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Your Security Breach is Coming. Are You Ready?
Every school is facing an invasion. Thieves are coming to take all of your personal data, as well as that of your students, and they will ...
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Sometimes the Best Tech is No Tech
The story is told that, in the early days of space exploration, NASA spent millions to develop a pen that could write in zero gravity. Until they achieved this impressive feat, they used a simple pencil. That story might or might not be apocryphal, but it illustrates an important point: sometimes the best tech for ...Edtech Should Complement Good Pedagogy, Not Attempt to Replace It
The newest generation of edtech is downright amazing; it’s no wonder that various education stakeholders might be a little excited about its potential to transform education. However, edtech works best when it is thought of as a tool to achieve a specific instructional objective and not as an end in itself. In other words, edtech ...Can There Be Too Much Connectivity Between Parents and Children?
If you’ve seen the headlines about the recent trend of parents attending their children’s job interviews, you have probably wondered if our culture of helicopter parenting has finally gone too far. Digital tools have made it possible for children and parents to be in constant contact in ways that simply were not possible a generation ...12 Ways to Use Twitter in the Classroom
Twitter is an amazing social media platform as it offers many wonderful benefits. However, users must be warned that this widely used technological marvel can also turn out to be huge trouble if it is not used for the right purpose. People often end up wasting their time scrolling through the never-ending threads of conversations ...150 Smarter Ways to Use Google Classroom
Are you new to Google Classroom and looking for more efficient ways to use the platform? Don’t worry; we have you covered. In today’s tip, we will discuss 150 smarter ways to use Google Classroom. Accident Report Forms – Create accident report forms in a faculty Classroom for teachers and coaches to report accidents to ...Getting Students to Use Technology Purposefully
The recent data is startling: a quarter of teens say that they are online almost constantly, and teens spend about nine hours per day online. There are legitimate concerns that too much screen time will damage children’s brains. There are also concerns about bullying, security, and other ills associated with social media. So there is ...
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