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How Digital Tools Improve Teaching and Learning

A Principal's Reflections

When digital tools are integrated in a pedagogically sound fashion they also promote and enhance other essential skills sets such as communication, creativity, critical thinking, problem solving, digital literacy, entrepreneurship, global awareness, and digital responsibility/citizenship. digital learning educational technology ICLE'

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For Teens Online, Conspiracy Theories Are Commonplace. Media Literacy Is Not.

ED Surge

That’s according to a new study by the News Literacy Project, which also found that teens struggle with identifying false information online. This comes at a time when media literacy education isn’t available to most students, the report finds, and their ability to distinguish between objective and biased information sources is weak.

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Why Digital Fluency, Adaptability and AI-Powered Learning Matter More Than Ever

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Consider this: Technology is advancing faster than traditional learning models can accommodate. Competency-based progression models can ensure students are building long-term skills, not just memorizing information. If students lack the skills to navigate constant change, they risk being left behind.

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This School Librarian Thinks Her Job Is the ‘Best-Kept Secret in Education’

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She teaches concepts as wide-ranging as American Sign Language, critical thinking, typing, conducting research and writing in cursive. I think that's something that's missing from the conversation about education, where school librarians come in. We're information specialists. You get to interact with everybody.

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Could Play Boost Students’ Math Performance?

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Too often, math teachers present information through lecturing and worksheets to students, forcing learners to decipher the context and usefulness on their own. For instance, play in early education reinforces the development of social-emotional skills and critical thinking. But whats meant by play?

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Why ‘Brain Rot’ Can Hurt Learning — and How One District Is Kicking It Out of School

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Educators are testing ways to manage some of the problems that this type of social media content is associated with: students having trouble paying attention, absorbing information and feeling connected at school. The fast-paced content ecosystem on social media can likewise affect how students learn and retain information.

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Education and Artificial Intelligence: Navigating the Path to Transformation

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Educator and edtech consultant Rachelle Dené Poth agrees, sharing how she encourages her students to use AI-powered tools in the classroom. You have to show students how [generative AI] is just a tool and let them know that this is not supposed to replace their own critical thinking, creativity and all these skills they need,” says Poth.

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