Digital Literacy for St. Cloud State University
#K12 schools need to start teaching students at a young age how to use the internet responsibly. Luckily, there are resources available to help them. #NCSAM https://t.co/iM2wPBTuR1
— EdTech K–12 Magazine (@EdTech_K12) October 17, 2019
https://edtechmagazine.com/k12/article/2019/10/how-teach-cyber-safety-kindergarten
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more on safety and education in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=safety
Slido – Create and Run Polls Within Your Google Slideshttps://t.co/XMslOaXwI4 pic.twitter.com/6tb3rnI4yO
— Richard Byrne (@rmbyrne) October 17, 2019
https://www.freetech4teachers.com/2019/10/slido-create-and-run-polls-within-your.html
Slido is a polling tool that has recently launched a Google Slides add-on and a corresponding Chrome extension.
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https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=poll
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Michael Niehoff October 2, 2019
https://www.iste.org/explore/Digital-citizenship/9-ways-real-students-use-social-media-for-good
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https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=social+media+education
Young people may be expert social-media and smartphone users, but many lack the digital skills they need for today’s jobs. How can we set them up for success?
https://www.theatlantic.com/sponsored/grow-google-2019/smartphone-generation-computer-help/3127/
Kenneth Cole’s classroom at the Boys & Girls Club of Dane County, located on a quiet residential street in Madison, Wisconsin.
The classes Cole teaches use Grow with Google’s Applied Digital Skills online curriculum.
One day he may lead Club members in a lesson on building digital resumes that can be customized quickly and make job-seeking easier when applying online. Another day they may create a blog. On this particular day, they drew up a budget for an upcoming event using a spreadsheet. For kids who are often glued to their smartphones, these types of digital tasks, surprisingly, can be new experiences.
The vast majority of young Americans have access to a smartphone, and nearly half say they are online “almost constantly.”
But although smartphones can be powerful learning tools when applied productively, these reports of hyperconnectivity and technological proficiency mask a deeper paucity of digital skills. This often-overlooked phenomenon is limiting some young people’s ability—particularly those in rural and low-income communities—to succeed in school and the workplace, where digital skills are increasingly required to collaborate effectively and complete everyday tasks.
According to a survey by Pew Research Center, only 17 percent of Americans are “digitally ready”—that is, confident using digital tools for learning. Meanwhile, in a separate study, American millennials ranked last among a group of their international peers when it came to “problem-solving in technology-rich environments,” such as sending and saving digital information
teach his sophomore pupils the technology skills they need in the workplace, as well as soft skills like teamwork.
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more on digitally native in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=digitally+native
more on millennials in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=millennials
Not only does the coaching model benefit principals and teachers, it retains veteran educators who have spent most of their professional lives honing their teaching craft. Not all educators want to climb the administrative hierarchy, and the coaching model gives this group the opportunity to become teacher leaders who pass on their insight to the next generation.
A recent evaluation also found when effective teachers act as coaches to multiple teachers, students gain in areas like math skills.
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https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=principal
Over 250 million people play the shooting game “Fortnite,” with dance moves from the game seen at weddings and mimicked by professional athletes. And “Minecraft” has become a hit in classrooms.
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https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=classcraft
Faculty searching for survey[s] reflecting students’ feelings about the level of belonging to online community.
https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2017/06/21/belonging-at-school-starts-with-teachers.html
http://jolt.merlot.org/vol7no2/young_0611.pdf
Drouin, M., & Vartanian, L. (2010). Students’ feelings of and desire for sense of community in face-to-face and online courses.(Survey). Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 11(3).
Keengwe, J., & Wilsey, B. (2012). Online graduate students’ perceptions of face-to-face classroom instruction.(Report). International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Education, 8(3), 45–54. https://doi.org/10.4018/jicte.2012070106
Singh, A., & Srivastava, S. (2014). Development and Validation of Student Engagement Scale in the Indian Context. Global Business Review, 15(3), 505–515. https://doi.org/10.1177/0972150914535137
https://commons.hostos.cuny.edu/achievements/
[BLEND-ONLINE] Online Technology Training for Staff
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more on faculty development in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=faculty+development
https://twitter.com/brocansky/status/1176637420789358593
If you teach fully online, please share your favorite for ice breaker activities (include names of tools used if needed). Thanks! #OnlineTeaching #CCCLearn
I need some help. If you teach fully online, please share your favorite for ice breaker activities (include names of tools used if needed). Thanks! #OnlineTeaching #CCCLearn
— Michelle Pacansky-Brock (@brocansky) September 24, 2019
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more on ice breakers in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims/2019/02/22/reconstructive-analysis/