Tag: Technology
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Using twitter in the classroom – from the perspective of students
**The Edvocate is pleased to publish guest posts as way to fuel important conversations surrounding P-20 education in America. The opinions contained within guest posts are ... -
Pacifica School District sees $300,000 technology cash infusion
The Pacifica Education Foundation (PEF) is helping to enhance the Pacifica School District’s technology infrastructure through bringing in a donation from outside the community. PEF has ... -
Digital Storytelling for Younger & Older Learners
By Marisa Constantinides Picture this: …a teacher holding up her laptop or tablet and a circle of children listening to her and following the digital images of ... -
Educational Technologies and Concepts that Every Teacher Should Know: Part III
Click here to read all the posts in this series. While every district, school, and individual classroom operates in its own way, new technologies and education ... -
How Interactive Play Can Improve Academic Performance
As the pressure to perform academically rises with each passing school year, students are seeing less time in their days for movement and physical activity. Teacher ... -
6 Best Practices for Internal Communication in Public Schools
Written by Eric Walters and Karen Gerberry Internal communication may be more important than many think. 42% of communication is delivered through other people. Whether it ... -
Half of black college students graduate $25,000 in debt
A recent Gallup poll found that in the last 14 years, around half of black college students graduated with student loan debt exceeding $25,000. Only 35 ... -
K-12 Online Learning as a Life Skill
Online learning is more than a fad. The facts are staggering: According to the International Association for K-12 Online Learning, there are nearly 1.9 million K-12 ... -
Education Should Begin with Problem-Solving
When schools compete, who wins? That depends partly on how they compete. In the world of higher education, universities compete for enrollment: more students, and more ... -
Cheating and Technology – Unethical Indifference
Academic dishonesty is nothing new. As long as there have been homework assignments and tests, there have been cheaters. The way that cheating looks has changed ...