these entrepreneurs earned their first $10K was through freelance services like design, writing, or coding (30%). Only 8% of young entrepreneurs said their school was the main source of their business knowledge. Others did so by selling physical products (29%) or reselling or flipping items (18%).

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Use the SAMR Model to Spearhead Technology in Your Classroom

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Computers froze or the network became over-burdened or the internet went down just as students required them the most. The student examines what they have learned in the unit, the needs of task-purpose-audience, and strategically selects the tool best suited to communicating their knowledge. In fact, it may not even be a poster.

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Large Public Libraries Give Young Adults Across U.S. Access to Banned Books

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Obviously there are people who write to us and say, ‘thank you so much — now I can access the books that have been taken away from me,’” said Mikel. But despite the interest in Books Unbanned, most knowledge workers agree that it’s far from ideal. Or privacy, for that matter.

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Why Sending Students Home with Writing Assignments Might Not Be The Best Idea

Catlin Tucker

In our newest book, Shift Writing into the Classroom with UDL and Blended Learning , Dr. Katie Novak and I guide teachers in creating the time and space to support all parts of the writing process in the classroom. If there is only one pathway provided, students may question their ability to complete a writing task successfully.

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How to combat misuse of AI in student writing

eSchool News

It takes only seconds to plug a writing prompt into a generative AI tool and receive a completed assignment. Instead of forbidding generative AI tools, it’s critical that teachers show students how and when it’s appropriate to use AI in student writing.

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3 Strategies to Engage Students Remotely with StudySync Using Google Classroom

Catlin Tucker

1 Use the StudySync Access Prior Knowledge Activities to Facilitate Online Discussions. Teachers using StudySync can use the Access Prior Knowledge Activities in the First Read Lessons to engage students in asynchronous online discussions using Google Classroom or a learning management system, like Schoology.