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Top Ways Schools Use Social Media Tools

November 2, 2011

Use of smart phones, tablets, and mobile devices are receiving the green light in more and more of today’s schools, but a recent reader poll by eSchool News makes it clear that while social networking pages are a fun, interactive and quick communication path with students and parents – it’s still on pause. Social networking [...]

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10 Real Ways to Model Technology

October 5, 2011

Teaching veteran Heather Wolper-Gawron touches upon the latest news in education, curriculum design, educational policy and moreon her blog TweenTeacher. More recently, she wrote about “modeling” technology within the classroom versus “using” technology in the classroom. ClassLink thought this model of how to teach technology to students for interactive academic development was useful and worthy of sharing, but first, [...]

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Small steps, Big moves

September 20, 2011

As of late, it seems many teachers are vouching for a technology-centric classroom – allowing their students to work in group laptop sessions, blogging about an article they’ve read, or inserting new and interesting ways to bolster academic development, such as rap renditions (as mentioned a recent ClassLink blog, Alternative Teaching Methods). It’s no surprise that 7th [...]

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Technology Broadens its Reach

September 1, 2011

ClassLink is a proponent of bring-your-own-tech (BYOT) initiatives – many schools are on the move to offer omnipresent technology within their districts. Districts that cannot afford devices for everyone are out to determine a policy that allows students to bring in their own products. “Districts should be focusing on providing high-speed wireless networks and devices [...]

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