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Student Screen Use: A Perspective from Principals (Clone)

June 19, 2018

Students need more access to devices outside the classroom. Students spend too much time on screens. Both statements have been made in this digital age. But what do principals, those who spend time wi...

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Student Screen Use: A Perspective from Principals

May 4, 2018

Students need more access to devices outside the classroom. Students spend too much time on screens. Both statements have been made in this digital age. But what do principals, those who spend time wi...

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Ransomware: A Growing Threat in K-12

August 18, 2017

Education is currently the biggest target for ransomware attacks, preceding the government, healthcare, energy/utilities, retail, and finance industries, according to Dark Reading in number of ransomw...

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7 Ways to Improve Information Fluency

January 23, 2017

Fake news—who writes it, how it spreads—is on everyone’s mind lately. But it’s not just news readers should be concerned about which stories are true and which are false. As more students use the Inte...

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4 Strategies for Teaching Digital Citizenship

December 12, 2016

Expanding digital access to all children at all ages benefits both educators and students alike. At the same time, though, it opens the door to some new challenges, from cyberbullying and online safet...

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How to Sharpen Your Students' Digital Skills

October 19, 2016

Reprinted from eschoolnews. Twenty-odd years ago, the extent of an elementary schooler’s digital skills was making it through the Oregon Trail on their classroom computer without dying of dysentery. T...

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Do Students Really Need Social Media to Learn?

October 11, 2016

Facebook. Twitter. Instagram. Pinterest. Tumblr. YouTube. Snapchat. Reddit. Go back to the year 2000, and these words would have sounded like pure gibberish. Today, they’re the names of some of the wo...

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How Schools Can Shape Smart Digital Citizens

August 9, 2016

Your kids may be good students. But are they good digital citizens? Sure, they can recite the preamble to the U.S. Constitution, describe the symbolism of Harper Lee’s mockingbird, and explain the dif...

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