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Category Archives: digital citizenship
Q&A: How Students Can Help Teachers Use Technology for Learning
From Common Sense Media A thirty-year veteran educator, technology trainer Lisa Hogan teaches students and faculty in Topsham, Maine to better use new digital media tools to transform learning as part of Maine’s innovative 1:1 laptop program. We talked with her … Continue reading
Posted in digital citizenship, professional development, student tech support
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Announcing - Invent To Learn: Making, Tinkering, and Engineering in the Classroom
So some of you may have noticed that I’ve been pretty quiet here lately. All my writing energy has been going to a good cause though! I’m happy to announce a new book: Invent To Learn: Making, Tinkering, and Engineering … Continue reading
Can PBL Help Pave the Way to College Success? YES!
Edutopia: Can PBL Help Pave the Way to College Success? In this article by Suzie Boss, Edutopia explores research underway that asks if student leadership, technology, and project-based learning can better prepare students to stay in college. In high-poverty neighborhoods … Continue reading
Posted in digital citizenship, service learning, technology literacy, TechYES
Tagged Alliance for College Ready Public Schools, College YES
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Tips for student presenters at conferences
It’s educational technology conference time of year! There are so many educational conferences that you could literally attend 24/7. Hopefully some of you are taking students along with you to share their work. There’s nothing more exciting than seeing students … Continue reading
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Infographic: Students have their say on online rights and responsibilities
Check out the results of the 2013 ‘Have your Say’ survey, the UK’s largest ever survey of young people’s attitudes toward online rights and responsibilities. Over 24,000 young people age 7-19 from across the UK responded to the survey, and … Continue reading
Posted in digital citizenship, global, social media, student voice, technology literacy
Tagged cybersafety, internet, student, student voice, technology literacy
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Powering Authentic Learning. The connection between PBL, design, technology, and empowerment
I keynoted the TiE 2013 conference in Western Massachusetts last week and presented on the topic of Powering Authentic Learning. I’ll post the slides in a bit, but it’s difficult to capture the whole presentation from just the slides. What I tried … Continue reading
Posted in constructivism, digital citizenship
Tagged PBL, project-based learning, TIES2013
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The Kinder & Braver World Project
From danah boyd - The Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University is pleased to announce the publication of eight new of papers in The Kinder & Braver World Project: Research Series (danah boyd, John Palfrey, and Dena Sacco, editors) … Continue reading
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Holiday technology coming to your house? Parents and teens need these!
From A Platform for Good (PfG)- For parents, we’ve created “holiday wrappers.” These are small, personalized online safety cards for parents to include with their kid’s technology gift. We have five different items (smartphone, tablet, game system, cell phone, computer) … Continue reading
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Researcher dispels myths about cyberbullying
Myth or Fact? There is more online bullying than in-person bullying Cyberbullying is more distressing because it follows you home and is on all your digital devices Cyberbullying is getting worse Teen suicide is a growing epidemic due to cyberbullying … Continue reading
2012 election resources
The election is a national teachable moment — don’t let it go by without your students diving in! Learn about elections and voting from USA.gov The Learning Network 2012 Election Resources from the New York Times Political Ad Tracker from USA … Continue reading